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How Far Will You Go?

June 28, 2010 in Business, Leadership with 4 Comments

Big Jump How Far Will You Go?How far will you go? How high can you jump? What risks are you will to take to find your destiny…to find what is right for you?

Taking risks isn’t easy. We often have to conquer our fear or insecurities. We have to be ready and eager to jump from the familiar to the unknown. Getting there is often downright scary: What if it doesn’t work out? What if I fail?

The only way we’re going to find out is to risk it! If we’re having trouble making the change, we need to look within ourselves to see what is causing our resistance. Overcome it. This is part of having the will to take risks…over coming fear to make that jump into the unknown.

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

The Noble Prize-winning writer T.S. Eliot was talking about symbolism in poetry he wrote the above-mentioned line, but it applies to every aspect of life. Indeed, the quote has been adopted as the slogan for numerous societies and organizations. Before he achieved international fame as a poet, playwright, and essayist,Eliot worked in a bank. By choosing the path of writing…at best, a chancy economic future over a salaried position at an institution…he was clearly willing to risk going too far to see just how far he could go.

Ready, set, go. . . make that same leap into the unknown!!

God bless. ~ Geoff Snyder

Stop Worrying and Start Living

May 18, 2010 in Business, Health and Wellness, Leadership with 6 Comments

Stop Worrying and Start Living 300x300 Stop Worrying and Start LivingI have come to realize that people on a fast paced “career track” often burn the candle at both ends. I should know, I was once one of these people and I thank God that it didn’t take me very long (oh about 10 years or so) to figure out that I needed to change a few things in my life. These fast paced individuals are programmed to believe that if they work harder and longer, that they can eventually get ahead, solve the problem, or close the account. But let’s face it…none of these things will happen if you’re exhausted.

One of Dale Carnegie‘s bestselling books,How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, is about stress management. In fact, based on quite extensive research that I did, it was the first book written specifically on the subject. Mr. Carnegie wrote it because he was sick and tired of stressing out everyday over his position in life and wanted to put a stop to it. So he looked very closely at what it was he was worrying about, how it affected him, and came up with a method on how to stop it.

One of the first realizations was that stress and worry cause fatigue. So Carnegie’s strategies for combating include this very simple technique: lie down for an hour before dinner. He translated those hours into the course of a lifetime to get the technique called “5,467 times more effective” than a cocktail.

Today it seems that it’s even harder to find a free hour. But we are able to, and can adapt. Find the time to take a break, even if it’s for only 20 minutes. It will suffice. You’ll be amazed at the wonders it will do for your stamina and your overall peace of mind.

Chris Brady’s “Rascal Manifesto”

October 12, 2009 in Leadership with 5 Comments

The manifesto below is a contribution from leadership guru, Chris Brady.  Chris is one of the top leaders of our lifetime.  I hope you enjoy this as much I do.  God Bless

“I was born free and I intend to live like it.

This means that I will live my life while I’m alive.

No one owns me except my Creator.

No one can put me in a box, a category, a social group, a voting block, or a classification.

I am fiercely independent (interdependent).

I know that with my freedom comes responsibility.

I take responsibility for my own actions, and I hold the bar high on myself.

I am not afraid to struggle, because it’s the struggle that makes me great.

I know that excellence always lies on the other side of inconvenience.

I am a learning machine.

I read, I confront brutal reality, I grow.

Long term, no one and nothing can defeat me, because I will keep coming back, stronger and better than before.

I will educate myself about the true principles of freedom,

and I will strive mightily to preserve freedom for the next generation.

I rely on no man and no government to provide for me.

I will not follow the herd of mediocrity and victim-thinking.

I don’t follow herds, instead I run with a pack – a pack of Rascals.

Let others bask in their privileges, as for me, I will invest them in my purpose.

I will defy description.

I will charge the hill.

I will make a difference.

I’m a Rascal!”