Month: July 2007

What Moves You?

Want some clues about the road ahead?  Want to know what you were born to do?  Then look at what moves you…deeply.  Something that won’t leave you alone even when you try to kill or medicate it.

The following is a road map:

  • What do you do that causes you to lose track of time?
  • What do you do that you can see as clearly as the palm of your hand?
  • Who (needs to be more than you) benefits if you succeed in this pursuit?
  • Have you encountered a valley (necessary for all authentic journeys) after catching the vision?
  • Have you refused to give up?

The above is not exhaustive, but it reflects some of what I’ve encountered on the way to Epic Living.  You can find common ground with the road map as King David, Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs and Terry Walling have.

Do you have the courage to live out what you know to be true?  The width of your life depends on it.

Strategy or Diversion

Does your organization call meetings for strategy or diversion?  I spoke with a friend today who told me its the latter. 

When organizations or individuals lack clarity and direction they resort to diversion.  Something to distract…a game of "pretend."  Almost like channel surfing with a remote at home.

Cures for this disease are simple, but hard to live out:

  • Decide what you want and be prepared for the consequences
    (good and bad)
  • Decide to stop wasting other people’s time.  Just because you don’t know what you want doesn’t mean everyone else is in the same boat.
  • Decide to seek help…preferably with someone who is skilled and that you trust.
  • Decide to keep the duration of your meetings to no more than one hour.
  • Decide that too many meetings equals too many opportunities lost.

No Problems…When We’re Perfect

The title of this post is my reccomendation for AT&T to use as a marketing slogan.  More specifically for the IPhone.  C/NET News has an interesting piece on the current issues around activation for the IPhone.  Usually when you take the middle of two extremes (customers and providers) you’ll get the truth. 

It’s no secret about AT&T’s struggle with giving outstanding customer experiences.  Guy Kawasaki posts his review of the iPhone here ("My iPhone Review").  His experience with the folks at AT&T mirror my own from two years ago…at least their consistent.

I wonder whether Steve Jobs was a little nervous during pre-launch?  My read says he’s written these glitch issues off to the following:

  • Every product has an ebb and flow cycle.
  • The "brand" will transcend the problems.
  • People want the iPhone to be magical and wonderful…therefore it is!
  • He’ll rip the heads off of many if these glitches aren’t fixed soon:)