As a lion, you eat what you kill in the jungle! A lion has no medical benefits, holidays or pension plans, a full time predator – 24/7. Simply, if it doesn’t catch it’s prey, it doesn’t eat. A lion instinctively understands very young that he has to master his attack, as power alone is not [...]
Recently, I did a photo shoot with the star of LAW & ORDER (NBC) – Anthony Anderson. I’ll share the why details in a later post. By chance you’re not a fan of TV, his big screen resume includes Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed”, “Kangaroo Jack”, “Hustle and Flow” and “Me, Myself and Irene” to name [...]
Whenever I find myself off balance, I have to go back to my fundamentals- jazz and books. Reading was strongly emphasized by my elders as a youth; I wasn’t ready to receive this knowledge until years later. As embarrassing as it sounds today, I never read a book for leisure until my senior year of high school. after reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, I began to religiously cheat on my first love – music.
Over the years, I developed the habit of reading 1 hour daily for education or leisure. Through the power of words I have journeyed to exotic places I have never physically visited. I had the luxury to be taught in a one-on-one class by some of the greatest minds ever to exist: Imhotep, Socrates, Sun Tzu, machivelli, The Dogon, Henry Hazlitt… In addition, I witnessed first hand the numerous abominations committed upon the oppressed and voiceless people all over the world.
If you had 60 seconds with Bill Gates could you leave a positive impression?
During my years in Sports and Entertainment, I witnessed many careers take flight based on brief unexpected encounters with movers and shakers. Also known as The Elevator Pitch. These pivotal moments could propel you from obscurity to a major player, instantly.
For a simplified understanding, I equate this event to a man approaching a woman. As all men should know, you can’t sway sleeping beauty just because you have the courage to advance. If you walk up to a lady with the combination of nouns, verbs and adjectives, you will soon be waving the white flag. To give yourself a chance, you have to compound your approach with finesse or passion.
Visualization exercise
Often people attempt to achieve goals without having a specific plan of attack. For example, if you catch a taxi it would be impossible to reach your destination without sharing the city and street. As detailed as you are giving directions to others, you have to be as thorough with yourself. Before you design your ideal life, increase your effectiveness by first visualizing your ideal day.
The power of writing our goals and dreams helps manifest them into reality expeditiously. Here’s a productive visualization exercise, I call “24″
(photo:Teddy)
Let me shout this in cyber language, YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET IS TIME.
As stated by icon motivator/author Brian Tracey
“Time is like money. It can be either spent or invested. If you spend time or money, it’s gone forever. But if you invest your time or money wisely, you will get a greater return in the future.”
So, I ask what is your time worth?
Personally, time had a different value at various stages. In my youth I believed my time was an infinite resource. As I began to reflect on time spent not invested, I realized I was getting a negative ROI (return on my investment). So, I began to overstand time optimization benefits like a Fortune 500 CEO – how can I increase my profits (TIME) exponentially? To accomplish this I had to recreate my reality immediately. I have never subscribed to postponing actions until the earth’s complete rotation around the sun.