ATTENTION DECODED

2nd gear.  Some people stay in first gear for the duration of their careers. Waiting for someone to tell them when to shift.  Waiting for someone to tell them it is their turn. The truth: You are the driver.  You control the speed.  Your future is under the hood just like the motor in a car. Capable.  Just waiting on the gas. Your ambition be your permission. Let that be your fuel. If you want more. Do more. Hit the gas... Go. #StrikeAmatch

Having a vision for where you want to take yourself is vital for your success today. 40-60 years ago this wasn't necessarily true. Vision then as compared to now meant following a previous path. Young people were to follow the same career path as their elders to ensure their own future and security. The economy supported that lifestyle. Production of revolutionary goods demanded workers for several generations and so there was no need to think outside the box. Now however, we are living in a much different economic system. The laws of how to be successful have changed faster than the masses of workers have been able to keep up with. For the most part people are still following an outdated path for obtaining career safety. Lots of people are discouraged with not reviving a guaranteed path from their employers. These are the employees that are stuck on depending on a system that no longer exists. Here is what has fundamentally changed about how our economy works: Companies used to...

W ithout action, what you believe in can not be seen, heard or physically felt.  Not by the outside world.  To make your mark...we will need to feel something from you. We need to feel that you believe in your work. We need to know by interacting with you that you live and breathe what you do. That it is more than a job. That is how your brand should feel to us. Us the consumer, and us the friend. What you believe in matters because it is a good indication of your future actions. Your beliefs and your morals are the filter through which all situations will pass. And with that filter in place… Your thought process is going to follow suit. The way you think acts like an assembly line machine for new ideas... Your actions are the physical product that are produced by this "thought" machine. In business, these thoughts about what you should do reflect in the actions you will eventually make. Those are the mechanics and the basis for every decis...

Gratitude is the foundation for all virtues. Those who lack true gratitude in their nature can never be loyal to anything other than their motives. By contrast, those who are grateful by nature display immense gratitude in their daily actions. They not only understand self sacrifice, they are often selfless to their own detriment. Electing to sacrifice themselves for others. Creating a space for people to feel safe. Selfish people are easy to spot when they are amongst the former. Understand this: Selflessness is a virtue that the selfish often  attempt to mimic. But like all imposters of virtue, they eventually show their true face. We all can decide to nurture gratitude within ourselves.  The reality is some of us will and some of us won't make it a point to become more grateful.  The nightmare individual is the person who claims they have genuine gratitude and are the antithesis of it. 

When a person feels a third party resource has been acquired by a colleague… Two emotions have the possibility of surfacing. One emotion, the more favorable emotion, is feeling happiness for someone else. Happiness that we have witness a colleague obtain a resource that they needed to continue down their path of success.   Happiness based on our knowledge of how good an accomplishment feels and our true desire for our colleague to experience joy. People who are able to feel happy for other people are at terms with their own capabilities. They do not play the blame game. They do not attribute their shortcomings on another persons good fortune. They know that their actions will yield their desired results if they stay proactive. They know that if we call ourselves professionals, we do not need others to fail in order to succeed. These are fully mature people of character. The opposite of feeling happy for someone else is feeling jealous about their accomplishments. Jealousy i...

It is the loss of faith in one's self. And it is a loss... People that feel they have lost their self esteem are fighting a battle. Often unseen, and always painful. When we see someone who is showing all the signs of struggling, sometimes it can be difficult to figure out how to help . If you are lucky enough to have made it through world events up until now with strong sense of self worth... If you find it sad to watch good people struggle with a poor self image... Do something. Fully listen to the person when they make self defeating comments. Ask them how they came to believe that story about themselves. Acknowledge that you have noticed. And when you acknowledge show empathy. Do not sympathize. Sympathizing means you know exactly how they feel and since no two people are the same, you don't know. Saying: "you are crazy, you know you are great" or "don't listen to those jerks" while smiling and laughing it off does not help a ...

There are three categories all answers will fall under... An answer that is known. An answer that is unknown. An answer that is unknowable. Known means we have the capacity to know and we do know. Unknown means we have the capacity to know, we just do not know yet. And unknowable are the answers that are not within our capacity to understand. Your value does not decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth. Your true worth is just unknown to them. Your value does not decrease based on what you think you are worth. Your worth may appear unknown to you during trying times, or when you are feeling unsure... Otherwise known as feeling human. Doubt is a human only quality. That is known. You are one of a kind. That is a known. There is no other person who can offer what you offer the world in the same way you can. That is a known. As to deeper issues... When you consider the answer to what your purpose is. You wont find it by sitting still and pondering. If...