Thursday, October 28, 2004
Distinct or Extinct
A time of tumultuous change is an opportunity to redefine yourself.
More and more I am sensing the absolute need for us to redefine who we are in as a distinct a way as possible. Stand out and stand up! If not, we are on the path to extinction. I like Wired's Michael Goldhaber's thoughtful insight:
If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself you won't get noticed, and that increasingly means you won't get paid much either. -Michael Goldhaber
Ask yourself:
1. What do you really want to be?
2. What are you passionate about?
3. What difference does what you do make?
4. Whose life are you really impacting?
5. What kind of legacy will you leave?
Live in such a way that people absolutely love you (or at least, what you do for them!), are loyal to you, and are passionate about what you do.
But remember, no one is as excited about what you are doing as much as you are. So take your destiny in your hands and don't go blaming anyone or anything else. Just do it!
More and more I am sensing the absolute need for us to redefine who we are in as a distinct a way as possible. Stand out and stand up! If not, we are on the path to extinction. I like Wired's Michael Goldhaber's thoughtful insight:
If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself you won't get noticed, and that increasingly means you won't get paid much either. -Michael Goldhaber
Ask yourself:
1. What do you really want to be?
2. What are you passionate about?
3. What difference does what you do make?
4. Whose life are you really impacting?
5. What kind of legacy will you leave?
Live in such a way that people absolutely love you (or at least, what you do for them!), are loyal to you, and are passionate about what you do.
But remember, no one is as excited about what you are doing as much as you are. So take your destiny in your hands and don't go blaming anyone or anything else. Just do it!
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Show It Off!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela, 1994 Inaugural Speech
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela, 1994 Inaugural Speech
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Vibes
I've been sensing a vibe for the past several months that I have only recently been able to describe. I think there are some socio-spiritual tectonic shifts occuring. These shifts will change everything. These shifts will force us to re-imagine and re-invent everything....EVERYTHING.
I think that these shifts are as significant as when the balance of power shifted to Rome establishing the PAX ROMANA as the environment where the Gospel-virus could rapidly spread. These shifts are also as significant as the context which forced Martin Luther to catalyze the REFORMATION.
Business. Politics. Economics. Education. Spirituality. All of these will undergo drastic change. And the old addage will become true: Change or die.
I think that these shifts are as significant as when the balance of power shifted to Rome establishing the PAX ROMANA as the environment where the Gospel-virus could rapidly spread. These shifts are also as significant as the context which forced Martin Luther to catalyze the REFORMATION.
Business. Politics. Economics. Education. Spirituality. All of these will undergo drastic change. And the old addage will become true: Change or die.
