Category Archives: Leadership

Mar 27 2014
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Awareness, Imagination, Leadership, success

I Need Something I Can Dance To

“What’s good on the menu here?” A seasoned waiter or waitress knows that this is not really the question the guest was asking. In all reality, it was a stated desire. What they really said was, ‘I’m here to dance and I need you show me where that happens on the menu.’

“Where should I put my money?” The financial planner, if he’s listening here, recognizes this is a request for long-term dance-ability. In other words, the question was ‘where can we put this so that I’m dancing at 90?’

What questions are you most often asked? Chances are these questions need to be pondered, because the answer probably isn’t as obvious as one may think.

Leadership reads between the lines. Leadership looks below radar. Leadership uncovers music in the noise of questions.

Whatever you do, you’re role is to be the dj of whatever your industry, sector, or market is.

Here’s some beauty for today: Your words, your insight, and you – the individual – are the music.

Next time you see a globe, think dance floor.

Next time you see yourself, think DJ.

Cue the music.

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Mar 26 2014
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Awareness, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, success

If It Was Easy, Everyone Would Be Fulfilled

I recently heard one of my heros, Matt Chandler, state that ‘most things that are not fought for are never had.’

These words rang a bell with me.

Unfortunately, the only way to coast is downhill and chances are what we all truly want out of our lives, families, and businesses is going to require an uphill battle, resistance, and a climb of some sort.

I’ve said this before, but I believe it’s worth repeating. The reason we gawk at mountains is due in part to us being able to hear their plea for us to come and climb them.

May we be battle responsive in-lieu of being battle oblivious. The only thing better than the view atop Mt. Everest is the fulfillment one holds.

#HowThingsAre

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Mar 24 2014
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Awareness, Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, success

The Battle of Self Duplicity

In your pursuit of music, if you give yourself the option to accept noise or make noise, chances are, you just may take yourself up on it.

And why not? Easy, safe, and under the radar is a lot less risky than willingly taking the stage, grabbing the mic, and doing your thing – while the world watches.

Unfortunately, the battle of self duplicity – giving yourself options for success – tends to not end with what we truly want and are after.

Here’s the catch: in your pursuit of music you just may be seen. But hey, if you’re not seen you can’t be shared.

Secondly, if you keep what’s inside of you on the inside, it will never reach the outside of someone and change them on the inside. The world doesn’t change with the songs in your head and heart. It changes with those on the tips of your fingers and tongue.

In the end, we all must adopt the single-minded purpose and hope of music. Noise can’t be in the equation of whatever success algorithm you choose. Any plan b, c, or d just distracts from plan a) music.

If you want to have options with your music, allow yourself to have two:

Yes.

&

Yes.

 

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Mar 21 2014
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Awareness, Business, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Marketing, success

Knowing The Answer For Today

…isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be.

On the flipside, something beautiful unfolds when we ponder what will be the the necessary solutions and answers for the questions that will be asked of those that we serve tomorrow and in the days to come.

We have moved from an economy of standardized tests to one powered by the pop quiz.

Ears.

Eyes.

Be ready.

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Mar 20 2014
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Awareness, Change The World, Imagination, Leadership, success

A Connection Is…

They’re saying we’re in the “Connection Economy” but what do we mean when we say connection?

Most think this means that you, your cause, your idea, or your service grows when your number of followers and ‘likes’ grows.

Let’s call that what it truly is: a popularity contest. You can buy friends, you can buy likes, but can’t buy a connection. It appears that this connection economy is not suggesting, rather it is demanding that we redefine what it means to connect.

I believe a connection is what happens when, because of you, someone is then connected with some thing-person-idea-information that otherwise would have been disconnected had you not been in relationship with that person. We connect when we become the middle man between someone and their enlightenment. A connection is a relationship where the goal is to see, hear, feel, and taste.

Alas, connection is all about bringing more and more value, clearer insight, holy inspiration, and an overall better experience to those we enter into relationship.

People will connect the dots when you shine a light on them.

Shine.

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