This morning’s haiku is connected to waking up too dang early. I’m awaiting my pending alarm.
Author: Carl Setzer
A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.
Sales, Dilbert, and Death For Sales Videos
I’m thinking the Elbonians might be onto something here.
I mean, who likes sales presentations?
Oddly, this morning I was reading Seth Godin (as I often do) where he wrote about how to improve your sales presentations.
Memories Within Dreams
This morning’s coolness
Echoes of her voice fading
Birdsong delights me
Always seek to grow
Always seeking growth
And to manage all my fears
Become what I want
It’s frightening, at times, to always seek growth. It requires constant reminders to watch for fear, the temptation to be comfortable. As a writer and artist, I see how critical it is to push boundaries. Mine as well as others. Perhaps mine are the most important boundaries to smash through. Destroying that which holds me back, which robs me of joy.
I will resist fear
For I long to seek out joy
And find potential
I’ve let fear run my life far too long. Fear of failure, of rejection. This paralyzes, destroying opportunity. This I resist.
The Growth Mindset
Seeking out purpose
And positive energy
For I long to grow
I focus on a growth mindset. Always pushing back on fears and challenging my limiting believes. It’s not easy, but always worth it.
My Fear’s Obsessions
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A Haiku For A Summer’s Evening
The day’s heat lingers
Sunlight blocked by the mountains
Summer’s kind mercies
It was a warm one today. Especially by Seattle standards. Got some walking in, a little shopping, farmers market time, chatting friends…all things that build connection and community.
Civility De-Valued: A Haiku
Social media
Civility de-valued
The evening’s calmness
Something To Read If Life Sucks Right Now, Or If It Will Again (If You’re Alive)
Oooh, here’s a great post by Darious Foroux: Read This If You’re Going Through Adversity. I’ve not hear of him before now, and discovered him through my friend Bernie Michalik (I love Bernie’s blog…go and check it out). I will take a deeper dive in Mr. Foroux’s work and decide whether to follow him further in the next few days.
We all go through the down times. Keeping our motivation through those moments is HARD. I get that, struggle with that. Darius has some good insights regarding keeping/creating momentum when life gets hard.
Since we all go through those moments, I recommend everyone take a minute or two and give it a read.