Think

Think Like a Failure?

Cybrarian. Never heard of this person, probably. No worries. I had never heard of it until this month.

Librarian. Everyone’s heard of this person, probably. The librarian is in charge of the library – the place where books are kept.

How many of you can see it coming? The day when books will be relics on display in museums. It may not happen in the next 10-20 years, but it will happen. And it may even happen sooner.

The music industry never saw it coming. They should have led the revolution, instead, they were victims of it.

Free music file sharing over the Internet. Preposterous! Exactly.

Cybrarians can see it coming. Amazon’s Kindle is the first ripple of the cybrarian tsunami.

Surf’s up, dude. Catch a (digital) wave.

Think. Think Tank. Think it over. Think before you act.

Think things through. What will people think? I can’t think.

What would your parents think? No time to think.

Think before you speak. Think you know it all, don’t you?

Make yourself think
I challenge you to think
Do you demand yourself to think?
Do you demand others to think?

When we are aware of the reasons why we don’t think -which causes us to slowly start to wither as a vibrant, inspired individual – we have the opportunity to really do something about it. You know, to reverse it.

But that might be too hard for you, I think.

I mean, what do you think?

Hell Heck yes it’s difficult. Why the hell heck do you think so few people have the guts to change anything, let alone change themselves.

PS. This is the conversation I just had with myself. This happens all day, everyday. My mind is a battlefield of what I want to do, should do, and actually do. I think.

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.

Are You Serious? (part 2)

Here’s the secret to “Are You Serious”, from yesterday’s post.

Think. Read. Watch. Listen. Talk. Write. Blog.

A lot.

Then repeat.

For example. I invested about about 30 minutes Sunday to listen to THIS.

That’s how I do it. And yes, I are serious. 🙂

PS. If you missed it two sentences up, (click THIS) Seth Godin explains, book by book, his thinking with each book. If you are serious about becoming better, this will rock your thinking – especially if you are a traditionalist.