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Mar 13 2014

Dimmi

Leonardo da Vinci was a relentless note taker. He literally left behind thousands and thousands of pages with his thoughts, interpretations, suspicions, and beliefs about anything and everything.

If one is to thumb through his notes, they will consistently find the words “Dimmi” written over and over.

Dimmi is translated as ‘tell me’ in Italian.

This has rattled me.

It appears that there were very few thoughts, moments, and wonders where da Vinci didn’t ask to be taught or offer himself as a student of what could be illuminated in the scene transpiring before him.

There’s so much this place wants to tell us.

Ask and you shall receive.

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Mar 11 2014

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Awareness, Change The World, Imagination, Leadership, success

Across

We talk about changing the world often and, typically, our thinking defaults to imagining ourselves moving across state lines, across oceans, across the bottom line of CNBC, and across the planet with our dreams, ideas, thoughts, goods, and services.

Yes. Moving your ‘thing’ across the ocean is one way to change the world.

But…

What about the cubicle across from your office?

What about your neighbor across the street?

What about those souls across from you at your dinner table?

What about the customer sitting across from you, on your site, via the Internet?

Point: More often than not, changing the world looks more like your front porch than it does a passport.

Look across.

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Mar 10 2014

Roots and Wings

I crossed paths with a wonderful thought this weekend on a wall at a children’s clothing store. The words came from Henry Ward Beecher and read, “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots, and the other wings.”

These words were spoken nearly 200 years ago.

They were true then. They’re true today. And they will be true tomorrow.

This week, may the Muse fasten our music in ‘why’ and, in doing so, let it soar with purpose.

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Mar 07 2014

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Awareness, Change The World, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, success

Yook and Yisten: A Celebration of One’s Uniqueness

My wife and I have three year old girl that lives with us. There’s no doubt you’ll come to know her one day, but for now let’s just call her Story.

Story has many talents, but one of my favorite talents she has is her patent-pending ability to use words that start with a ‘L’ and pronounce them as though they start with a ‘Y”.

Some may call this a flaw to correct, but to me it’s flare to celebrate.

Who said you can’t make funny faces with your music?