Thursday, May 24, 2012

Christian the Lion: Love Knows No Limits

This is an oldie, but goodie, but I just couldn't resist.  This story just gets me every time!

This is the true story of Christian the Lion. Christian was bought at Harrod's department store by two Australians living in London.  Only 35 lbs. when they first got him, he quickly grew to 185 lbs. within a year.  Christian's owners realized that he clearly couldn't stay with them forever.  They found a conservationist in Africa and eventually had to release their beloved pet into the wild.

A year later, they returned to visit Christian.
Their reunion really is one of the most moving moments in video to me.


Love knows no limits and true friendships last a lifetime.
Get back in touch with someone today.
You'll be glad you did.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Reason the World is in Chaos


People were created to be loved.
Things were created to be used.
The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

TED Talk Tuesday: Seth Godin on Standing Out


Seth Godin is a marketing genius.  He's founded dozens of companies, written 13 best-selling books and writes the most popular marketing blog in the world.

In a nutshell, he knows his stuff about marketing.


I love this talk because it applies to so much more than just marketing a product.  In order to stand out, we must be remarkable.  Like a purple cow.  Remarkable means "neat" but it also means "worth making a remark about."  His talk postulates that the one single thing that determines if something is going to be talked about, if something is going to be bought, if something is going to be BIG is if it's remarkable or not.


Three Rules
1.  Design is free when it comes to scale.  
2.  The riskiest thing you can do now is to be safe.
3.  Being very good is one of the worst things you can do.  Very good is boring, very good is average.

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Dare to be remarkable! 

Monday, May 21, 2012

Motivation Monday: Where the Magic Happens

Hint: it's outside of your comfort zone.


What are you doing TODAY to step out of your comfort zone (and into where the magic happens)?

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Question of the Day

What stands in between you and what you want?


If you really think about it, the answer is often just yourself.
Isn't it time to get out of your own way?

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Miracles


Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.