“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
Build Your Dream and Change the World
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
Buckminster Fuller
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Break Free
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Cast Your Stone
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
Mother Teresa
It’s Up to Us
“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.”
Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life
The Power of Change Over Fear
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back….”
Erica Jong
You Can’t Hide from Change
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Just One Step: The Power of Momentum
Whenever you feel like things are insurmountable, just take one step. That’s all you need to do. One step… then take a breath… then take another step. Next thing you know, you are moving along with the momentum of your action – and there is no stopping you.
Remember Newton’s First Law of Motion: An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
On Change
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Barack Obama
Surface Your Why
I was a facilitator at a recent marketing conference for the Miami Arts & Business Council and had the pleasure of seeing Krista Kellogg from Center Content speak about branding – what it is and why it’s important. But then she showed a video that I had never seen before, even though I had read the famous book about “starting with why” from the video’s narrator – Simon Sinek – previously. It was about the Golden Circle and looking for the “Why” of your brand – personal or company. Whether it’s to change the way people see the world (my personal why) or make life easier to navigate or even to break the status quo. It’s the belief behind the brand. The belief behind the words.
All I could say is – wow….
“Today is about surfacing your ‘why'”.
Krista Kellogg – Center Content
So rather than go into all the reasons why this is a wow for me (and no doubt will also be for you), I’m just going to ask you to watch. It’s a must see for people who dream big and desire greatness from their company and themselves. If you don’t get goosebumps… Well, you will.