In three weeks, you’ll get to look back at what you said you would do in 2013 and you’ll get to look ahead and say what you’re going to do in 2014.
If we don’t know where we’re going, there’s no telling where we’ll go.
If you want to love a year, obsess over a day, grind out the hours, and be present in the minutes.
One day can change a year and change a life.
There’s time left.
…to say ‘yes’ to now.
…to say ‘no’ to more stuff.
…to say ‘yes’ to today.
…to stay true to your core.
…to not be swooned by the trend.
…to create value.
…to create, lead, and design a life to mean something.
…for a business to romance its niche.
…to hear your inner-voice over the world’s noise.
…to start.
…to grow.
…to change.
…to love.
…to be brave.
…to leave it all on the field.
Battles seem to be the overwhelming theme of the stories we can’t get enough of.
They are the maps between our wants and what we have.
We all want a story, but we tend to avoid the battle get it.
Can’t have one without the other.
Note to self: You are in a haystack.
Question to self: What if you are the needle you’ve been looking for all along?
The music happens when you bring us the rare, the unique, and the treasured needle out of the hay.
Find a mirror and you will have found the needle.
“I’m right, you’re wrong.”
“But…”
‘He said – she said.’
“That’s not fair.”
“Lucky him.”
“Lucky her.”
Notice there is no ‘togetherness’ in these statements, lies, ideas, and excuses.
These are simply the statements that lead to the noise in our lives, families, and businesses. They do nothing well other than one thing – separate us.
The best songs are the ones where you get the sense the writer is holding your hand and saying ‘let’s do this or figure this thing out together.’
To be human, at the core, is to be in and experience something together.
Let the lines fade and let the music play.
Ashton.Gustafson 