"Before each game, I usually do forty-five minutes of visualization at home to prepare my mind and come up with last-minute adjustments." -- Phil Jackson
I'm lucky enough to have a mentor who's the senior vice president of our company. She and I meet on Monday morning, and as of late Friday afternoon I'd recorded my progress from the last month but had little plan for the month to come. As luck would also have it, bright sunshine peeked through the afternoon clouds for a couple hours today, long enough for me to spend some undisturbed time in eyes-closed thought. Picturing my arrival in her office, ideas started to flow. By the time my towel and I headed inside, I felt much more prepared. And I'm sure things will jell further as I clean up in the shower on Monday morning.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
A Peace Of Your Mind
"Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for other to see the serenity at the center of it all." -- Robert Pirsig
Lately I've caught myself examining my own state of mind in the midst of a stressful situation, and that's made the difference in thriving through it:
1. Leadership McLean County class member selection is inherently an exercise in compromise, the class I'd choose varying from that which anyone else on the commitee would choose. What brings peace of mind there? That I'm as error-prone as anyone, and that the combined choice of the group may be the best of all.
2. Watching the Cubs blow a three-run lead for their ace pitcher Carlos Zambrano. In the end, the Cubs might still win the game, and eventually their division; Carlos doesn't get credit for the win, but he's still among the richest pitchers in baseball; and is my own life impacted in any significant way, really?
In the long run, I think it's not most important whether you win or lose, but how you carry yourself and treat others throughout -- hopefully with a smile on the face.
Lately I've caught myself examining my own state of mind in the midst of a stressful situation, and that's made the difference in thriving through it:
1. Leadership McLean County class member selection is inherently an exercise in compromise, the class I'd choose varying from that which anyone else on the commitee would choose. What brings peace of mind there? That I'm as error-prone as anyone, and that the combined choice of the group may be the best of all.
2. Watching the Cubs blow a three-run lead for their ace pitcher Carlos Zambrano. In the end, the Cubs might still win the game, and eventually their division; Carlos doesn't get credit for the win, but he's still among the richest pitchers in baseball; and is my own life impacted in any significant way, really?
In the long run, I think it's not most important whether you win or lose, but how you carry yourself and treat others throughout -- hopefully with a smile on the face.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
State of Disunion Speech 3
Poor Dikembe Mutombo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23q9UgnrTRo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23q9UgnrTRo&feature=related
State of Disunion Speech 2
Four more years!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZSQrDuYzo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZSQrDuYzo&feature=related
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