by MotivationalMark | Jul 4, 2016 | Qualities of Characters, When It Sucks It Blows |
Universal Contrast. It’s all about differences, that make a difference! Yes, if we were all the same, that would be rather boring to say it mildly. And if we ran in the same circles together that may strip us of the very uniqueness that’s found in going solo. Yet when I incorporate the term, Universal, I mean just that, it’s worldwide. And when I state Contrast, it’s just black and white and not gray. Yes, there’s nothing like being you in the pack that you run with. Being picked in a line up behind glass, may charge you 10 to life, but hey, you’re one in a lifetime!
We all look at ourselves differently.
And being unique is okay:
If you’re weird.
If you’re skinny.
If you’re poor.
If you have a lisp.
If you’re paralyzed.
If you’re bankrupt.
If you think you’re stupid.
If you feel alone.
If you’re autistic.
If you’re Asian.
If you’re blind.
If you have no parents.
If you live in a trailer.
If you drive a rambler.
If you work in a soup kitchen.
If you clean toilets to get by.
If you’re forty and still living with your parents!
It’s all okay.
Because that’s what Universal Contrast is.
Just being different.
Walt Disney
“Being different is what makes the difference.”(Mr.D)
by MotivationalMark | Jun 27, 2016 | Qualities of Characters, When It Sucks It Blows |
And boy do we need an exit strategy in this wild, wild, West world we buckin bronco in. It’s not something we’ve created, it’s just something that’s created us. We attempt to balance that ball in some bad videogame, or the ball that clanks off the rim, or the one that chinks the outer lip of the cup. Everything that’s done successful is strategic in nature. It’s the blueprints, it’s the map, it’s the to-do list.. But it’s not how long we’ve been there, it’s how in the heck are we gonna get out of there?
strategic thinkers:
Anticipate with what some label as “peripheral vision.”
They always think critically and not by conventional wisdom.
They interpret without ambiguity settling in.
They’re extremely decisive.
They don’t stumble or buckle under pressure.
They align themselves with those for open dialogue by building undivided trust.
They manage to learn whatever they need to for future interests.
Bill Gates
“Knowing where to go doesn’t mean you know how to land.”(Mr.D)
by MotivationalMark | Jun 20, 2016 | Qualities of Characters, When It Sucks It Blows |
We get 52 of these each year. It’s an amazing feat what you can do in 168, and it’s also amazing what you refrain from doing in that same time slot. So being responsible is the imperative on juggling your minute by minute.
Managing time is all about being responsible. Which is valuing what’s been laid at our feet.
And that’s found in taking absolute ownership:
Which is being totally consumed into doing.
Thinking and living out something that’s either yours or someone else’s dream, yet you still feel like it’s your ‘baby’.
Or by displaying a thorough trust, which is not wavering or backing up the wagons an inch, no matter how ugly circumstances may be.
Or being fully trained, by demonstrating a well-ordered lifestyle, which is taking a ton of time to live and breathe 24/7/365.
Or whatever else it will take to become that person, who can make it constantly happen with quality character on display!
Warren Buffet
“We all live or die by the clock.”(Mr.D)
by MotivationalMark | Jun 13, 2016 | Qualities of Characters, When It Sucks It Blows |
I’ve festered in the pool of yesteryear for eons. I’ve lavished in the constant rhetoric of classmates.com, and it’s not far removed on how I’ve spun the tail, enlarged the fish to create the mystery from whence I came. Not everyone uses truth, and not everyone understands “the lie.” A great salesman can make the deal in a twinkling of an eye. And history will always support the data which caters to our ideal agenda. Oh, it’s okay to skew the results or tamper with the findings, so say I, but that will only lead to dismay and distrust. Some choices get a pass, while some maybe classic disasters. I’ve created the bed I sleep in, as well as the grave I arm-wrestle in. We may dabble in the past and flounder in the present but we gotta get a future!
present:
By not dwelling in the past.
Or hiding our big fat heads in the sand.
Or losing our lofty brains in the clouds.
When the ‘past’ cold cocks us, and it will at some time,
We will either sit idle.
Or we will allow it to invade like some foreign legion.
And it’s all about the unencumbered state of “now” that we strive for, by being thoroughly free from our yin yang past!
“Doing nothing doesn’t mean you don’t exist.”(Mr.D)
My Mom’s classic line was . . .
“Who needs AC, we got windows and shades for that.”
by MotivationalMark | Jun 6, 2016 | Qualities of Characters, When It Sucks It Blows |
Being creative is making art with what you got.
And if there’s anything greater than pulling a rabbit out of your hat or swallowing fire or juggling swords it’s making do with the little you have. Moderation is similar to being a minimalist when you have little to pick from. The creative spirit is something that always has amazed me. I’ve always been it all and how God borrowed from nothing to create this entire universe we all exist on. I’ve also had a struggle with panhandlers who also do the same thing but find their nothing in some dumpster in the back alley.
If you only got a little, then little is enough.
If you can’t get past your nose, then your size 12 shoe is enough.
If you can’t make do with what you got, then do what you can.
Einstein was definitely a man who never stopped failing, at trying to achieve something. They history is full of how he attempted time and again to discover something that had not been discovered. He is the epitome of the creative spirit we’ve seem to have lost in this generation. Yes, technology has eased many hard played out roles yet we still are hanging loose on some beachhead.
“Creative is making art with what you got.”(Mr.D)
by MotivationalMark | May 30, 2016 | Qualities of Characters, When It Sucks It Blows |
If our life is a shambles and we can see the light of day or even a flickering morsel from that small hole were trapped in then it’s possible were not yet sure what we need to guard against. And there’s never anything wrong with being extremely active at pursuing something we want. Unless that something will destroy the very fabric we believe in.
Being protective is guarding against the elements that have come to destroy the most important parts.
That means we protect what’s ours and what’s there’s.
Colin Powell in his heyday was the pinnacle of total protection. He’s all about hard work, determination and sweat which is what makes a dream become real.
“Rip cords are for those who know human behavior.”(Mr.D)
