Last week we saw the fishermen watching and waiting for their next catch.
This week we saw the fishermen working together to bring in their catch. It was fascinating to see the way they moved together, with speed and precision, to empty the net and get the fish into the large, blue ice-filled containers on their truck.
Like ballet on the beach.
Is your team focused on getting the “catch in” ?
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They take the conversation to their readers,
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I thank all of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.
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–ME “Liz” Strauss
about the number one, about being alone and being lonely.
I’ve been thinking about how separate we are for almost as long as I’ve known me.
One. I was born one.
One of my friends — a twin — said that he so didn’t like being lonely that he was even born with someone else. But you know, I don’t even think being born with someone else closes the gap … between selves.
No matter how close two people get, we are never each other.
We will always be one.
It’s why I like this picture.
The minute we try to blend with another … be it a friend or a lover … hopefully we learn that alone is not the same as lonely.
One, alone, but not lonely is a proud and powerful word in the real world.
Have you felt the difference between alone and lonely?
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Transparency
Have you ever noticed how much of a difference your point of reference makes? It all has to do with who you identify yourself to be.
Seth’s Blog
All the evidence I’ve seen shows that positive thinking and confidence improves performance. In anything.
Collaborative Ideation
When I talk to people about Twitter that still question what it is, let alone what it does, I have an overwhelming urge to focus on the hive aspect of the community.
Punctuality Rules
I can’t be the only person who walks down the street shaking her head as the spoiled divas of the world pass by. Let’s call them DIPs (Delusionally Important People), because unlike rockstars, heads-of-state, and other assorted guests of honor, these people are only important in their own heads.
Life Beyond Code
Everyone has ideas and a small percentage of them will execute on their ideas too.
However, not all ideas fly.
spatially relevant
Bryan Jone’s presentation on social marketing is yet another view on social media sorta, but the whole “Be Nice and Play Along” concept is more or less spot on …
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–ME “Liz” Strauss
This morning I caught this photo of the harbor. The hour was too late to catch the sun. You can see the shine, but not the source.
Shortly after I turned on my computer to find this love message from my new friend, Jade Craven,
Thank you so much 🙂 I see why many of my friends rave about you.
It struck that the photo and the message have something sweet in common. You can see the light shining, but not the source. You have to assume the sun. I don’t know which friend Jade and I might have in common.
That got me thinking about the friends and folks all through my life who said and done things to help me shine as I’ve grown. So many light sources have helped me shine. It’s a stunning thought to reflect upon. My light is filled with gratitude.
Do you see the light sources shining on you?
I make connections
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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I picked up a copy of “Rules of Thumb” by Alan M. Webber in our local bookstore last week, and it has some interesting ideas. First of all, being a fan of all things index card, it was fun to read about the stack of 3x5s that he has been collecting throughout his career.
“I’ve recorded these lessons on three-by-five cards that I carry with me every day at home and on the road. (This wonderful system is something that I learned more than 20 years ago from Harvard Business School professor Ted Levitt, one of the mentors you’ll meet in this book.)
Not long ago, I reviewed all the three-by-five cards I’d written on and saved. This time my goal was to capture the rules I’d learned.”
Well, I (Stephen) certainly didn’t go to Harvard Business School, but I have been carrying notecards and notebooks around for a pretty long time. After I finish reading this book I am going to have to dig into those archives and see what pearls of wisdom I can recover.
In the meantime, let’s take a look at rule #1: When the going gets tough, the tough relax.
I can get behind this idea! In fact, it reminded me of something I had read somewhere before, especially as Webber expands on the idea, “Anytime you approach a task with fear you are a double loser.” and “Don’t let fear undermine your chance to do that one thing you’ve wanted to do.”
Indeed, fear can make a mess of things. Fear can also cause you to not make a mess, because you just might. Quoting from Frank Herbert’s Dune: (wikipedia link)
The litany against fear is an incantation used by the Bene Gesserit throughout the series to focus their minds and calm themselves in times of peril. The litany is as follows:
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
(I trust that this isn’t getting too deep.) Fear is the mind-killer. The dream-killer. The slayer of ambition and innovation. Fear of the unkown has killed more good ideas than we can probably count.
Don’t get me wrong, there are times when prudence is called for. But there are also times that you need to “feel the fear and do it anyway“.
Even George Costanza was able to overcome his fear and start making decisions. Completely opposite decisions to what he thought – knew – were right:
What fears have you overcome? Or, put another way, what would you attempt to do if you believed that you could not fail? Share in the comments.