Author: Garth Beyer

The Direction You’re Facing

Garth Beyer

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There are many lessons to learn from riding a bike. There are, however, some lessons that can only be learned by riding something larger and more powerful. A motorcycle for instance.

One of the first lessons I learned that just about blew my mind was when you’re making a turn or even following a curve while riding a motorcycle, you look first and turn second. Actually, saying that you turn second seems too active.

When you look where you want to turn, you’re bike follows your eyes.

This, of course, isn’t just a lesson about riding a motorcycle. It’s a lesson about goal setting. Instead of forcing movement toward a goal, instead of just facing forward, instead of letting the actions you take decide where you will go, you just face the direction of the destination you want to be in.

Sometimes getting where you want to go is effortless.

 

Stay Positive & You Just Need To Look At What You Want

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Assorted Links

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1. WestJet Christmas miracle (watch)

2. Why the cult of hard work is counter-productive (read)

3. Robots and Donuts (look)

4. The 500-year-long battle to make written irony easier to understand (read)

5. The cost of residency in other countries (read and think “what the hell”)

How You Compete With 24/7 Service

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You don’t.

There are only 24 hours in the day, most companies and businesses think that they need to work all 24 hours each day. If they aren’t there when you call, that’s bad business, right? There’s a great article that I will be posting after this in an assorted links post (link #2) that essentially shows people are smarting up and living a bit more humanly.

For some reason, we’ve lost the concept of

  • “family first”
  • “put what’s best for you and those closest to you first”
  • “friends and family first, product and business second”

Fortunately, we’re slowly getting our shit together as we focus on being more productive – not so we have more time to discover how to be even more productive (referring to link #2), but to have time to enjoy life and focus on loved ones, on what really matters.

I’m guilty of making this mistake when I was starting my brand. I lost more than I gained from it.

As a result, I want you to catch up on the story of Liberty BottleWorks if you haven’t already heard the buzz.

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Stay Positive & Go Ahead, Drink Up The Realization

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Where Do You Place The Fear

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I see again and again the fear being placed first. It’s on the front of their minds, tip of their tongues, top of their lists. The result? Nothing gets created. No movement.

Then there’s the ones who place the fear in the middle, right smack dab in the middle of their efforts, inevitably halting progress. Remember the last thing that was half-finished? Better yet, simply started but never completed? That’s because you put the fear in the middle.

The best place to put fear is at the end, I think. Don’t throw it away. Don’t ignore it. Dance with it, but after the work is done.

 

Stay Positive & Order, Order In The Court Work

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The Day Is Short

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So two four quick tips.

1. When someone impresses you, find a way to tell them, whether it’s through a handwritten letter, a gift or a tweet. Find a way.

2. When you don’t want to go to something, that’s all the more reason to go. I always tell myself that I would rather be disappointed in the event than disappointed in myself for not going. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

[edited] I felt I cut you short, so here’s two more tips.

3. There will always be someone stronger, faster, smarter, leaner and all around better than you. Don’t waste your time comparing yourself to anyone.

4. If people aren’t telling you that you’re doing everything right, you’re probably not. Something to love about people – they won’t always tell you that you’re on the wrong track, but they always will always tell you that you’re on the right one.

 

Stay Positive & Then Remember Better To Not Hate At All

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There Is No End

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In the grand scheme of things, there isn’t. One completed task just leads to another. One goal reached is simply the starting point toward our next. There is no end.

But wait,

That assignment is due next week.

School ends in May.

10 more miles to run.

Just one more _____.

There is no end, yet, we act as if there is. The problem is that when we look at achievements as finishlines, we’re a lot less likely to start racing again.

“I did this assignment. I’m not going to start the next for a couple of weeks.”

“School ends in May. No need to learn much until it starts back up in the fall.”

“10 more miles to run. I’ll do my next race next year.”

“Just one more ____, then I’ll take a break for a while.”

The more we try to break our plans and goals up, the worse we stagger to reach the real ends of them, not just the ends we make up in our minds to make it seem easier and more manageable. Think about this the next time you “finish” something. Are you just using the completion as an excuse to wait awhile before getting back to meaningful work? Or?

 

Stay Positive & No End Could Be A Good Thing (You Decide)

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If You Don’t Have Anything To Give

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Have something to show.

If you don’t have anything to show. Hold your tongue.

It’s fairly simple that when you meet with anyone in your interested industry that you need something to give them or something to show them. (Best if you have both.)

However, time and time again I meet with aspiring writers, entrepreneurs and PR folk only to hear about their business plans, goals and ideas.

People care more when they see or touch something.

Not so much when all they do is hear it.

 

Stay Positive & Show + Give = Trust

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