Procrastination

Everyone has those times when are just at our limit. When you feel as though the time to collapse and give into what your body has been screaming for the past two weeks is only seconds away! Some of us will perform at our peak level at these times. When iron it hitting iron and there is no chance for mistakes. I am one of those. In college I left that 17 page paper until the weekend before it was due and if I even tried to start it three weeks earlier I would waste hours staring at a blank screen. I still function on this level but just a little differently. I will wait until necessary to "think" about what needs to be done but I will have everything in place to make it happen right then! I think this is just about growing older, figuring out how YOU work and adjusting so you don't mess up, slack off or forget, but you strive for excellence and make it happen no matter what that journey looks like. Even when the sleep is not there and the fast food dinners are a daily staple, in the end you make it happen, succeed and do it with excellence. So no matter what you do to finish that project, lead that team, build that house, or clean that floor. Figure out how you do it best and then go for it. Even if you only have thirty minutes to get it done.

The end

I have talked in the past about death and what it does and how it affects each one of us. But do we really understand the true reality of its grasp and how it can take control? There are those moments and times where we can let it completely take over our lives, out of fear, concern or love. We can live in fear daily of what might happen or could happen. Grasp it, control it, and understand that it is inevitable. We all die and we can run or hide from the sheer fact of this, or we can understand that this is the way of life, the beginning and the end. Your choice, but you must realize that you will choose one way or the other, accept and allow yourself to thrive in this moment, living it to the fullest or allow death to overtake your life until that fateful end.

Create

What will you create in 2009? User-generated content is on the rise, it is expected to surpass 30 million between now and 2013, that is almost 113 million new user created, distributed and consumed content. That is a lot. It is inspiring to see people taking control of and molding their experience. People are changing the tide of society and corporations. Using the Internet as their launching pad, they are not sitting by and being control. People are connecting, expressing, changing, living and causing new mindsets and corporations to study this phenomenon. We are causing them to look to us on what is fresh and new, and how they can attract our attention, time and money. So I ask you today: what will be created in 2009 by you, me or our network of bees. Here is a great article where I got the inspiration for this post. Enjoy.

Routine

Today was full of great conversation and thought provoking concepts and realities. I was presented with a great thought from a friend. It is 2009, we are living it and experiencing it. We are also at the tipping point of a huge change for our society and world in almost every aspect. Not only is our economic situation up in arms and ready for a drastic change but every area of people's lives are in transition. We are seeing a societal shift into new ways of thinking, processing and grasping our world and our lives. The Internet is on the edge of a new horizon in ways of connecting, functioning and thriving. The question is this: During the 20's, 30's and so on, there were huge societal archetypes instilled in our nation. An industrial revolution filled with new technologies to help everyone function at a new and higher level. We are now in 2009, far removed from those days and systems, with a fresh new outlook on the future and what is to come. So what are you going to do to make a difference today? Can you cause another shift in how we as a society thrive? Can you start a new way of connecting and relating and providing value to each of us? I believe you can and I believe that during these vital times all of us have the opportunity to step out, shift mindsets and habits or the choice to just conform to the ebb and flow of this society. I want to step aside, analyze and see how I can start to shift my own routines and habits, how I can start to connect in a new and fresh way. How will you?

100,000 pounds of Reflection

Once in awhile you have those moments that really allow you appreciate God's beauty. And there is nothing like seeing a 100,000 pound Humpback whale less than three feet away from you 2 miles off the coast of Maui. I have just experienced this moment, courtesy of a marine biologist friend named CT, who took me and my wife and family on her little red inner tube boat just feet away from a Humpback whale and her 1 day old calf. Those moments take your breathe away and cause you to reflect on the beauty of this land and ocean and how magnificent it all truly is. Everyone should sit back and reflect on their own lives and how precious and beautiful it is, whether your situation is the greatest or the worst right now, life moves in clips and phases and everything will pass and go, the good and the bad, so don't take this time for granted and grasp the world around you with a new eye.