Author: jrlsage

Yesterday I gave my self permission to wander.

So, instead fo trying to crank through another thirty minutes of work, I decided to take a trip down a local boardwalk and go aimless.

I did it for thirty minutes. I can’t remember much of that time other than smelling the water and how the temperature was about perfect.

There was no endgame.

No objective.

Just a chance to wander. Hear the sounds, smell the roses.

I felt much better when I returned, as if a weight was off my shoulders. I felt freer and sharper.

All because I wandered.

If you haven’t in a while, please wander.

We still have a long way to go.

Don’t give up the fright for justice – use big moments like the March On Washington to inspire – and learn from them.

We have to continue the momentum

When I saw this page in Seth Godin’s “This Is Marketing” a few ideas clicked:

• Matrices clarify – we are visualizing two concepts and forcing a point of view. When I worked as a consultant this worked a ton because it puts things in a way everyone can understand.
• Matrices get us to “That’s Right” – one point that Chris Voss brings up in his fantastic book on Negotiation “Never Split the Difference” is that you as a communicator are correctly mirroring someone’s POV when people say “That’s right.” This tool is a quick way to get there with ideas.
• Good place to start facilitating – add the two ideas above together and you are starting to facilitate 🔥🔥🔥

H/T and thank you, Seth.

Thank you Shannon Weber for writing Show Up Hard. Proud to call her a fellow altMBA alum and coach.

Buy it today – https://www.amazon.com/Show-Up-Hard-Helpers-Crisis/dp/1730821138

Yes, you should give a shit.

There has to be something in your life, right now, where you push yourself to be better.

Where it is an honor and a privilege to show up.

If there isn’t- go find one, even if it’s for five minutes a week.

Your soul needs it.

And how?

Then why?

And finally – when you get there, how can you redistribute ?

Green heals.

Yesterday, being outside in New York was a window into how good weather brings people together.

Everywhere I went, folks were outside talking, being seen.

It’s when this city is at its best.

Welcome to spring.

We can’t lose.