Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” — Henry Ford
On this special day, Father’s Day, in today’s Web 2.0 world and a world of freakonomics, I’m reminded that being a great Father hasn’t necessarily been defined and refined yet.
Maybe there’s a better way than the one passed down from the ages.
While it may be challenging for some, you really should look at that picture without the political advertisement. It is simply a bumper sticker that I took a picture of.
It wasn’t until I bent down to snap the photo, that I saw the political ad.
Forget the ad.
Today is about questions, not politics.
“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” — Chinese Proverb
What makes a question good?
What stops us from asking questions?
What stops us from doing anything that we think is important?
When will we overcome this?
Is it even worth it?
Asking tough or intriguing questions can make people – your boss, your peers, your subordinates, your family – feel very uncomfortable.
Taking risks is risky. So is playing it safe.
Do you feel like quitting, giving up, or at the very least, backing down from reaching high?
Two of our most common feelings are:
So today’s thought for you to ponder, “What’s your big dream?”
And, “Are you still passionate about it or have you given up?”
Are you satisfied?
When you wake up every day, what are some of the first things you do or think about? Did you start thinking about today last night?
The workday begins the night before.
So last night, in thinking about yesterday’s post and the reference to the Fast Company article, I’m good with it ending the way it did.
Do you start blaming others and thinking about all the things “they” need to do? Or do you look in the mirror and analyze what you need to fix?
This will determine, in large part, your success or failure.
What was interesting was that just yesterday, these jeff noel blogs set a single day record for daily visits. It’s taken years to get “here”.
And I got here by doing stuff, not by anything else.
Be more:
And find your purpose. That’s the key. You know it and I know it. We all read about it, and listen to others talk about it.
Talk is cheap. And so is lying to ourselves.
Continuous improvement and ongoing professional education are crucial for staying competitive and thriving in a down economy.
Rubbish.
We should be doing all we can to do stuff, not read and study stuff.
We should be doing stuff. Stuff that our gut tells us is right. Stuff that our gut tells us needs to be started yesterday.
We can read articles and attend seminars, but at some point, in my humble opinion, we need to start doing something, something more.
At the end of this post, you’ll have a link to a recent Fast Company article about finding creative, untraditional ways to solve unsolvable problems challenges.
It’s four pages long. I “got it” after the first page, but read the second page as well, out of guilt – for fear of looking obnoxious or boastful. Whatever, right?
Listen, I’m so annoyed and fired up, that I need to end this post now. After some cool down time, will try again tomorrow to finish this. Well, maybe. Maybe my point has already been made.
Click here if you want to read the Fast Company thing.
PS. Just for the record, I read a ton, in between doing stuff and getting uncommon results.