…you’re rarely left wondering or wandering.
When we’re really clear on our ‘why’ the who, what’s, where’s, and how’s tend to line up like dominoes. And as those dominos fall they pave the way for success.
Who says your name is just Teacher?
What if today you changed it to World Changer?
Who says your name is just Mom?
What if today you changed it World Changer?
Who says your name is just what’s on your card, door, desk, badge, or name tag?
What if today you changed it to World Changer?
And what if, not only did you believe this, but you lived this out? Day to day. Hour to hour. Moment to moment.
You are not just the mediums you live, move, participate, and exist in.
Rather, you are the meaning carried and transmitted within in these mediums.
Blame Picasso, not the paint.
Blame Mozart, not the violin.
Blame Jobs, not the computer.
Blame Lincoln, not the White House.
Blame Spielberg, not the camera.
Blame Wynn, not blackjack.
Blame Jordan, not basketball.
Blame Zuckerberg, not the Internet.
What if we all repeated this exercise tomorrow?
I say we do.
Then we’ll get to blame you for a better world.
Google “what’s trending?” and they will provide you about 89,700,000 results in 0.52 seconds.
89,700,000 clicks and options to see what’s up. A never ending game of I Spy.
The Rat Pack, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Madonna, and Hank Williams Sr. never asked this question.
Doing your thing > Searching the trends.
Why?
Because…Standing out > Lost in the mix.
Leaders are orchestrators. They gather instruments and musicians and write, compose, arrange, and bring together the music at large.
But closer than the pen they hold to write their music, they hold awareness.
Awareness about what has happened.
Awareness about what is happening.
Awareness about what needs to happen.
Awareness about what is going to happen.
If your life or business doesn’t feel like an orchestra, pause and find what’s missing or what has been missed. Become aware.
The more we learn about leadership, education, health, disease, peace, and hope the more see it’s layered in awareness.
When we’re aware we can see. When we can see we can create. When we create we can make change. When we’re different today than we were yesterday, we’re fulfilled.
Stephen King writes in his book On Writing that “you must not come lightly to the blank page.”
I think the same can be said of our days.
Each morning is a blank page and it is our duty and responsibility to take the pen and adamantly author meaning, experience, and purpose for our lives.
The page is always there and a pen is always available.
Are you?
Ashton.Gustafson 