Tag: Paradox

Pro Preaching tip

mountain lake motel room view
Possible the world’s best Motel room view from a bed. Over-focus on things you used to under-focus on or ignore. Djuan stayed here.

Only preach with what your practice.

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Be observant

man in the mountains
Don’t listen to what people say, watch what they do.

Trust what you see, not what you hear.

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Creates energy

teddy bear in track starting blocks
By 2009, Jack was already a frequent traveler. Most of Jack’s travel was financed by my Disney Institute career. Jack was like a plus-one. He earned his keep by being a stand-in prop.

Doing the reps creates energy.

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Only preach what you practice

Disney Institute Lilly Pad example
Such an easy concept. One things leads naturally to the next. Common sense as they say. Photo: From my Disney Institute career archives.

Only preach what you practice.

Wait, what?

Of course, this is the reverse of the historical phrase, “Only practice what you preach.”

Reversing it changes everything.

Only preach what you practice.

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Paradox gap

Instagram post screen shot with two men
The paradox of a suit and tie to jeans and a t-shirt.

Paradox has two diametrically opposing, opposite ends of a spectrum.

i envision a horizontal line with zero at the left end and 100 at the right end. The right number can be any number. Using 100 for simplicity.

Another way of quantifying the horizontal graph is on the left end is “Never” and the right end is “Always”.

Both ends are beliefs, statements, (possibly) facts, generalities, and so on. In between are levels of “more or less”.

Both ends represent the 100% opposite of the other.

Mid life crisis vs mid life celebration.

Go the extra mile vs go the extra inch.

Balance is a myth vs balance is not a myth.

Never saw it coming vs I’m not surprised.

Reflecting this morning on the ninth year since my friend and colleague took his life in his office, right after he sent a scathing email targeting five top leaders. Our entire team received it at 8:47 AM.

i remember it like it was yesterday.

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