Why go or read?

Why do we go to the conference or read the book? To gain information, knowledge, or ideas, we can utilize to better ourselves, assist the group or organization, we are apart improve. Then tell me, why do we not do anything with it? We go to the conference, we read the book, attend the webinar, and get all excited about what is being taught, or discovered. Then the book is shelved, the webinar and conference are forgotten about, until you are trying to make a point to someone, or make an impression on people but nothing changes in your life to show your elevated thinking. Why waste the money, your time, and energy on what you have no intention to implement or utilize. See, none of the going, the learning, the reading, actually matters unless you do something with it. Like everything in life, you have to work it to get it, what use of having it, if you are not going to use it. We too many times are caught in the doing the thing, not applying, implementing, or developing. Then we wonder why, nothing change, nothing improve, nothing got better, and we are still in the stagnate maddening place. Yet, we do nothing to change because it is never about what you did at the conference, or the feeling you get from the book. It is always about what you do with the information and knowledge gather, after the excited, after the experience. We must produce something from what we gain, if what we gained is to have value, and show it has affect on our lives. See we show what we believe, what is part of us with our actions, not with our words. So, the next time you go to a conference or read a book that provides an epiphany or an ah-ha moment, asked yourself – how can I show others what I just learned? Otherwise, the trip was about me, my, not about growth. For growth requires, thinking outside and beyond self because in giving do we gain.
People change and forget to tell each other.- Lillian Hellman

Crisis: Survival mode or success mode

When we are in a crisis, we need to get this - When you understand a person character, it helps you to understand the person, why they do what they do, and helps you to work better with them, even if you do not like them. When decide to do nothing, we have decided to something.

Now, back to the focus of the blog - We must choose the mode to operate in, unconsciously or consciously, we choose - Survival mode or success mode. Understanding the difference matters, because in our difference, lies our greatness (the reason diversity matters, all the times, not just for political correctness or just to be different). When you are in a survival mode, your focus is only to get through to the next crisis. To move beyond this problem with a solution that only fixes this thing, right now, with the least amount of fallout, and the focus is on self, not the team. Although, this sounds like it makes sense, and it does in man’s world, not the Father (rem – Christ and His journey and end), but this way is a disaster waiting to happen. When you are in survival mode, nothing that is done has any substance, and no one is focusing on learning for the future, thus repeat occurrence are sure to follow. Yes, the SWAT Analyses are done, but no one really pays attention to what was done along the way, to have the analysis worth the effort. But in the survival mode, the error in this cannot be seen. Most of the work is done to make sure everyone understands, thus, no one pays attention to the right answer because they feel understanding is paramount. Although, understand is important, we need to be flexible enough to understand two things - It is not always necessary for one to understand the problem for them to provide the right answer to the problem, and when you do not have all the pieces, having the right questions provides keen direction. But in the success mode, all of the above is changed, and the focus is on succeeding in a harmonious balance with understanding. The need for flexibility and these two things are comprehended - It is not always necessary for one to understand the problem for them to provide the right answer to the problem, and when you do not have all the pieces, having the right questions provides keen direction. Thus, the focus is not just on rights now fix, and self but a sustainable change, that will assist in moving forward, and self is not the focus but the team. Because with every mistake, the teachable moment is sought, as with most with problems, we get there by not doing the little things; The rapper T.I. made this statement that applies to this, in one of his rap songs – Big thing popping, little things stopping, and my good-friend puts it this way – S/he, they want to so big, that little is eating their ass up!!. Smiling..it is, what it is…

Now, before I close there is nothing wrong with being in survival mode, but it is not a mode to remain in, it is only a temporary position, mode, or place. Otherwise, additional problems are created from it that has longevity and legacy. Willingness to be flexible, own your part (from top to bottom), confidence to listen to all (liked them or not), and humility goes a long way. Let me leave you all with these quotes, from Dale Carnegie – I know men in the ranks (military) who not stay in the ranks. Why? Because they have the ability to get things done; asked yourself, do I have potential leaders around me, if not, why are they around you. If it is a personal problem, ask yourself, am I willing to move outside the confines of conventional wisdom to succeed. Another way of looking at it is this, from the Rapper T.I. – Ghetto of the mind, which means, although, one has move from the madness physically, mentally they are still there; survival mode. Lastly, just because you have the right to do (survival mode); does not mean it is the right thing to do; time, place and relativeness; it matters (success mode)…We choose the mode…