tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40261941876083928162024-02-20T18:41:20.062-08:00The Voice of GreatnessJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-14644426217066139522017-03-28T15:51:00.000-07:002017-03-28T15:51:31.606-07:00The Long Way Home...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><i>If we were candid, we would admit that we were handed more than we deserve.</i></b></div>
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Life has been incalculably hard since Debra was torn from my side. I never knew just how much on her I relied. But each day I see how I've lost my way since she's been gone. In fact, I've never felt so idle and alone. It's crazy how daily things appear, which I didn't see when she was here. But they appear nonetheless, and make me face what I never thought I would --the struggle to find a new love.</div>
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Doing so is hard because I'm an introvert, except for when I'm doing my work. But if I'm not speaking or teaching, it's hard for me to be outgoing. But I'm going to have to be if I want to be with someone else. Life is too long to live by myself. Plus, Bruce Springsteen was right when he wrote, "Everybody's Got a Hungry Heart." Listening to his music inspires and sparks. But whenever I consider approaching someone, I talk myself out of it. It's not that I lack confidence; I'm just conscious of all that comes with a relationship. </div>
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Plus, I'm seeking someone special. Everyone is, I guess. At least that's what they say before they settle. Nothing's wrong with settling if you can live with it. But doing so makes it hard to live with yourself. At least that's how I felt when I used to settle for failure. But I hated that feeling more than anything else because I expect more of myself. I want more for others also. So, I wouldn't want anyone to settle for me. On the contrary, I want to be as special to them as they are to me. So, I've spent the last two and a half years in neutral gears, parking yet peeking at prospects. </div>
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I also registered with a few dating sights from instinct. But I don't look at them because they don't sync with my soul. I'm not against them; they just aren't for me. So I keep asking God to lead me accordingly, until I find someone compatibly. Meanwhile some days are maddening because of not having anyone to share them with. I'd probably be dead if I didn't have a purpose and a gift. These keep me going when I find myself rowing towards the edge. Still, it's as if I'm taking the long way home.<br />
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-87984136453781028872017-02-17T10:50:00.000-08:002017-02-17T10:50:20.733-08:00Sensing Destiny...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve always had an overwhelming sense of destiny.
In fact, I don’t know how it feels to live without this sense. It makes all of
my decisions, the bad ones aside, which this sense assures me aren’t mine. It
assures me rather that it will gather these to garrison me until I am fit for
what it envisions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s hard to explain this
sense to others, to myself routinely. Yet I am keenly aware of its presence. I’m
also beholden to its lessons. In fact, I would’ve spurned all that I’ve learned
had I not learned to believe in this. Believing is hard routinely and
impossible occasionally. Then, I tell myself, “Joel, you’re crazy.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Despite my assessments, I still
wear destiny’s vestments, however invisible they are to others. Still, I can’t
help but wonder about the bumbles and the brambles, the hunger and the
stammers, the inability to answer for my choices. Meanwhile others are being
promoted; some are retiring. I, however, am still desiring the fulfillment of
what is most appealing about destiny. What this is differs for each based on
their range and reach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In this regard, destiny transcends
our search for fulfillment. It does so to raise our ceiling until we cease to
expect and let God do what He desires. The process stills yet stirs our fires. So
much until, part of us feels frozen; the other chosen. We eventually learn,
however, that we are beholden. Else we would achieve what cheats us of God’s
will for our lives. What this is fulfills immeasurably because it represents
our true destiny. We err when we pair destiny with destination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-25150575037112534562015-07-28T08:24:00.000-07:002015-07-28T08:25:46.021-07:00Leading Beyond Recognition<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our work has value beyond our desire
for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/seducer-joel-bryant-ed-d-?trk=mp-reader-card"><span style="color: #0563c1;">recognition</span></a>.
Its worth is innate when we take time to do our best amid the rush of life.
This alone gives it merit though we've yet to merit others regard. Conceiving our
work so deceives many of us because the desire for recognition bewitches. It also
robs us of the joy of creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thus, we are routinely moody about
things that are ultimately beyond our control. Paradoxically, a desire for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-authentic-you-joel-bryant-ed-d-?trk=mp-reader-card"><span style="color: #0563c1;">praise</span></a>
empowers and impoverishes together because we can't garner it, enough at least to
ease our angst. If we aren’t careful, we will devalue our work when we are
ignored. Acknowledged, however, we are ignited. Conquering this conundrum
requires us to affirm our work (and worth) without recognition. Only in doing
so can we overcome custom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beyond Custom</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are conditioned by custom to view
recognition as proof of merit. Discouraged by clicks, how often do we exist in
professional purgatory because others ignore our work and its worth? How often
do we consider <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-stay-optimistic-joel-bryant-ed-d-?trk=mp-reader-card"><span style="color: #0563c1;">quitting</span></a>
because we aren't getting the hits we imagine, which we use to establish a
pattern of success?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Passion Beyond
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These patterns matter but they
shouldn't maim when they are missing from our lives. During these times, we
must affirm emphatically the worth of our work. We must also reject the portrait
of persecuted genius --the kind common to artists. Rather than being insulted
by others indifference, we should work without regard for the regard we’ve yet
to gain, convinced that our work has <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/getting-ready-you-joel-bryant-ed-d-?trk=mp-reader-card"><span style="color: #0563c1;">merit</span></a>
though we aren't raved and recognized.</span></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-56835571547134814312015-06-30T07:21:00.000-07:002015-06-30T07:21:34.712-07:00Stepping into Greatness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-converted-space"><em><strong>Our lives are too large to be scarred by failure indefinitely.</strong></em></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Greatness demands a commitment so authentic that most of us fear making it. So we accept less than we desire only to admire those whose commitment is authentic. This doesn’t mean everyone begins with greatness in mind. But it does mean that greatness is ingrained in our souls and native to ourselves. Unfortunately, however, most of us weren’t raised in climates wherein greatness was a requirement. Even so, we can still commit to its achievement rather than being cheated by circumstances.</div>
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The first step is to step outside what we believe is possible for ourselves. We do this by developing a vision that inspires a discipline to do what we routinely avoid. In this regard, discipline isn’t a choice. We all have it and employ it daily. What matters, however, is its direction. If we can work 40 hours a week, we can do likewise when what we seek is worth having. We know its worth instinctively but are discouraged continually by the time it will take to realize our dreams. So we realize schemes that keep us distracted instead. Greatness, however, requires us to use our discipline towards our dreams despite delays and distractions. If we can do this we assist ourselves greatly.</div>
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The second step to achieving greatness is to stop seeking guarantees because these grieve when greatness fails. Moreover, if guarantees were possible we would wrestle until we wrested greatness. Hence the importance of planning, patience and perseverance. These offer the only guarantees possible. Everything else is radically contingent however we spin it. This thought should thrill rather than chill. It thrills when we maintain our zeal by respecting ourselves enough to give our all though we fall repeatedly. This respect often resembles insanity. Yet we must be missing a few screws to be enthused when reasons lack and results indict our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> efforts.</span></div>
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The final step to achieving greatness requires us to embrace our worthiness. In fact, we must develop a sense of entitlement to survive the entanglements we encounter in route. This sense of dessert is underwritten by work. We do this work independent of circumstances. Too many of us enthrone circumstances. Yet we readily cite the resolve of others despite circumstances. Our references indict unless we excite ourselves similarly by deeming ourselves as worthy. These simple steps can help us step closer to greatness.</div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-25568004729721240612014-08-04T14:56:00.003-07:002014-08-04T14:56:46.450-07:00EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE <em>What is innate pre-dates our efforts, and guides them also.</em><br />
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spent years having imaginary conversations with extraordinary people in an
effort to learn their secrets. From rapper Lil’ Wayne, I learned how to churn words
until they revealed their rhythm. Ralph Emerson, in contrast, taught me the
ways of wisdom, and how to write indifferent to reception. Soren Kierkegaard reinforced
this lesson. From Shakespeare I learned that brilliance has no bounds. His
plays to me are more like plows, pushing me to hope and herald authentically
though in disgrace with fortune circumstances find me.</span></div>
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Michel Montaigne I learned the value of sincerity and the art of the sentence. Each
encounter with him (and Schopenhauer) increased my confidence. From MLK, Jr. I
gained strength to love, learning to be devoted despite the motives of
malefactors. If, however, it weren’t for Fredrich Nietzsche indifference would
have defeated me. Yet Nietzsche encouraged me to become who I am despite being
slammed by circumstances. In this regard, Michael Jackson and Jordan also
served.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve
never seen anyone do what they did with so much verve. Who would have thought
that a ball and a beat combined with backward moving feet could accomplish so
much and inspire so many. Of course their success (and privilege) wouldn’t
surprise Paul Tillich, because he recognized that anything can become an object
of ultimate concern if we commit to it and are willing to learn. Thanks,
moreover, to William James many of my anxieties were tamed. His <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Principles of Psychology</i> eased my fears
of mediocrity and of being overlooked, especially when time was inclined to stream
slowly. James’ wisdom comforted and helped to grow me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There
are also other extraordinary people by whom I have been instructed, Herman
Keyserling included, as well as those whose names I have omitted (Blaise Pascal
for example). Thanks to these I have been able to weave my own literary web. In
time, like them, maybe I too can help someone else find his way, hers too,
thanks to the shrew, Mary Wollstonecraft. Who’s teaching you along your path?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-56792451983895599082014-07-11T13:47:00.001-07:002014-07-11T13:47:13.804-07:00The Alibi of Greatness<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/446qA3TpXwo" width="459"></iframe><br />Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-37551635415831995792014-06-23T09:29:00.001-07:002014-06-23T09:29:44.214-07:00The Crisis of Greatness1<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RzVU6eBFHdc?list=UU3NLjUDRFnUjIdn_BF2IECQ" width="459"></iframe><br />Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-48883760511933845542014-06-16T08:12:00.001-07:002014-06-16T08:12:24.122-07:00The Diversion of Greatness<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0pX9Y2NujEY" width="459"></iframe><br />Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-70927774350297888492014-06-09T07:51:00.001-07:002014-06-09T07:51:00.065-07:00The Inertia of Greatness<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iV5vHdamB00" width="459"></iframe><br />Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-71505217499554513932014-04-02T16:42:00.001-07:002014-04-02T16:46:40.631-07:00Awaiting Dawn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most of us work for days waiting for dawn to wave its wand over our lives.<br />
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When it does, however, its seldom what we envision the way we envision it.<br />
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On the contrary, dawn often sends darkness to help us develop our greatness.<br />
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Yet, in expecting light we routinely sleight ourselves, others also.<br />
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In fact so much of what we envision opposes the mission for which we were born. Hence our tendency to feel cheated and shorn of opportunities that come freely to others.<br />
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Even so, dawn has a reason and we have a mission. In discovering this, we turn darkness into greatness instead!Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-83220761244749472282014-03-12T16:54:00.001-07:002014-03-12T16:54:30.765-07:00THE BASIC
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-31033819081922062752014-01-24T05:20:00.000-08:002014-01-27T06:23:01.887-08:00Wishing and Rushing<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We spend most of our lives wishing and rushing only to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We should consider ourselves fortunate if we discover this
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yet we shouldn’t let these deprive us of our lives, which is
what happens when wishing and rushing rule.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, why not relax while you work and let time work for you instead!</span></div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-60226785142363326392013-12-18T10:35:00.000-08:002013-12-18T10:35:21.415-08:00Your Guess List
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How long is your guess
list? Everyone has one, whether they admit it or even know it or not. This list
outlines all those things that failed to thrive in our lives, including
ourselves routinely, because it’s natural to wonder why things turn out meanly as
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet rightly used, guess lists are designed to deepen our trust and our
ability to understand what truly matters to us. As this becomes clearer, our
lists become shorter and our steps surer. Certain things will remain, even as
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what we question and complain about is insignificant once we figure out what
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It’s easy to be easy on
ourselves. But with each stroke we forfeit our hopes and break our hearts, diminishing
also our flame and spark. Those who excel give themselves hell, metaphorically
speaking, lest they be content with average. Their idea of easy makes it hard
for them to stroke themselves. They aren’t reckless but they are relentless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-25972382460358651902013-11-11T05:13:00.001-08:002013-11-11T05:13:42.239-08:00ON BLOOMING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most of us don't bloom where we're planted because we believe that we've been handed the proverbial raw deal. So we live as if purpose and destiny aren't real. Yet just as every soul has its season, God likewise has a reason for planting us where we are though for the moment things are hard. If we remember this, we won't miss our season when it comes. The key meanwhile is to renew our vows to greatness while we are waiting (and working) on our change!</div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-81050516545657240362013-09-03T09:21:00.003-07:002013-09-03T09:21:59.192-07:00THE DANCE<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is no pretense for being dense; either we are or we
aren’t, without which we lose our warrant to success. Density in fact is the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Endurance is often the difference between average
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After all, how many people with average talent do we see helping to pilot the age? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yet they endured and stayed with it even as those who were
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this regard, only the dense attend the dance where
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How committed are you to helping without compensation (financially speaking) those who are seeking to accomplish greatness?</div>
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Most of us are so consumed with getting paid that we don't pave roads for others to walk. </div>
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In doing so, we make success capricious and relationships suspicious, wanting to know "what are they after" or "what's in it for me."</div>
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No wonder dreamers of greatness are dying breeds, because no one is self-made. We all need other's aid to excel and ascend to the summit of greatness.</div>
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Are you a mentor or an inventor of excuses on why you can't get involved?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our contributions are often
invisible but this doesn’t mean that they aren’t valuable. Unfortunately,
however, ours is an age wherein value is valid only when it is known,
professionally especially.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, we obsess over who gets the
credit rather than on making the contribution that we should, sharing ourselves
freely to help others with achieving their goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Doing so makes sense; it also
makes society insatiable and insensitive to those whose efforts aren't announced on
the news or in the next company bulletin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unless these souls are strong they will
get the sense that they don’t belong or that their contributions don’t matter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To prevent this, we should be
diligent in discovering those hidden heroes whose actions enhance organizational
life. They remain unsung only because they are unsought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As leaders, managers and persons,
our job is to promote others and to provoke greatness in all of its degrees. In
doing so, we strengthen relationships, energize organizations and encourage
these hidden heroes to contribute without feeling unappreciated. </span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Make it your task to find one today!</span></o:p></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-62180393352297333672013-07-12T07:33:00.002-07:002013-07-12T07:33:57.518-07:00WORK, WHY? DIARY OF A DREAMER<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm sitting at work watching people doing nothing. What a waste! Some are checking emails and others are being blackmailed. Time is the ransom they pay for neglecting their talent. Instead they play and complain about circumstances. Who cares? It's up to the person, not the employer to improve himself because jobs aren't designed to satisfy our quest for growth or yearning for greatness. Most only require a partial commitment. Growth begins, however, when we commit. Until then we play, pretend and squander our potential in narrow places. (9/6/2000)</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-1056559037406567022013-07-08T10:16:00.001-07:002013-07-08T10:17:40.534-07:00ON RESISTANCE<div style="text-align: center;">
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ON RESISTANCE</div>
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Resistance diminishes when we learn how to be vulnerable without being fragile. Then we don't have to "punch-back" or push others to gain support, usually. <br />
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We must also recognize that some resistance is inevitable because we are individuals. <br />
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Therefore we seldom see things identically. As long as we do so similarly, however, is sufficient if we are articulate in expressing ourselves and genuinely concerned about others' interests..<br />
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Moreover, those who resist us often have issues of trust that transcend us. So they won't understand despite the demands we make on ourselves to get along or be alert to antagonisms, minimizing these accordingly. <br />
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Forgive them, move on and work to form more fruitful alliances.Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-24986573109693479892013-06-26T07:51:00.003-07:002013-06-26T07:53:55.388-07:00PAUSE, CAN YOU?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes we must pause, retracting the
claws we use to climb towards success, embracing the moment without design or
distress. Otherwise we will continue to be anxious and thankless, annoyed daily
and hard unnecessarily on ourselves. Unfortunately, however, most of us confuse
pausing with passivity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So we work without rest thinking that doing
so will help us to accomplish our goals faster. Yet this logic is toxic,
personally, emotionally and relationally, leaving our spouses to wonder and our
children to watch as we work ourselves out of meaningful relationships with
them because of an undisciplined desire to provide for them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Moreover, in refusing to pause we forfeit
the power of renewal, which would help us achieve our goals by giving us
greater clarity and more energy for our tasks. Yet we choose to labor
beleaguered by fatigue because of some misguided notion of self-determination.
It’s okay to be determined, driven, even, but neither annuls the need to be
renewed, to pause and reflect rather than to push and act indefinitely (often detrimentally).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In this regard, pausing isn’t passivity, complacency
or indifference. It simply means that we recognize the need to suspend our
efforts without accusing ourselves of abandoning them. Besides, we won’t arrive
any faster than we do no matter how we construe our efforts. So, relax, reflect
and let time do what only it can. Your loved ones will be glad you did!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-37038764589259862822013-06-23T19:25:00.000-07:002013-06-24T06:25:06.046-07:00THE END!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Though most of us won’t
admit it, we are secretly inhibited (and anxious) about our end, desiring to
know when it will end. Maybe that’s why we lose ourselves setting goals and
courting greatness. Beyond the natural need to nurture our time and talents, we
also do so to help maintain our balance, which is more elusive than we admit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Even so, we are deeply concerned
about our end; not, however, simply about the outcome of our efforts but more
so about what happens when life has left us. This concern inspired
existentialism, fatalism and every other historical <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ism</i>. It also inspired the wisdom of the sages as revealed through the
ages. A sense of mortality instinctively produces such when we allow it to
touch us in ways we routinely deny and ignore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then we ask ourselves, “What
am I doing this for?” Though rhetorical, this question is also rewarding
because it forces us to fix our gaze beyond the ways we devise to achieve our
goals and the privileges we hope to gain when we succeed. Thus, some people
pursue religion for answers; others pursue pleasure instead, seeking to silence
the interrogations that inspired Kierkegaard’s dread.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Even so, we want to know
about our end, when it will end. Some of us may even want to know how and where
it will end. To deny this inquiry as natural is to make detachment inevitable.
How can we rightly relate to others when we are indifferent to ourselves about
what matters most? In fact the quality of our lives is determined by the degree
to which we have embraced our mortality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately, some people
become ruthless and aimless in response. Others become ambitious and obsessed.
Yet no goal or gain can censor mortality whether or not we respond. The time
will come when we will be disarmed and must answer or perhaps ask, as did the
Psalmist, “O’ Lord, help me to understand my mortality and the brevity of my
live! Let me realize how quickly it will end.” (39:4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unlike many of us, William
Shakespeare refused to ignore or deny the sovereignty of mortality. In fact he confessed,
perhaps as an antidote, “I have immortal longings in me.” Maybe Shakespeare’s willingness
to confront his mortality immortalized his writings. Maybe that’s why he was
able to embed creatively what he couldn’t embody existentially. Maybe our work
would be more enduring if we weren’t in denial about our mortality. Maybe we
could increase our force if it were rightly faced. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Aptly embraced, legacies
and legends result, depending upon our influence. But even if we never achieve
this status, our lives will be more authentic because we confronted our mortality.
Maybe facing it would make us more cheerful and charitable also. If we
understood just how quickly our lives do end, no matter how long we live, maybe
we would be the difference that makes the difference in the lives of others
before nature pulls the covers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-68754948126622546512013-06-18T12:40:00.000-07:002013-06-18T12:40:16.270-07:00CLOSE...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things
get easier as we keep aiming towards our goals. It may not seem like it because
we aren't always as clear as we imagine on what these are. We generally have
more ideas than we do exacts. Ideas get us started but exacts keep us going
(and committed). They also enable us to accelerate our pace, and to recognize our
place when we reach it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Consider,
for example, driving to a destination, maybe even somewhere you've been before
but you aren't exactly sure of where it is. You have a general idea instead,
enough to convince you to get in your car and drive. After a while you find
yourself in the vicinity but not at your destiny (destination). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thus,
you may feel anxious or excited or even annoyed because you know you are close.
You even have a strong idea of where you are but you aren’t where you want to
be. Hence the importance of clarity, whether in driving cars or pursuing goals.
Here we see clearly the difference between <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">exacts</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ideas</i>. Our success is routinely
determined by our degree of clarity regarding our goals and dreams. Without
clarity we occupy the vicinity but don't reach the destiny we desire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today,
so many people are vexed by vagueness and victims of the indefinite. They lack
the ability to say clearly what they want. Of course this doesn’t mean that they
can’t succeed because they can. In fact, sometimes in being too precise we miss
opportunities when they emerge because we lack the urge to pursue them, especially
if they contradict our conceptions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Generally,
however, clarity is a prerequisite for success. We must be able to express clearly
what we desire deeply. In this regard, failure to achieve is often a failure of
clarity. Clarity is the ability to express clearly our goals without being
clouded or constrained by contingencies. If we can’t express this to ourselves,
we will have trouble expressing it to others also, which will hinder their
ability to help us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
why it’s important to take time to ask ourselves, “What am I really after; what
are my true goals.” Answering this anchors us in our pursuits. It also increases
our confidence and changes how others experience us. Clarity enables us to be
decisive and assertive rather than tentative and timid. Consider again how we
drive when we aren’t sure of where we are or where we are going. In these
instances, having an idea isn’t the same as having an exact, practically or
emotionally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clarity,
however, isn’t something we get once and for all. On the contrary, it accrues
over time as we take time to assess where we are and what we want. Otherwise we
will get in the vicinity without reaching our destiny as we desire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-36715472128623542642013-06-13T14:27:00.004-07:002013-06-13T14:27:56.258-07:00GETTING TO YES!<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A book entitled, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Getting to Yes</i>, appeared several years
ago. It focused on the art and science of negotiation, and how to make
beneficial compromises as we each pursue our peculiar aims. As used in this
article, however, getting to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i>
implies mastering the steps needed to experience the greatness deeded in your
soul. Once you do this, you experience the bliss of an unmuffled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i>! As simple as it sounds, to get to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i> you must first say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YES</i> to yourself and your dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So many people are wedged between
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">no</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maybe</i> instead. They lack the certainty that characterizes destiny. Destiny
is the belief that your <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i> is your
right to succeed and not just a wish to do so. If, however, you haven’t said <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i> to yourself and your dreams,
uncertainty will stifle and you will stumble in getting started and in staying
committed till the end. The way you get to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i>
is to not second-guess yourself or your right to success. This is much different
from second-guessing your methods, your means and your maneuvers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unless you are omniscient you
must change these routinely, sometimes remarkably, for various reasons.
Second-guessing as it relates to tactics and strategy are part of the anatomy
of greatness. It becomes detrimental, however, when you second-guess yourself.
Hence the need to examine your assessments and assumptions, making sure you get
to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i> and stay there as it relates
to your belief in your right to success and greatness. The key is in being
decisive and convinced without bowing to contingents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Things will happen, plans will
fail and people will change their minds about you. You, however, shouldn’t change
your mind about yourself. Once you get to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yes</i>
by agreeing with yourself, stay there! Whenever you find yourself feeling
anxious and uncertain, don’t let these feelings push you into <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">no</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maybe</i> regarding your dreams. Second-guess your tactics and strategy
when necessary but not your right to and belief in your ability to achieve your
dreams. In doing so, you make better and more beneficial compromises with other
and yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559831545387010351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026194187608392816.post-24153500183977794782013-06-11T09:24:00.000-07:002013-06-11T09:24:57.007-07:00WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTED TO?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">What are you committed to? When
all is said and assessed, what desire has possessed you so that you are willing
to go to the end to realize it? Do you have such a passion? Do you dream such dreams? If not, why not? What would you do if you truly believed in you the way
you say? Would you be living the same life as you are today? If so, that’s
okay. Still, it’s good for us to ask ourselves, </span><i style="font-weight: normal;">what are we committed to</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">. In doing so, we maintain our priorities
rather than adopting those imposed from the outside. More importantly, we renew
our strength and resolve to invent ways to achieve our goals, whether personal or
professional. So, as you go about your day today, take time to ask yourself, “What
am I committed to.” In answering this you take risks consistent with your
aspirations, which is the prerequisite for living a life of greatness! Enjoy: http://youtu.be/sI7kabeZqzY</span></div>
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