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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
1 Commonly forgotten Business tip for personal and small business branding. This ain’t no shirt and tie message, just common sense, following this morning’s run in the hot, heavy, humid Florida air:
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Thursday night our son(9) and I were enjoying the pool as the hot Florida sun was preparing to set.
As I floated on the raft, our conversation turned to business and I was explaining the money quadrant in the Mid Life Celebration model.
Listening to the echo of my own voice, I had to go inside and write this down:
“I thought I was worried about alienating myself from my friends. Turns out I was worried about whether I was right or wrong.”
Tomorrow is Seth Godin’s Linchpin Meetup. Raise the flag on June 14.
Do work that matters.
Or not.
In our lifetimes, we will see a few things that change the world. Changing the world takes a long time.
The automobile did it. Slowly.
Electricity did it. Slowly.
The telephone did it. Slowly.
Medicine did it. Slowly.
Apple is doing it. Slowly.
September 11th did it. Rapidly.
How’s your tolerance for waiting? We are an impatient society mostly. Excellence demands we be patient. But you knew that already.
A month ago, I bought an Apple iPad, and ordered the iPad Case, and never mentioned it. But yesterday morning, well, the email came, announcing that the iPad Case has shipped, finally.
It’s on a boat from China. Slowly.
Impossible is for amateurs.
Impossible is nothing.
If you’re goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.
People will call you crazy. Get used to it.
People will tell you it can’t be done. Get used to it.
You’ll want to quit chasing your crazy, impossible goals. Don’t get used to it.