Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
You Never Succeed By Being A Follower.
There are probably exceptions to this rule, but let’s be real. The exceptions are just that, exceptions.
Please don’t get me wrong, following is good. And safe. And mostly predictable.
And then there are the questions of when, where, what, how and why?
Whatever it is that is important, should be visualized and evaluated.
Then, there is that simple choice: Follow or lead.
And in my case, this took a lifetime.
Has it ever crossed your mind?
Loyalty. Organizational loyalty. The loyalty you show. The loyalty you receive.
And even if, for what ever reason, you question your current loyalty, where else would you go to find it?
Catch 22, isn’t it?
Here’s a provocative perspective from a business contact from LinkedIn.
Click here to read David Noer’s blog post: The Necessary Paradox of Cautious Loyalty.
“Problems are never solved by the same level of awareness that created them.” — Albert Einstein
Problems are simply nature’s way of getting our attention. Then it’s up to us to do something. We almost never do. – jungle jeff
The world is hurting. It’s the elephant in the room, isn’t it? Everywhere you look, people are scared.
There has never been a more important time, in recent memory, than now to step up and lead.
The inspired inspire.
“All Truth Passes through three stages:
First it is Ridiculed,
Second; it is violently opposed,
Third; it is accepted as being self evident.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
What is self-evident is not yet.
The “early adapters” see it, but no one else.
Are you satisfied?
When you wake up every day, what are some of the first things you do or think about? Did you start thinking about today last night?
The workday begins the night before.
So last night, in thinking about yesterday’s post and the reference to the Fast Company article, I’m good with it ending the way it did.
Do you start blaming others and thinking about all the things “they” need to do? Or do you look in the mirror and analyze what you need to fix?
This will determine, in large part, your success or failure.
What was interesting was that just yesterday, these jeff noel blogs set a single day record for daily visits. It’s taken years to get “here”.
And I got here by doing stuff, not by anything else.
Be more:
And find your purpose. That’s the key. You know it and I know it. We all read about it, and listen to others talk about it.
Talk is cheap. And so is lying to ourselves.