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“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” – John Maxwell

it was May of 2007.  i paid about $1000 to go to this seminar.  speakers from all around the globe gathered in Toronto to speak on one topic.  how to be a better person.  yes, it was worth the money.  yes, i will be doing it again (i really wish to see Tony Robbins at least once in my life).  if there was one commonality to all the presentations that weekend, it was this.  have passion.  in everything you do.  everything.  when you poo, make it your best poo ever.  when you go grocery shopping, do it fully and completely.  feel those avocados like you’ve never felt them before. alright, i’m getting myself too worked up over here.  you get my drift.

how simple a lesson, and yet i forgot. doh, silly me!  yesterday i was speaking with my brother on the phone and he was telling me an idea of his.  you could hear the passion in his voice about it and i couldn’t help but get excited for him.  when i hear people speak about things passionately, i just can’t help get excited for them.  i’m sure you know what i’m talking about.  right now, my passion is the city bee.  not so much the website itself, but just the whole process of making this thing.  i’ve learned so much in the past month on the whole process that i can carry this newfound knowledge onto the next projects i’ll be working on (i’m already in the prelim stages of a few).  find your passions, and cultivate them. then after you’ve done that, find passion in everything, and cultivate that.  passionate people change the world.  look back through histories greats, and you’ll see they were all very passionate people.

Happy Thanksgiving to our friends across the border.  We are approaching that time of year where things can get a little bit consumer crazy.  things like being grateful, being thankful for what we have and for being thankful for where we are can sometimes be overlooked.  don’t let it.  now is the time of giving, moreso then any other time of year.  however, not that kind of giving.  you don’t have to spend boat loads of money on gifts for people that probably, if they are anything like me or you, would much rather have the gift of spending time with you over anything else.  or the gift of a phonecall. the gift of laughter.

can you give to complete strangers, the same way you would a loved one?  can you give without expectation of receiving anything in return? when we reach that point, abundance will flow through us.  cause we get what we give.  so go ahead and give it up, and be thankful for the life that you share with those around you.

“If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.”
Sir Isaac Newton

we live in a magic pill society. media has a way of spamming us with empty promises and quick fixes.  just look at the weight loss industry as a perfect example.  diet pills, machines that vibrate while you watch tv, diets that claim you can eat anything you want, magazines claiming washboard abs in 3 weeks with only 10 minutes of exercise a day.  sadly, patience and persistence have faded, and laziness and avoidance of pain have taken over.  convenience and consumerism have brainwashed us.  it is not like this in other places (although these habits are influencing the rest of the world a little bit at a time).

the problem with instant gratification is it is fleeting.  temporary highs, followed by the next instant gratification fix.  magic bullets don’t exist.  you’ll be wasting lots of time, energy, and money trying to find them (that’s what advertisers want, your money).  after awhile, you may just end up giving up altogether after the 15th diet.

the key is patience.  something society has forgotten about a long time ago.  can you delay instant gratification?  its not easy, especially considering we are programmed to do otherwise.  our friends do it, our family does it, our coworkers do it, our fellow consumers do it, and its plastered all over the internet and tv.  man, we sure got our work cut out for us. however, in order to grow, patience is an absolute must.  most of the time we spend on the plateau.  its rarely grandiose and epic when breakthroughs happen, it usually comes through patience and things slowllly start to click and trickle in.  don’t get it?  patience, my friend.  it will come