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Here’s why we fail

(photo: The road to heck is paved with good intentions.)

Here’s why we fail.

We tell people what we’re gonna do and our brain sends endorphins out, making us feel good about our bold plan to change or create.

We like this.

In fact, we dig the way we feel from these bold proclamations.

And then we fail.

We fail because talk is cheap.

Please don’t tell us what you’re going to do.

Tell us after you’ve done it.

Not a minute before.

Why?

Because you can’t say you did something if you haven’t.

But anyone can make a great claim to change.

So predictable.

And boring, and tiring, and well, you know.

Try it next time you want to kick your butt about that big thing you’ve always wanted to do.

And watch how it changes you.

PS. Congratulations in advance.

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This may be terminal

(photo: Note the upper right corner time 8:23am… some see a new OS as uncomfortable change. Others see it as exciting change.)

Half-full or half-empty is up to us to say.

There are three types of writing maladies:

Writer’s block, the most common
Writer’s flood, very rare
Writer’s tsunami, exceptionally rare

And what one sees as a disease, another sees as a gift.

The gift of having writer’s flood is anticipated to take on new, uncharted meaning beginning today, because of the impending tsunami.

The official announcement two days ago, the impending promotion, and the new set of rules – this may be terminal.

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Yes, barely enough time in the day

(photo: October 12, 2014 from MLC office, facing West, towards the pool, and Disney’s Magic Kingdom.)

We barely have enough time in our day, and this never changes.

Getting and staying organized is a daily challenge.

Tough.

Relentless.

Important.

Critical.

Don’t quit.

Ever.

Or you will never change.

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Going the extra inch

(photo: In customer service all it takes to achieve the goal is just a little bit more than the customer expected… an inch will do)

Everyone has heard the customer service mantra, ‘got the extra… mile”.

But what about this one?

Go the extra inch

This is a concept that is an astonishing paradox to the notion of going the extra mile.

In calling Fidelity a month ago to set up tomorrow’s meeting, the CFP answered the phone without using his name.

In some work cultures, that is failure.

In others, it’s business as usual because people are clueless to what world class customer service looks like.

Funny thing though, the industry has created the stereotype where that type of typical service, even from the senior leaders, comes with the territory.

Funny how much respect you get when the CFP realizes your net worth.

Tomorrow will be interesting.

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Organized to maximize vibrancy

Beginning a one-week vacation tomorrow.

Originally scheduled to relax and return to North Carolina to visit college friends.

Instead, it’s pedal to the metal to get retirement logistics buttoned up.

Health care.

Pension.

401k.

Plus some change-the-world kind of stuff.

The thought of being the visionary feels vibrant.

Decades of thought. Six years of serious foundation building, including $80k on “bricks”.

Who wants to look back on their life and wished they had given everything?

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