Write Your Future

If you haven't seen this Nike World Cup ad already - watch it now! Nike does it again. From the best tag-line ever of "Just do it" now comes "Write your Future." This is at the heart of Resonant Insights mantra of "Be Your 101%." Join us in celebrating human potential as exemplified so well in this ad/video.

Captain of My Soul

First, the disclaimer -- I am not a sports fan of any flavor and when I see an inspiring sports story, I love it! Just watched "Invictus" - read the synopsis on the movie site to get the story. The main piece that hit me was the poem by William Ernest Henley, whowrote it from his hospital bed. His indomitable spirit led him to triumph over the amputation of his leg. This poem was an inspiration for Nelson Mandela and I am grateful for the movie to make me aware of these powerful words.

INVICTUS

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul

Wow! The power to believe in change. The power to believe the impossible is possible. The power to stay the course despite the odds. The power to believe in one self.

I highly encourage you to watch the film if you haven't.

Life is Binary

As much as I am all about different perspectives on any issue, in the end I (you) have to choose. It comes down to a "Yes" or "No." If you dig deep enough, just about anything is binary. The sooner I can grapple with that and quit hiding behind the grey areas, I have clarity and the conviction to move forward. Grey is equivalent to a stuck part of me. A part that hides, suppresses or denies the truth of what I desire. Once I have that clarity - then the choice of yes or no is far easier.

Remember, it's not about the choice being right or wrong, it's simply what we make of it. Those times when I regret a choice is the time to rethink not the choice as that was simply an opportunity to learn. I need to examine why the regret? What in me judges that decision and then carries the regret with me.

I invite you to consider what areas of your life are in a "parking lot," neither decided, nor willing to decide. Consider applying the Sedona Method and asking these 3 simple, yet not easy, questions:

1. Could I make this decision?
2. Would I make this decision?
3. When will I make this decision?

The first "could" is usually easy enough. The "would" question is where it gets difficult and the ego kicks in. The final question of when must almost always be NOW. Why wait? If it's important enough and it's on your mind - just get it done. What's the worst that can happen? You get to do it differently next time.

Be You. All 100% of You.

As social human-beings, it is this man's belief that we adapt to our environment in ways that are beyond our own recognition. How quickly are our five and four year old girls learning this and so is our two year old son. What is "right" and "wrong." What they "should" do vs. "want" to do, etc. Regardless of how I or my wife try, we will leave a stamp of how one "should" be in the world. I am sad about that AND recognize I can only do my best, my 100%.

That is the essence of the concept of 100% at Resonant Insights. An individual, team or company can only do their best, THEIR best. It's not about matching or even bettering another company's effort, it's about giving those gifts to the world that are unique to the individual, team or company. No one else can replicate it just the same way.

Gone are the days of the cookie-cutter manufacturing line. Yes there's still a lot of mass production and there's tons of choice. Each brand and choice is unique even though it might come very close to the other. Why is it we don't recognize that for ourselves, the human-being? Each one of us are a unique expression. Accept and relax in it and relish the preciousness that you are - 100% of the time. You are the only You there is. No one on this planet has the same DNA, the exact same thoughts, the exact same experiences that you have and are having. Stop the comparing, criticizing condemning those that are different than you - as we are all different. That's what makes life so fun and alive! May we learn and grow together!