“He who would leap high – must take a long run.” ~ Danish Proverb
We live in an instant gratification, microwave success formula time. So many want the success without doing the work it takes to gain success.
Focused, Frequent, Consistent. These words strengthen your run towards taking the leap to your level next.
If you’re looking for that magic shortcut to the mountain top – you’ll save time and energy by climbing pebble after pebble.
“If we must claim an ROI for social media, it will be found in the very fuzzy edges of the inventory we place with care and craft on our social media shelves”
- Gerard McLean in Stocking Your Social Media Shelves
Many of us celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr today. Some of his greatest quotes can be found at GoodReads:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches“I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.“Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Are you looking for a great quote to punctuate your blog post, or perhaps to motivate your Twitter stream?
I sent this to Twitter this morning. A quote from Dan Pink’s book, Free Agent Nation
Having both the print and Kindle edition, I’m pretty familiar with the book – but I grabbed this quote from a source not many are familiar with: Kindle Pages
Amazon Kindle book pages are a resource rich with what readers resonate with. Kindle readers can “highlight” phrases and quotes from a book that gets stored in their own Kindle Highlights page
In addition, Amazon also stores the collected highlights on the book page (Kindle Edition) right below the reviews. Here’s the Kindle page for Free Agent Nation. Can you see the Kindle highlights under the reviews?
So, if these highlights resonate with those that have already read the book, chances are likely it will resonate with those in your readership who haven’t yet read the book.
If you’re looking for a writing prompt or a Twitter quote – check out the Kindle pages.
“All great ideas and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.”
- Albert Camus
They thought Twitter was a joke
They thought Disney was nuts
That Beatrix Potter was beside herself
They thought Columbus was drunk
If they tell you “That’s ridiculous!” – just smile and say, “I was hoping you would say that.”
“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards" ~ Lewis Carroll
The best performers – be they athletes or actors, singers or speakers – visualize their successes before they happen. They "see" the actions and reactions in their mind's eye. Thus, when it's time to shine, they've already "seen" how things unfold (or can unfold) and they work from that.
In The Last Samurai, one scene shows the main character practice this "seeing" – first visually and then actually.
Produce your content with focus. See the message. Produce the message.
"In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years." ~Jacques Barzun
The above is one of my favorite quotes. We can all glean from it. Be us teachers or preachers; writers of blogs, songs, or books.
Especially during this time of instant gratification, awards and accolades, Facebook Likes and Twitter ReTweets.
I received an email the other day on how a post here had cleared someone's mind in "what's next." The post was written 4 years ago. I am fortunate that the reader took the time to let me know.
If you value a thing enough to be shared, taught, created, or spread – do so with all the oomph you can muster.
You never know how long after you sow the seed, that it will reap rewards unseen.
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