Ferocious mix?

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Ferocious mix?

 

People talk about Steve Jobs’ speech revealing the very first iPhone, and Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech.

People talk about an ordinary person, their overwhelming obstacles, and their opportunity to push through to triumph – for the good of others.

What’s implied in either case, but not called out, in a word, is, ‘permission’.

. . . . .

It’s only a matter of time until someone comes along and destroys the notion that balance is a myth and hence, unattainable.

Truth be told, we know exactly who this person will be. And it’s someone who uses the same speech mechanics as other game changers and misfits.

Truth be told, we all have something big inside of us too.

If we are waiting for permission, and have been, it’s time to stop.

Read this book, and go.

No thanks needed, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead, it’s part of the ‘in the giving, we receive’.

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Label the stranger an egotistical jerk who should just worry about himself?

Looks good on paper, or the Hilton Garden Inn elevator wall
Looks good on paper, or the Hilton Garden Inn elevator wall
Niagara Falls at night from the car
Ain’t no glamour on the road

 

The woman in the jungle jeff post seemed to feel like she was thinking about things she normally doesn’t (and maybe hasn’t in forever) think about.

How do I know? This is what I do. Read the audience. Whether it’s a CEO during a site visit, or an audience of 500 or more.

It seemed uncomfortable for her. Early 40’s, hates her job, no compelling reason to be remarkable tomorrow or in any of the days, months, years ahead.

She has two choices. Be incredibly thankful a total stranger helped her think these thoughts, or label the stranger an egotistical jerk who should just worry about himself.

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How abundant or rare is this thing we crave?

School play "International Parade" (7th & 8th graders on stage)
School play “International Parade” (7th & 8th graders on stage)

 

How abundant or rare is this thing we crave?

Authenticity.

We cherish it in others and long for it in ourselves.

Busy, busy schedules complicate our lives and challenge us to the point of no return. Tempted and discouraged, we no longer focus on being authentic – it takes too long and the process to reach genuine authenticity often comes under attack.

Our motives will be attacked also. And new people enter our life who have no previous experience with us.

Being authentic can appear to others as weakness, or a lack of ambition.

It’s tough being an adult, especially one organizing their life around becoming authentic or maintaining authenticity.

Authenticity. Rare. Hence valuable.

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She said she just had to chuckle at their attempt to model world class leadership

Young girl from TV commercial
Business folk get a small handful of extraordinary leaders in their lifetime

 

She said she just had to chuckle at their attempt to model world class leadership. So I asked her why.

She said because they were so obviously unprepared it was embarrassing, and because she acted oblivious to it all, they both thought she was not aware.

It was a big, once-a-year, close-out-the-year type meeting. One of those meetings that reflects the entire body of a year’s worth of art work.

Ever have that happen?

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