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Mar 31 2014
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Awareness, Change The World, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, success

Moments that Make Days that Make Our Life

It’s safe to assume that the majority of the world is rolling their eyes over “another” Monday while sipping their Starbucks and logging into their inboxes…right now.

But let’s call today what it’s worthy to be called: a period filled with moments that have never been. AKA possibility.

So here we are.

Today.

Now.

This moment that has never been…is…yours.

As much as you want and as hard as you may try you cannot TiVo today or pause the sunset that is coming. This thing is happening and soon, very soon, you’ll ask where it went.

The element of surprise just may be the most rewarding and life-giving gift our days.

If today is typical, that’s your fault.

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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 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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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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Mar 18 2014
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Awareness, Change The World, Imagination, Leadership, success

The Mystery of Music

Perhaps my favorite aspect of the music metaphor for success is its mysteriousness. The truth about our music, the success we pursue, is that it is a never ending and ever-changing pursuit that is always just on the horizon of our vision, reach, and hopes.

Einstein framed this very well by saying, “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

Growth stops, fresh turns stale, and color fades to black and white when we lose the emotion of mystery.

I’m After It > I Got It.

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