SOAPBOX of the week: the hummmmm of humanity

Posted on November 1, 2010 by admin

“Are we not formed, as notes of music are, for one another, though dissimilar?” ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet

Forever we’ve heard the echoing plea…WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? …urging us to examine our separate-but-equally responsible roles in society’s rampant, ruckus-like cacophony. Yet it’s still like pulling teeth to purposefully set our differences aside in hopes of chiming a groove that might just mollify the masses. Perhaps confounded technology compromises our communication skills; perhaps Gen X, Y, Z and Pi haven’t been taught just how to name that tune in four notes. And perhaps, we are just looking for excuses, folks. Peace is a gift we can (and should) share with one another…whatever age, color, nationality, educational reach, religious path or financial strata we tattoo on our skin. But for all to benefit, we must want harmony; want our individual notes to jive together; want to create more than just a temporal little ditty. And it starts with you. So, acknowledge the beauty and idiosyncrasy of yourself as an essential note in the symphony of the planet. Work to weave a never-ending opus that has the power to last beyond your lifetime…and crank up the tunes you’ve helped create.

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SOAPBOX of the week: shhhhhhh

Posted on October 25, 2010 by admin

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

~ Cowboy wisdom

zip it.

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SOAPBOX of the week: full plate of prosperity

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

“The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it’s the opposition.” – Nick Seitz, golf commentator and author

Ask any successful, wisdom-filled entrepreneur what they fill their metaphorical fueltank with each morning and you’ll get the same answer: anything that contests their goals and has the potential power to thwart their passionate mission. Waking yet again to tireless, cutting-edge competition and volatile market trends, close-minded pessimists and their very own doubtful demons, they choose to sit down and devour the plateful like a steaming stack of flapjacks with a side of crisp bacon. So what about you? Certainly, you can’t ignore, avoid or shoo away the existence of antagonists; nor do you have to be another rat in the rat race, leveraging negativity, dishonesty and manipulation. Oh, but you don’t have to be someone’s dinner either. Perhaps it’s time you pushed aside that depleted duo of Wheaties and wheatgrass (or whiskey for some of you!) and instead extracted the high-octane from such meaty rivals. Choose to tap that energy to maintain honesty, community and compassion in your ambitious pursuits and you’ll find opposition, in its truest nature, undoubtedly drives you to create an even greater champion within you.

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SOAPBOX of the week: the 4-letter word

Posted on October 4, 2010 by admin

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President

Manischewitz, that’s it! THE big idea of the 20^th century that allowed an entire population to see the proverbial light and follow a leader to the mountain! Through one of the darkest times of American history, one mantra may have indeed helped hope float, creating a life preserver to carry a nation to the next decade. A trite, seemingly simplistic statement, it stands without need for correction, for it upholds an inherent truth ad infinitum. Life will always present us with obstacles, dangerous situations, threats, nightmares, heart-wrenching decisions, upsetting results, and yes, the realization of our own mortality. And, no doubt, the relentless realist in you may crave to discredit this famous assertion, arguing the endless list of potential problems and negative possibilities should warrant panic and protection. But you won’t get an email headlining just when all hell will break loose… let alone, if at all, folks! So call it what you will: terror, dread, worry, anxiety, alarm, apprehension, reverence, or utter petrification –the shadow FEAR casts has the undeserved power to ruin so many magical moments life is indeed also readying to deliver with dawn’s beaming light. Choose to deny it such debilitating control and allow your eternal optimist to unabashedly embrace this leader’s plausible, though perhaps fairytale-like enlightenment. Forever choose faith over fear and you reinforce your own authority of leading a life of memorable “aha’s!” versus “ut-oh’s!”

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SOAPBOX of the week: the essence of existence

Posted on August 15, 2010 by admin

“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., physician, professor and poet

Something gurgles within, gaining importance and purpose for revealing. It brews up sensations that tickle your spine and widen your eyes. You catch your breath and out pours an idea that changes your collective current reality. Wow! And to think, a moment ago, “it” wasn’t even a notion! Our own earthly existence is perpetually being eclipsed and even erased. Yet a mere conversation can re-bloom the beautiful bouquet of our adventures and discoveries and astonish us once again. For sharing multiplies the effect and unveils more about your past, present and future. Proving again that no man can be a solo artist and truly extrapolate what the soul has sewn. So, get talking, people! Your life depends on it!

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SOAPBOX of the week: brutal truth of brilliance

Posted on August 9, 2010 by admin

“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” ~ Howard Aiken, physicist and computing pioneer

A lightbulb flickers on and its monumental “a-ha moment” sparks a Fourth of July display in your mind, lighting a future glistening with influence, income and an influx of opportunities your opponents will soon envy. We’re talking an idea worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, Top Invention of the Decade, or at least a key to the city and a park in your name. And with life-and-death urgency you ready to share it with the world… or at least your nosy neighbor, seeking wonder-filled ooh’s and aah’s. Oh, but then the bulb dims when you realize revealing your “golden idea” to give it a pulse and bring it to the masses one day… means letting the BIG SECRET out! So you cower and cover the brilliance of your brainstorm for fear of another pilfering its power. Sound familiar? The good news is, if it’s not just another regurgitated, so-called revolutionary way to slice bread, the boxed-in thinkers won’t want to touch it with a 10-foot pole. It’s ALL you, baby! The bad news is (as seasoned entrepreneurs will attest)…it’s ONLY you. Like the painstakingly clichéd process of feeding veggies to a defiant kiddo, you’d better ready for a battle with equally the belligerent naysayers. But… if you stay passionate and true to your revelation and its reach, reinforcements will eventually rally your cause and illuminate the path to your success. So, if you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, my friend, go ahead and clear space on the shelves for those awards!