When it rains it pours

 

The video has many elements i do not condone: drinking excessively, not working toward compromise and no harmony in a relationship, and gambling.

The video does, however, contain the singer’s artistry, which i think is brilliant.

It also contains a catchy chorus…

“When it rains it pours.”

 

Yesterday, i confirmed a contract with a client who emailed me 48-hours prior with a speaker request at Universal Studios.

So lucky.

Also yesterday, a client i’ve been speaking with for 120 days – and who’s association has never paid for a speaker – let me know they finally raised the funds and have approved my offer. “Please send the contract right away” was the gist of the text message.

Man, when it rains it pours.

i realize today’s posts contain an edgy, almost boastful karma.

While it’s not the intention, i realize that a strength, overused, may become a liability.

As karma and serendipity would have it, the first client, above, shared this website containing the post about strengths overused, here.

Perhaps the only defense one could muster (because strengths absolutely can become liabilities) is this note from Steve Jobs.

 

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If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not…

 

If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

And to clarify, impossible doesn’t mean something no one else has ever done.

Impossible here means something you’ve never done, because YOU think it’s impossible.

 

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Trust is the most important leadership attribute

 

Trust is the biggest challenge leaders face.

And without trust, commitment and passion rot on the vine.

While the video above isn’t about leadership, it could be – use it to illustrate “the drastic measure” a leader needs to do to signal a line in the sand, a seed of transformational change.

 

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Thank goodness for the safe and predictable way

 

Status quo is doing things the way we’ve always done them.

You know, the comfortable way.

The way that was important at one time.

A time years, decades, or even centuries ago.

But today is today.

Now take a deep breath and reflect on your position as a career professional.

Playing it safe by not challenging status quo because it’s too risky for our future ambitions and our current stability.

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new.

Do less of what doesn’t work.

Do more of what does.

But you have to figure out what is what.

Odds are high, right now, you are unaware.

 

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Mr Disney Keynote Speaker, roll film

 

Mr Disney Keynote Speaker, roll film.

Working on something and this inspires the karma we are looking for.

 

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