Action is the great thing that escapes most people.
Yesterday wasn’t too bad. Today is looking pretty good. And tomorrow should be pretty awesome too.
When you think things are bad take them into perspective of other things. If you are sitting in a warm building (or someplace on your smartphone) right now reading this update then your life is pretty darn sweet. Keep that in mind before you complain about anything today.
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And here is to hoping you kick some major ass in 2012.
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Daily Mojo: Unsuccessful people talk about other people. Successful people talk about ideas. Share with us: What will YOU talk about today?
Don’t read this post if you are just blazing through blog updates. This is a video that you should really stop and take the time to watch. So if you don’t have the 8 minutes and 30 seconds to watch this video on what it takes to be great please bookmark this blog post and come back to it later. But if you do commit to watching make sure you are paying full attention. And then ask yourself: Are you doing all of the small things it takes to be create.
This is one my posts that speaks for itself. Or rather there is a video that spoke to me and I hope it speaks to you. It concerns our attitudes and our constant dissatisfaction with the way things are even though we live in amazing times. My goal with this video is simple: Let’s alter our attitudes. You remind, I’ll remind you, and we can both remind other people that we have it pretty good. Enjoy the video.
StopDoingNothing.com is the project that I am the most proud of. It is a shame that it is the site I update the least. I love the concept. I love the site name. Yet recently I have been cursed by a lot of work. Work as a result of the StopDoingNothing mindset.
Where to begin:
1. As I may have pointed out in the past 2009 was a terrible year for my main business Focus Consulting. Nobody should have to go through as much stress as my family has gone through in the past 18 months. Some people have it better and some people have it worse. But we had ours. And I think we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I just did our P&L & Balance Sheet for October and was pleasantly surprised. The numbers were almost all in the positive. I hope that your business is seeing the same if not better revenue than you did in 2009. I hope to be turning down some of the lower paying work. I’ve heard that when you are too busy you need to raise your prices or start turning down what you don’t want to do. I’ll do the latter if I have to, but I would not mind raising my prices either.
2. I am starting to do more of what I want: Teaching and speaking. I am still heads down several hours a week in technical work because that is what pays the bills. But about every other week I have a speaking engagement. Some times two. This weekend I am crossing one of many milestones in my goals to do this professionally – I am giving my first keynote speech. Admittedly it is for Toastmasters – a group that trains others to speak better. But it is still my first keynote. Am I nervous? Yes. Am I prepared? I believe so. Toastmasters is a great group to speak to. And it is even better that I am not speaking about anything technical. The presentation is titled “Climber or Coaster: Which one are you”. In the presentation I am going to review some of the earlier mistakes I made when I was younger about apathy and associating with the wrong kind of people.
You have to believe. You have to have faith. Sometimes faith is all you have. You have to believe that things will get better. And you have to believe you are good enough to do what you want to do. You also have to realize that nobody is going to make you grow but you. Nobody is going to cheer louder for you than you are. I’ve learned to love and embrace the phrase “Shameless Self-Promotion”. I don’t see anything wrong with it.
Leave a comment below and let me know how your life is going. It is going in the direction that you want it to ? If not what are you doing to steer your ship the right direction?
xo – p
1. I’ve been remiss in my duties when it comes to posting my thoughts and the things I like to share. For that please forgive me.
2. I played the video below 3 times and it gave me goose bumps all three times. This is something to save and bookmark when you need a little pick me up. Enjoy and come back soon.
Our guest blogger today is none other than my good friend Cheryl Harrison from Columbus, Ohio. Cheryl is one of those cool friends that people make on the internet and that they have an instant connection with. Never mind the fact that she is 917 miles and 15 hours away from me. Never mind the fact that I have never met her in person. She is just a great upbeat lady who happens to be 
very sharp at what she does – Social Media. What makes her that much better is that she is engaged to get married later this year to a guy who is a pretty sharp dresser. I can see some good looking kids coming out of this union. Take a look at her Q&A below – and even that damn cool picture she made for me as part of this blog entry. Then follow her on Twitter and give her some love.
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Don’t be afraid of blogging, but think before you click “publish.”
Earlier this week I discovered this chart below – and I have been obsessed with it ever since. I made it the backdrop for my dual screen system, and I need to make it the backdrop for my laptop soon. It represents something that I, you, and most of the people in the world fail to keep in focus. We get so hung up in getting that check on the 1st and 15th. We get so hung up in meetings. We get so hung up chasing after business opportunities that seem like they will make a lot of money when in reality a lot of money is not your true motivator. The chart is probably the picture that best represents my mindset for having this blog. I consider the man who created it brilliant. He may not have come up with the concept, but he made it very easy for us to ‘get it’ in about 15 seconds.
Please spread this around to as many people as possible. I am not the originator of this chart – his name is on the chart. But if I could I’d climb up to the highest room of the tallest tower (Love my Shrek) and hang a banner with this on it. It is just that powerful to me.
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