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Lizard Breath?

What the? Lizard breath?

Yes. Weird titles can be effective. Sometimes. Today’s post is about helping us understand our inherent resistance to change, even though we know change is the way.

What about providing links to other bloggers who are smarter, more successful and have way more readers than you?

What about it? Who cares, really? You may find Seth Godin more real and more something else. You may not.

And I don’t mean bullcrap phony real. We’re talkin’, “As real as the day is long” real.

Seth Godin’s thinking is brilliant. Have had a link to his blog on the right hand column for a long time. Seth Godin’s thinking inspires me, and countless others.

Click here to go to Seth Godon’s blog post from yesterday.

Anyone need a mint?

Fear Not, Seriously

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.” — Marie von Ebner Eschenbach

How is it with you? I mean, if you really gave earnest consideration, what’s your honest answer?

Well for me, it used to be true; however, reading, writing and thinking at an accelerated pace for the past nine months, has heightened an awareness that there are people who will never change. Duh, right?

Okay, so I’m stupid a little slow sometimes.

This is no secret. But I’ve always held out hope that people would change. Now, I’m convinced, not that they won’t change, but that it no longer matters.

And the day this epiphany came, it was glorious.

I’ve learned to move on, to be strong, and to focus on transformational personal change – not in others, but in the mirror. It’s hard as hell, of course, but I will not stop. Doing the impossible will take everything you have.

And there are people out there, they might even be reading this now, who will think it’s crazy. Who cares So.

jungle jeff Leadership 101 Tip

jungle jeff Leadership 101 Tip:

“Leadership – Inspiring others by the courage of your own example”.

This is the essence of what I personally believe is the ultimate leadership definition.

Perhaps the best way to fully understand its meaning is to re-read it, think deeply about it, and ultimately, evaluate our own “daily examples”. This would lead us to a “personal leadership score”.

We would base our “score” on our daily leadership example. And our basis should be brutally honest.

It seems, to me, that on days where I don’t need much courage, I’m probably not a very good example. Hope today is a courage-filled day for all of us.

Fortune Favors The Brave

Fortune favors the brave. It does indeed. But what does that mean, “favors you“? Or what does it mean, “brave“?

This sounds pretty inspiring, yet how do we apply it or gauge whether we are brave? Try this on for size.

I believe if everyone likes you, you are not brave enough. Courage implies risk. And risk implies challenging the status quo. Generally, people do not like being challenged.

This also applies to us when we look in the mirror. I am often tempted to not challenge myself to do more, do better, do differently.

Why?

Because it’s too much work, too much risk, too much uncertainty. Isn’t it? Ever find yourself thinking like this? Good.

Most people intuitively understand that hard work pays off, that uncertainty is part of life, that risk is a key ingredient for continuous improvement and that fortune favors the brave.

jungle jeff And Fear

jungle jeff and fear are familiar with each other. Have been for a long time. Fear is all around us, isn’t it?

“Good men have the fewest fears”. — Christian Nestell Bovee

A few years ago it hit me, I have the Faith of Mount Everest – you know, the tallest peak on earth.

And then it struck, I have the fear of K2 – the second tallest peak on earth, a fact most don’t know.

They are roughly 800 feet different in height. A relatively trivial amount, but enough for Mount Everest to triumph.

In the quest to be a great leader, if we’re successful, we also become a good person. Good enough to keep most of our fears at bay. Some refer to it as courage.