Monday Morning Motivation 5/23/11

An Excellent Monday Morning to YOU and the people you care about...

Moving forward can be the trickiest thing. Whether moving forward from a failed plan, failed relationship, the process in which we move forward will play a leading role in every move we make afterwards. When we take the smallest steps, we move forward. However, if your goal is to the left or right of you, moving forward, moves you further away.

This morning, pay attention to the reoccurring thoughts which have haunted you; the things you believed you moved forward from but your mind is telling you otherwise. Like in relationships, when they're over, the worst thing we could do is replace the physical, without addressing the mental first. Same thing with our career goals. We must fully address and assess our failures before commanding our future. DO NOT allow those haunting thoughts to scream and howl over your passions. Take command over your past, command your Future.

A Special Congratulations goes out to my friend Adam Bernard. Over the weekend, he received his Masters Degree in American Studies. I remember our conversations when he was thinking about going back to school. He was going back and forth with it too. But when he quieted his past, a few years later, he commanded his future. I'm proud of you sir. You're an inspiration to the world.

Have an excellent Monday Morning, and you'll have an Excellent Week!!!

Down But Not Out (Crime Scene Ignited) <-- Part 3

Monday Morning Motivation (2/28/2011)

A Special Monday Morning to YOU:

On the search for you unique greatness, look no further than in the mirror, or even better, close your eyes and look within. Because your greatness isn't out their waiting for you in the form of achievements. Your greatness is your own. As is your happiness.

Your greatness and your happiness must be your property. Life isn't living when you attach either one of these gifts to someone or something else. We make the mistake of feeling as if everything in life is a goal to achieve. Some things in life aren't goals at all. Some things in life, are already in our life. It is up to us to announce it, not to claim it.

So announce your greatness this morning; announce your happiness this morning. And make these announcements without words. Simply live them out.

Have an extraordinary Monday Morning, and you'll have an extraordinary week!

Monday Morning Motivation (12/20/10)

Great Monday Morning to ya'!

This is my second to last MMM for the calendar year of 2010. But there is no end in sight. Greatness has our name engraved in it. All we have to do is go to the store and pick it up.

But don't get me wrong, greatness isn't reserved like a dinner for two at a Five Star Restaurant. Greatness is attached to every plan, every goal we set out to achieve. The question is, "Are you leaving your Greatness at the store, for pick-up?"

We set goals all the time. Some of those goals just aren't meant to be. The growing population of "haters" are often wrong about their subjects. We must face the fact that sometimes, your "hater" might be right. (I know, where did that come from).

With that in mind, be sure that your new goals are full of passion. Passion work is the way live. It is overwhelming and rewarding. If you are living your passion, continue it. If you are well on your way to it, evolve until you reach it.

Have a great and productive Monday Morning and you will have a great and productive week. Stay strong and motivated.

Feeling A Way: Twitter Follower Snatchers

This one is for all the @Twitter account holders out there. This is for the account holders that work so hard to build their followership, only for your followers to somehow pilfer off your results. Yes, I am “feeling a way” about this.

So how can people snatch up your followers when @Twitter promotes “Follow Fridays”? The obvious answer would be that you are willingly sharing your followers on Friday. The snatching comes when you begin to notice that your personal circles are beginning to blend together without you initiating it.

Let’s say you’ve worked hard to cultivate relationships with trendsetters, A-List talent, the wealthy, etc. You sent out all the emails, made the phone calls, appeared at Happy Hours, sang drunken karaoke tunes together, the whole nine yards. You’re following this person on @Twitter and so happen to Retweet a valuable part of a conversation with that person. Your followers have access to that message as well as to your credibility. This is where the snatching begins.

So your follower @GettingStarted (for example) reaches out to your contact (@CrownJewel) in one or two ways; by retweeting on top of your retweet or simply making a follower request. @CrownJewel, you know, the one that you’ve spent all that time cultivated a relationship with, questions the request. @GettingStarted decides to use your name as a co-sign to their credibility. Now @GettingStarted just cut their cultivating time in half by saying how cool of a person you are, and that you go way back (even if going way back means 6 months).

Suddenly, you’re looking on as one of your followers, in a separate circle, is chumming up with your crown jewel. And all your follower has to do is keep dropping your name until they don’t have to pick it up anymore.

Imagine if this happened outside of the digital world. You’re sitting at the bar with @CrownJewel when @GettingStarted walks in. You see @GettingStarted walking towards you and try to duck your head into your drink. Too late, @GettingStarted saw you and bowls through people to get where you are. @CrownJewel is talking about their work day, @GettingStarted overheard a part of it and immediately jumps on top of the conversation.

“Oh, you had a tough day, not as tough as mine,” says @GettingStarted with a laugh. “I see you’re here with my long time friend @Deshair. We go way back. @CrownJewel right? @Deshair repeats what you say from time to time. And any friend of @Deshair is a friend of mine.”

Doesn’t that come off as quite obnoxious? It gets worse. @GettingStarted takes over the conversation from there; might even do business with @CrownJewel before you do.

The only way you can get around having your followers snatched is choosing who follows you, more wisely. There is a @GettingStarted in everybody’s batch of followers, just waiting to pounce on every @CrownJewel you have. This is real. Don’t ever say you haven’t been warned.

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