Sunday, May 29, 2011

"Skin that Smoke-wagon..."

Johnny Tyler, "Madcap," gets a spanking
from Wyatt Earp to open the show, it's
a nice scene, as it gives us a sense of how
much Wyatt wouldn't put up with.  What
he knows is that Johnny will talk a good
fight, but when it gets to doing something,
he hesitates, Wyatt won't.

That's Hollywood, movies,
and actors, real life, takes a
bit more, and it's often just as
quick and challenging as when
Wyatt dares Johnny to "Skin it-
skin that smoke wagon and go to work."
It's quick, and if the wrong choice
gets made, it can be, unforgiving.

A Detroit cop told me one time that
they had a saying, "don't pull it if you
ain' gonna use it."  Pretty similar to
what Wyatt was saying- we all sort
of understand that there are some
places we go, that lead one way,
some decisions we make that run
one course, and once we make them
we better be in for the whole show
including the intermission.

The power that drives such decisive
behavior comes from a place inside
the person; a place where you know
ahead of time what you will and
won't take.  That sort of character
inside is what we need to hold onto
when times get tough.  What you
may find useful is to figure out
ahead of time, where you stand
on simple issues, like truth versus
lies, honesty versus dishonesty,
the essentials. Once you determine
how you will relate to those,
the decision which isn't quite
so cut and dried, won't throw
you nearly as far, nearly as hard.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

You Matter - The World Didn't END!!!!

OK- it sounds like one of the those
"HEY- be positive" pitches, don't it?
But it's not- although it could be, that
title could mean, YOU - matter.
See it's all in how you see it, isn't it?
On the other hand, that title could also
be played with a bit to mean,
you - MATTER- as in, there is some
special stuff in the universe and it is
made out of you?  Clever though
that may be, close to the truth,
it may also be.

The bigger truths in this
world are coming down                                                                  
to the smallest elements of fact,
what matters, you matter.
Because as the world becomes much
more of a globe than a flat
fighting plane, and the
battles become much more
global in nature, such
as "will we have enough air,
water, earth? That we will survive?"
You become much more of
a factor in how that all comes out.
So pay close attention to this
next paragraph, it's important.

Since we know that the U.S.
is one of the most information
based countries, it's important to
understand how developing economies
within that information based system works.
So we have a federal level economic
development program, it branches down
to a state level economic development
program which then branches down
to a regional within the state system,
which then branches down to
a municipality or city level economic
development system.  It is a gigantic funnel
that produces more and more creatively
energized business concepts and ideas
to flourish within the information based
business of the U.S.

Why is this so important?  You matter, and
in the U.S. we must make the switch from
being a production based, manufacturing
based economy, to a consultive, thought
and information based economy, within
which we will discover enormous amounts
of business opportunities that at present
we don't even see.  So now, do you get
why - you matter?

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Please Get Real - Please

What happens with the Doppler effect is familiar to
anyone who has ridden in a car, as you look out the
window, the pavement below appears to be flying bye;
let your eyes drift up, things are going a bit slower,
and in the distance, the trees at the edge of the
field, seem to not be moving much at all? You've
probably seen this, but, have you seen it in life?

Ever have a friend who was in a crappy
relationship, and they choose, constantly
to stay there? Ever ask them why, to get
told, "well, what else am I going
to do?" It might make you bit mad,
as you think, "well dad gum, anything
would be better than this?"
Guess what, the Doppler effect, your up close to
the difference, they can't see it, their life isn't
moving that fast, the Doppler effect?

Recently we experienced a local election
where new representatives were voted in.
 Right after that, the Doppler effect took
over, and they, can't see it.
The difference between what we need in leadership
with guts, talent, brains and the ability to study
their way into new and dazzling futures for us;
and what we got- well, let's call it the Doppler
effect- they just can't see it.

Neil Young, ever the easy to understand poet,
put it this way in his song "Hey, hey, my, my
(Into the black)..."it's better to burn out
than fade away."
Seems pretty clear
that Neil hit the Doppler effect right
on the head. Leaders, especially, political,
not religious, or corporate, but political,
need a dose of "burn it up- buck-"O"."
Only, where they gonna get it? They seem
scared to bust a move, scared to receive
a little negative flack back? The Doppler
effect, it's gettin' to us all...