Posts filed under 'Dare'
We all expect good stuff to just ‘happen’. But who is going to DO IT?
I have come to the conclusion that very few people DARE. You are only as strong as your team. If you don’t make the effort, we will never achieve anything. We will never become great. It’s not me, it’s not you. It is US. If we don’t pull it together, who will? Do you want to move? Grow? Feel alive? It all comes down to what you put into it. You can stay at the point where you are or you can change your life. It’s your choice to be on this journey. Let’s do great stuff together. Let’s LIVE our purpose. Let’s BELIEVE. Let’s DARE!
But please don’t waste my time by following the herd.
LOVE, Peace and Moooo,
T
June 17th, 2009
I got the following ‘very nice’ comment on one of my posts recently, from a certain ‘John Smith’ (couldn’t you at least have been a little more creative?):
“I want to vomit reading this shit. If only these people knew what a total dickhead you are Thomas. These are not even your words on this blog. You are paying someone to write this for you. DO YOU WONDER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE LOYAL EMPLOYEES WHO YOU SACKED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS???”
- John Smith
At first I thought: just ignore it. The guy doesn’t even have the courtesy, or balls, to write his name. Then I came to the conclusion that this is what we all do. We only want to hear the good stuff and go into denial about the bad; the stuff that hurts; that leaves scars; the stuff that doesn’t suit us. So what’s the right thing to do? How do we tell right from wrong in everyday situations?
The guy who wrote this obviously feels hurt, as he believes he was a loyal employee doing a great job. The manager who let him go, evidently believed otherwise – perhaps feeling that he wasn’t loyal or wasn’t doing what he was paid for.
All I can do in situations like these is hope and trust that my managers use all the tools they have to help them make the right decisions.
What is right? What is wrong? The only thing I know is that the truth looks different from every perspective.
Thomas Jefferson wrote on 21 May 1816:
“Never suffer a thought to be harbored in your mind which you would not avow openly. When tempted to do anything in secret, ask yourself if you would do it in public. If you would not, be sure it is wrong.“
John Smith – I can meet you in public and tell you the truth the way I see it. Can you do the same?
Love, Peace and Forgiveness,
T
May 12th, 2009
If I want to feel good, it’s my decision to do so. What others say or how they say it shouldn’t affect me. Because it all boils down to my listening; I have the power to decide what I want to hear.
It’s all about me. Not about the tone of voice someone chooses to use.
It’s all about my feelings, my guilt, my problems, my insecurities.
I have to be more responsible for my feelings.
Love, Peace & Responsibility
T
May 7th, 2009
And how we lost the basic ‘adding value’ rule.
We really screwed up! Economic downturn my ass…. It was inevitable. Just look at what my generation invented: mutual funds, financial gurus and a huge financial industry that doesn’t add any value to anything except its own wealth!You should start a company and make people produce things and employ people to sell them to people who want them. You should buy one apple for $1 from a farmer and make mean apple juice and sell it for $3. That has value.
I am in the Real Value Business. I add value. I matter. I can feel proud as I contribute to the world. Half my generation lost it. You should add more REAL value than you take. It’s your responsibility!
And by the way, politicians are mostly incompetent. They belong to the same group as finance people. The ‘Not Adding Value Group’.
Love, Peace and Added Value,
T
April 30th, 2009
I read the following on the front page of a business magazine: ‘Be Fearless: see beyond the recession, run a lean business, protect your business idea, keep the fire in you belly and kick some ass.’ I really like it, but it’s not only about business. Like everything else, it is about life! This is what we should do in our private lives too.
Be Fearless:
Why do we care so much what other people think of us? Why do we worry about making fools of ourselves? Why?
See Beyond the Recession:
Why do we dream so little? Why do we only see what’s here and now? When we where children, we dreamed. When I started my company, I dreamed. It’s time to dream again! “Everyone has the power of Greatness.”
Run a Lean Business:
Why do we only talk about having to lose weight? Why do we have three plasma screens in each home? Why don’t we give away two and read stories to our children instead? “No More Fast Food.”
Protect your Business Idea:
Why do we talk about having family values if we don’t live them? Why is the divorce rate over 50% in most countries in the world? Why are so many children not protected from war, hunger and abuse? “To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.”
Keep the Fire in your Belly:
Why do we lose our attitude the older we get? Why don’t we live passionately every day and do things that really matter to us? How can we waste a minute, hours, days of our lives not LIVING to the full? “Every day matters. Make today matter.”
Kick some Ass:
Why do we care so little about what we do with our lives? Why do we take so much for granted? Why and how did we become so blasé? Why don’t we live life with more gratitude? “Thank your teachers for what they did for you ”
Every day matters. Today matters!
Love, Peace and Gratitude,
T
April 23rd, 2009
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