Quantum Insights from 2006
As most of you who have known me for a couple of years know, every beginning of year, I develop a vision for the year and send out a message to my friends as per what my insight into the New Year is. My inner circle can remember that at the beginning of the year, I said that 2006 was MY YEAR OF QUANTUM LEAPS. We have had quatum leaps in many facets of our lives and have gleaned lots of insights that can enable us have a better life in 2007. Here are some of the most powerful insights gleaned from life in 2006.
Quantum Insight # 1.
When things get weird, stop doing things as you have always been doing them. Raise the standard. Start living and working like a champion. Recognize that it is only the mentality you embrace that will either make you or break you. Go the extra mile. Pay the costly price. Persevere. Stretch yourself. Do the undoable. Break the boundaries of limitation. Don’t cower like a chick in the rain. Soar above mediocrity. For destiny’s sake, come out of your shell and live the abnormal life! Don’t settle for the normal and mediocre. Get out of control and awaken the giant within. Do the things that you can’t do!
Quantum Insight # 2.
Depart from your assumptions about work. Work is not conquered by working hard but by working smart. Work is not labor but laughter. Thomas Edison, respected inventor and holder of patents to over one thousand inventions is well known to have said, “I never had a day’s work all my life. It was all fun!” That’s abnormal living! This guy lived OFF THE WALL! His work attitude could not even be read by the charts. That’s the kind of approach we need towards work. When you learn to love work, you have solved 50% of the problems of life. The other 50% are solved when you actually work.
Quantum Insight # 3.
This is a huge piece of advice. When things get weird, turn pro. What distinguishes a pro from an amatuer? A pro never plays, he performs. An amatuer plays and has no concept of what it means to perform for his team. In 2006 I saw so many people playing at work. Very few know what it means to perform. You have to learn to perform. When the axe falls, it takes out the players and leaves those who perform. Those who play entertain but those who perform produce results. Get the difference? Don’t just play for your team, perform for it! What does this mean for you in 2007? Are you an entertainer or a producer? Turn pro. The key is to perfect the art of consistent diligence at working at your task.
Quantum Insight # 4.
When things get weird, decide to create your own ripple effect. Disturb the waters. I don’t mean that you rebel against what’s happening. Such a move will destroy you! You’ve got to be wise. You can’t afford to be foolish in 2007, let alone any other year. In 2006 we swam in rough waters and it was hectic trying to hold onto the raft. In 2007 we are swimming with sharks and you’ve got to come out alive. You’ve got to first have a more powerful boat and get rid of the raft. I’m talking about developing structures. You can’t fire a missile from a canoe! If you tried it would topple over and the sharks will come for you. You’ve got to elevate your thinking. What do you mean then by saying that you should create your own ripple effect? I’m glad you asked! When things get weird, you’ve got to engage them. You don’t shirk away from them. GO FOR THE JUGULAR! Strangle all profit from the seasons of change. Milk the cow dry! (A lesson I learnt from my dad when I started milking cows after high school). Find your cow in 2007 and milk it dry! Your cow is the niche that will carve out a place for you in the human experience and land you a page in the book of Global History many years from today.
Quantum Insight # 5.
Start singing as you go through the weird times. Sounds funny, eh! I can imagine you guys bursting out in laughter thinking I’ve gone nuts. Ha! Ha! Ha! Well, I’m nuts! (Ever read Southwest Airlines’ Crazy recipe for business and personal success?) Honestly, when things get weird, START SINGING! You see, singing lifts up your spirits and there’s no telling what a man or woman in high spirits can do. I’d rather have one person who’s in high spirits, even unreasonably excited, rather than twenty who are discouraged, beat up, ready to give up any moment and simply good-for-nothings. So, gang, let’s sing in 2007!
Doh-Reh-Mih-Fah-Soh-Lah-Tih-Doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doh-Tih-Lah-Soh-Fah-Mih-Reh-Doh!!!!!!!!!!
