Category Archives: Let The Music Play

Words, Actions, and Music

There are some things words cannot say…we call those things actions.

There’s an aftermath that occurs when actions are taken because of one’s values…we call that aftermath the music.

Your music speaks where words fail and shows what actions cannot.

Music is your holy to-do.

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I want…

…to make a ruckus.

…to leave people and places better than I found them.

…to make more moments worthy of pause and memory.

…more awareness in the midst of serendipity.

…to know more hope, more peace, and more truth.

…to mute fear.

…to see more and look less.

…to hear whispers via The Muse.

…challenge my own art and appreciate the art of others.

…to be a player and not a spectator.

…to change the game.

…this all to matter.

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Stephen R. Covey’s Definition of LTMP

In The 8th Habit, Stephen R. Covey’s encore book to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he says “When you engage in work that taps your talent and fuels your passion – that rises out of a great need in the world that you feel drawn by conscious to meet – therein lies your voice, your calling, your soul’s code.”

  • You’ve been specifically wired. Plug in.
  • Something stirs in you. Expose that.
  • There’s need here. Fulfill it.
  • And then there is that small, green-light voice..the one that assures…the one that prompts. Lend it an ear.

This my friends is the formula to the music you are longing to make and we are eagerly awaiting to hear.

Let her rip.

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Surround Sounds

Give me five minutes with you and I can probably predict the sounds, thoughts, and ideas that currently surround you.
I can tell you the books, people, and ideas that have shaped your taste, posture, economic outlook, and lingo.
You could do the same with me.
Our work probably looks like who we work with. Our music we write probably sounds like our music heroes. Our art probably resembles the work that convinced us to pick up the brush. Our coaching probably resembles the coaching of who once coached us. I could be wrong here, but I’ll take the bet.
So the question here is who or what needs muting and who or what needs to be turned up?
We can’t keep our surrounding sounds a secret.
Indeed, they are the melodies we whistle while we work.
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Sitting Tight

More often than not, the negatives outweigh the positives when it comes to sitting tight.

Boats rot in the harbor, planes rust in the hanger, and our souls decay when in neutral.

Expand. Put her in drive. Let your music play.

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