Congratulations to Donna. She correctly answered yesterday’s “trivial tradition” question. Donna won a free prize.
Traditions are a critical success factor for a great corporate culture. And the same principals translate easily into our personal lives.
As a corporate professional speaker, for a fortune 100 company, I know well the secrets of being world class.
In fact, I applied my company’s strategies and tactics to running, of all things, just to prove to myself and especially others that the concepts I teach everyday can be applied anywhere, to anyone.
Yesterday, I thought I might share what made the day so amazing. Looking at the clock, I really need to head out the door right now.
The birds are chirping, a sure sign that dawn will give way to daybreak soon.
The moon is setting. Most people have no idea what this means.
Wanted to run 5-miles this morning. There’s time for two. Five will have to wait.
Am so thankful to be alive and have the ability to run and the ability (and desire) to write.
Editor’s note: The following You Tube video was shot immediately following the two-mile run you just read about. There’s actually a decent message about excellence that will only benefit those with drive, passion, discipline and focus.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert Heinlein
This You Tube video has nearly 50 million views which speaks for itself. It’s a little slow at first, and I almost clicked away and moved on, but didn’t. It has strong subliminal meaning to our lives as humans – this battle between Lions, Water Buffalo and Crocodiles. The end will surprise you.
Most humans like quotes. We enjoy the way a small sentence or quick thought can summarize the essence of a larger body of work.
Some people are addicted to quotes, like me.
And some people find themselves quotable. This is usually by design, and it is also the mark of someone who’s been burned by Hell’s fire and came out purified, or at the very least, changed.
And in our busy, hectic, worried lives, small, digestible sound bites really satisfy our hunger for a laugh, for inspiration, for validation, for comfort – and on and on.
