Pick one … then move on.
Replace the love of the heart with anything. Friendship, the summit of a mountain, a goal, something to be achieved, 4:30pm cut off time to Coors Complex. You either made it or you didn’t.
Pick one … then move on.
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Hugh MacLeod – Your Brain
““Your Brain Is Not Your Friend” is a line that we got from our friend, the corporate strategist, Robert Cooper.
The short version: Our brains evolved in a world of scarcity; ergo our brains are hardwired to conserve precious biological resources, calories etc.
Which makes us inherently challenged at being the rockstar entrepreneurial, triathlon-running, Shakespeare-reading, world-traveling, culture-worshipping uber-geniuses we aspire to be. Because doing so uses up a TON of resources.
Given that biologically, our brains are hardwired to conserving resources, we are actually predisposed to take the path of least resistance, so left to their own devices, our brains would have us sitting around watching TV, eating junk food, sleeping late. All that slob stuff our mothers warned us about.
Most of us are always fighting a war with his own brain’s biology. But knowing this, makes you able to deal with it better. Thanks to Robert Cooper for giving me this A-ha! moment of clarity. Rock on.”
Hugh MacLeod – Own It
“Owning it” means being in control of your craft. The feeling that you got successful because you earned it fair and square, not just because you got lucky.
And that can take decades. In my case, I didn’t get successful at cartooning because I was tremendously talented at it from the age of ten, I wasn’t. I got good because I liked doing it and continually wanted to get better… and kept at it for many, many years.
You can own your career, control your own destiny; You don’t have to go for the executive position.. that is unless, it is something that you really want to own.
This idea of “ownership” is very much aligned with “mastery”. It can be in art, finance, law or lawn care. It involve sacrifice, dedication and time. Is it worth it? That is for you to decide, but from where I sit, it is one of life’s great treasures.
Hugh MacLeod – #YayHappy
Make It Happen
When I was younger, I thought love just kinda happened. You met a girl/boy, you liked him/her, he/she liked you, then suddenly BAM!!!! Fireworks and happy ever after.
Luckily (as it turns out), it doesn’t work that way. It takes effort and deliberation. You gotta be proactive. “Random” might get you laid on occasion, but that’s about it.
That being said, it’s still a very happy cartoon… #YayHappy.
TOTD – Your Sliver
What I have to say:
Think about this on all aspects of life. The brands you choose, the places we choose to live and the friends and relationships we choose to be in.
Pick your sliver well … my friends. Or better yet – with business, we have the ability to create our sliver.
Lets party guys!
What Hugh MacLeod had to say:
“Usually, the deal here is, I draw a cartoon and then write something to go along with it. Some little philosophical add-on to balance it out, etc.
But I got stuck with this one.
The meaning of this cartoon is just so self-evident to me that I really don’t think adding anything will do it justice.
So I’ll just shut up now…
No. Really.”
“Usually, the deal here is, I draw a cartoon and then write something to go along with it. Some little philosophical add-on to balance it out, etc.
But I got stuck with this one.
The meaning of this cartoon is just so self-evident to me that I really don’t think adding anything will do it justice.
So I’ll just shut up now…
No. Really.”
Pay Attention
Hugh MacLeod – Don’t Be Boring
“As Russell Davies, the UK ad executive says, “A brand’s first job is to be interesting.”
Once you are interesting, every contact with every customer, supplier, and stakeholder becomes easier. When you look at how commodity products and services are differentiated from their competition, it always comes back to the successful ones being more interesting – usually in an unexpected way.
Yes, quality matters. Yes, price matters. Yes, all the stuff you learned in “B” school matters. But what matters most to your customers is that you are smarter, quirkier, cooler, and more determined than the next guy. Once you are able to project these human traits to the world, customers and prospects are drawn to you.
This is for the guys who still think that the only way to market is through explaining product benefits and price advantages. Because being more human and showing that you are different, with personality and purpose, is even more important.”
