Some people want it to happen… – Michael Jordan
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Finding Yourself For The First Time
We try to work on ourselves all the time. Trying to improve our knowledge. Trying to make our marriages better. And trying to make ourselves better leaders or employees.
We work, work, work on ourselves… Yet, the sad reality is, so few of us know who we truly are.
Photo by Bryan Minear
We work on the person we believe we are. We fail to work on the person we are.
This trying to improve upon the mythical image we have of ourselves often drives us to depression, frustration, and regret. We work on something that we are not or are not yet and we struggle to make sense of why things aren’t working.
Our methods for improving ourselves aren’t working because we’re not working on the right person. We’re working on something that’s not real or true.
But what would happen if we discovered who we are… Especially for the first time? I know things will change.
Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Marvel’s Planet Hulk
Long before the rumors of a live-action Planet Hulk movie and the partial Planet Hulk story in Thor: Ragnarok, Planet Hulk was a direct-to-video Marvel animation film. The movie tells the story of a permanently transformed Bruce Banner as the Hulk.
Because of the danger the Hulk possesses, the Avengers decided to send him off to a peaceful planet. As you can guess, something goes wrong. The Hulk wakes up mid-flight and goes into a berserker rage. He destroys crucial navigational instruments and the ship flies off-course.
Crashing landing on the alien planet of Sakaar, he is greeted by aggressors. The Hulk (Rick D. Wasserman) is imprisoned along with other aliens. Their captors force the captives to fight for their freedoms.
Only then do the people realize who the Hulk is. He is the savior of their world.
Discovering The Power Of Reinventing Yourself In A New Year
The start of a new year offers you the illusion of something special. A new start. A fresh start.
While there’s nothing different on January 1st than on July 7th (other than it’s Pam’s birthday), we tend to take special actions at the beginning of a new year.
Photo by Adam Gong
We set New Year Resolutions. We resolve to make big changes in our lives. Or we dream about what a different life would look like.
But why is January 1st the special day? It’s because we clear the sheets from last year and see the possibilities of a new year. We look at January 1st as special because the date helps us to make a clean break.
You don’t have to use January 1st to make your clean break. You can break free at any time and create a new you.
