Whether or not you win this thing, you got to decide how you are going to walk out of here when it is all said and done!

We all need momentum. It is in the moments, however brief or long, that we have an opportunity to create that momentum. It is not only others that help us “become”, but we as individuals that discover who we ‘are’ and ‘will be’. The following is a video promo from Versus, essentially a spot for  NBCsports. I love videos such as these because they usually pull out from inside of us that have often been dormant.

We were never meant to be dormant. We are meant to have momentum! 

The clock is ticking… let’s see what you’ve got

The Transcript from this video:

Whether or not you win this thing, you got to decide how you are going to walk out of here when it is all said and done, cause the game is going to go on. And there is only one rule you are going to know about; there are no second chances.

There is only this moment, and the next moment. Every one of those moments is a test that you get to take one time, and only one time.

So if you see an opening; tear into it! If you get a shot at victory make damn sure you take it. Seize that moment.

That moment is a crossroads where everything you want will collide with everything standing in your way. You’ve got momentum at your back. Fear and doubt are a freight train thundering straight at you.

And all you got, the only difference between making history and being history, the only thing, the only thing that you can count on in any given moment is YOU!

It’s you vs. them, you vs. no, you vs. can’t, you vs. next year, last year, statistics, excuses. It’s you vs. history. You vs. the odds. It’s you vs. second place.

The clock is ticking… let’s see what you’ve got.

“Ahh you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at a bar!” ~ George Carlin

“Ahh you hate your job?.. There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY & they meet at a bar!” George Carlin #BenThinks

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It’s only natural to not completely feel happy with everything you do. We are all self-conscious. Even the most arrogant S.O.B.’s have their moments of inadequacy. Some of us strive so much for perfection that we are often unhappy with our own performance. But to just sit and complain without an effort to fix the complaint does nothing.

• If you have a job, even if you despise it, be appreciative. So many people would love to be in your position. For some, having no job at all is worse then having a job that you hate!
• If you are doing the bare minimum to get by… stop doing that and do better. The only way I see we can feel better about what we do is if we ourselves help change the outlook around what we do.
• If you love your job, help others see the passion you have without being arrogant or annoying. Passion can be like a virus both negative and positive. Being a suck up is not the same thing as being passionate.

If you have have an ordinary job it doesn’t mean you can’t be extraordinary at it… just ask this dude!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS65yyw-zec

Be Extraordinary, Don’t be Ordinary

I am a thinker

Now this by no set of circumstance means that my thoughts are valid, cutting edge, ignorant, intelligent or leading. This only means that in moments I have with people and my environment I think… Think about my actions. The actions of others. The inactions of us all.

#HRevolution

I believe the biggest impact we make is in the relationships we have with those immediately around us. Whether that be family, friends or colleagues. At HRevolution this weekend I met up with past colleagues and friends. I met a lot of new ones. We shared time and space. It is ridiculous to say that we will all talk or connect on a regular basis. But we can say that what we learned from each other, good and bad, can possibly help us  be better and transition our actions for the future.

In the final session I attended with Paul Smith & China Gorman we had a discussion around the idea of influence. Now those attending and present in the session you heard my thoughts. I am big on action. Writing things down to commit to memory. Committing not only to others but to yourself. Creating a contract to and for yourself and then being accountable.

So when I came across the following TEDx talk today it just fit with what I believe.

3 Things we learn about ourselves

This past week I wrote about Apollo 13: INNOVATION through CHAOS. There I talked about how sometimes, something dramatic and drastic needs to happen in order to move us forward.  The following TEDx video was appropriate coming home from HRevolution.

The story: Ric Elias, a front-row passenger aboard US Airways Flight 1549, gives a TED talk about the three things he learned while his plane was crashing.

Lessons from a traumatic event

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtkUt9zuBxk&feature=player_embedded#at=126

Here are the 3 things he learned and took away from his face-off with death:

1. How are you changing your relationships? – “I collect bad wines… cause if the wine is ready and the person is there, I’m opening it. I no longer want to postpone anything in life.”
2. What would you change in your relationships and the negative energy in them? – “The time I wasted in things that did not matter with people that did matter. I no longer try to be right, I choose to be happy.”
3. Are you being the best parent you can be? – “Dying is not scary… but it is very sad. In that moment I only wished I could see my kids grow up… Now the only thing that matters in my life is to be a great dad.”

A Takeaway

Too often we wait. Wait for the right time. The right moment. The right person. The perfect set of circumstances to somehow tell us that we should move! That we should act. A sudden shift to move us forward. To take a chance and step from fear to confidence.

At HRevolution many of us mentioned the business impact. I think we subconsciously realized that the personal impact of how we  interact with people also holds a strong correlation to what impacts the business! The two are never mutually exclusive!

3 Things for you…

To tie it back to this weekend at HRevolution… I would just ask the following:

1. What are you waiting for and what is it going to take?
2. What set of circumstances will be presented to you so that the things you have kept yourself from doing for so long become urgent for you in the now? What things will you do as a result of it all?
3. Are you being the best parent, husband/wife, son/daughter, business partner, colleague you can be?

…not what you don’t.

Anyone can complain about the opportunities they don’t have. It takes a special person to realize what they do have and create opportunities from them!

What excuses are you making?

The inspirational true story of how soccer became the number one pastime in the floating village of Koh Panyee. (5 Minute Video worth watching twice)