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Apr 26 2012
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Books, Business, Discipline, Focus

A.E.P.

Gandhi once said…”Action expresses priorities.”

I’m going to start referring to this as A.E.P. And today A.E.P. becomes tattooed all over my office, car, and even my hand (with marker).

In other words…

  • My laziness reveals something about my priorities.
  • My focus shows what is important to me.
  • My complaining casts a shadow on what I value.
  • Alas, my instrument practice shows how much I care about my music.

The only thing I can find that precedes an action is a decision. So the question for the day is, how are you going to decide to act?

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Apr 25 2012
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Business, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Marketing

How Soon?

How soon will it be until all of this sets in?

  • The world is smaller than ever and shrinking in size daily.
  •  A Human Touch > Digital Footprint
  • Print media Kool-Aid has passed its use by date.
  • Decision and action will change your life.
  • Music gets noticed in a noisy world.
  • Cheese moves.
  • Love wins.

Timing is everything so pray it sets in sooner than later.

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Apr 24 2012
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Business, Imagination, Leadership

The Wave

Watch how the wave begins at the next baseball game you go to.

It starts with one guy/girl flailing their arms and looking a bit foolish.

Next, some others in his/her section join in.

Eventually, on the other side of the stadium the people start hearing the roar from the wave building steam. They look for it, find it, and point it out to the person next to them…next – their section is catching up and joining the fun.

The wave is the perfect metaphor for your ideas, products, and services…it’s ok to be weird. Get pointed at, be talked about, and build the wave.

Couple thoughts:

  • Most waves (movements) start in the cheap seats. Status doesn’t start things.
  • The joy is owned by the guy/girl and the section that started the wave. The buzz is in the creation and execution.
  • One guy/girl looking goofy is goofy. 48,000 guys/girls looking goofy simultaneously is remarkable.
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Apr 23 2012
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Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination

Vision 2012

I arrived at Baylor University in the academic year of 2001-2002. This was the year the university released it’s somewhat unpopular Vision 2012.

One of the vision goals was to become competitive in all sports. It is now 2012 and this year Baylor University has:

  • Won the Alamo Bowl
  • Received its first Heisman Award Winner
  • Finished #11 in Football final rankings
  • Won National Championship in Women’s Basketball
  • Men’s Basketball made it to Elite 8
  • Men’s Baseball has just won 24 games in a row and broke the Big 12 record for conference wins in a row.

The Scriptures explain “where is no vision the people perish.”  And where there is vision, the possibilities are endless.

When you tell the world where you are going somehow it tends to start clearing a way for you.

Vision has quickly become a consistent topic here at LTMPblog.com. I’m constantly reminded I need more of it.

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Apr 20 2012
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Focus, Leadership

You and Change

You want the market to change? You need to change.

You want your clients to change? You need to change your approach.

You want your life to change? You need to change your life.

You want what you’re getting out of _____ to change? You need to change what you’re putting into _______.

Sad, but most would rather take time to confirm their fashion taste in the window reflections they pass than ask themselves these difficult questions looking into the mirror each morning.

Why? Because we are the answer.

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