Have you noticed that Apple is only one not convincing us to buy iPhone 5?
Look at the growth of your business, church, service, book, blog, or idea.
Chances are this growth is not coming from your promotions. Instead, it’s probably due to your tribe sharing your story.
“Wow” your people and then let them share.
People are the last thing we haven’t found a way to SPAM.
Pinterest? Check.
Facebook? Check.
Email? Check.
Twitter? Check.
YouTube? Check.
Fantasy Football? Check.
Pre-Ordered the iPhone 5? Check.
The Voice? Check.
Did the ball move forward? Yes or no?
The question we must pose to our yesterday’s is did they get me closer to where I want to be 5 years from now?
Your joy 5 years from today hinges on what did or did not happen yesterday.
Don’t allow the small noise of today to steal from your future music.
This is not a promo to stray from the social media experience, not have fun, or not find time to relax. It’s just your friendly reminder that September 18, 2017 should not be a surprise when it gets here.
I finished a book yesterday called Love Works by Joel Manby.
Joel ends the book encouraging us to focus more on our BE goals instead of our DO goals.
I had never heard it put this way and thought it would serve well for a Monday post.
Answering the questions of who am I, what’s my purpose, and where am I headed will get you to doing what you always wanted to do.
You’ve got to BE before you can DO and you’ve got to DO before you can HAVE.
It’s easy to have a product or service. On the other hand, its a reward to have a product or service that stands for something.
What’s your sport?
Sales? Web-design? Marketing? The culinary arts? Book writing? Song writing? Leadership?
Take a minute to step back and look at your career or areas of life where you want success and think of them in terms of being a sport.
If you look at those around you who are having success, and you allow yourself to see them as athletes, it’s easy to see why they’re winning.
Dream. Train. Prepare. Execute. Measure. Repeat.
Profits are synonymous with music. They’re a byproduct of doing the right things over and over and over again.
Love is synonymous with music. It can’t be pinpointed to just one thing. It’s patient, it’s kind, it’s forgiving, it doesn’t want what it doesn’t have, it doesn’t strut, it keeps going in the end, and more.
Success is synonymous with music. It’s the byproduct of the right strategy, taken with the right measures, at the right time.
The same goes for raising a child, living your life, and, really – anything that is worth doing. Not only can it be musical, it is meant to be musical.
And here’s the thing – your road to music and your instruments may differ from mine. After all, there’s dancing at both the nightclub and the honky-tonk, right?
Chances are that “thing” you’re seeking after is some metaphorical form of music – you just may have never heard it put this way.
Greatness in all aspects of life takes on some form of composition.
So where does one go from here?
Compose.
Ashton.Gustafson 