Significance

The Other 364 Days

Garth Beyer

My mom dislikes her birthday. She doesn’t like celebrating it, she doesn’t even look forward to it. The same goes for Mothers day. I usually have to remind her that it’s around the corner. And it’s because of this, through her, that I’ve learned how to be one of the best marketers at my age.

If birthdays are days you’re meant to celebrate being alive. What are you to do the other 364 days of the year? If Mothers day is the day you’re meant to celebrate all that your mother has done and continues to do (let’s face it, they are always putting up with your crap whether you’re delivering it or not). What are you doing the other 364 days of the year?

What about the thank you letter you write to your new boss for hiring you. Or your friend who you treat to dinner after they lend you some money for your project that turns out to be a success. Or your dad who lets you reel in the big fish. Or the random stranger who does a good deed.

If there is one thing Mothers day should remind you of, it is the importance of celebrating it and every other event the other 364 days of the year as well. Sure, it’s okay to do a little extra on these days – it’s hard not to when it’s such a heavy tradition. Saying every day is Mothers day is a bit overkill when we have so many people to celebrate being in our lives.

As it goes with your mom or your customer, your appreciation when it’s least expected is often the most effective.

Thank you mom for giving me the foundation to be everything I could and for filling in the holes that I miss. You’re the best. Miss you.

 

Stay Positive & Live As If There Was No Calendar To Tell You The Significance Of The Day

Garth E. Beyer

 

 

 

Creativity, Changing The World And Being Original

Garth Beyer

It’s true we feel that in order to make any change in the world, any real impact, any worthwhile improvement that we have to be original.

We can’t change the world in a massive way by donating $5, volunteering 20 minutes of our time or inventing an imitation drink of Pepsi and Cola.

Naturally, deep down, we want the next big thing and anything less than that we want nothing to do with.

We use the fact that we’re in this huge technological and inventive revolution that we have to create something completely original to make an influential ruckus in it. In other words, we can’t be part of the revolution if we aren’t original in our work.

That’s all good but so many forget how to be original. They don’t know what original means.

You must understand that the more experiences and perceptions of the world you have, the more original you become.

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You have to be a part of everything to be different, to be original. It’s the greatest paradox of creativity and ingenuity.

In other words, originality is alchemy of life. It’s about combing different things, thoughts, perceptions, experiences, etc., together to create something original.

Only in that originality can you change the world.

After all, something can’t come out of nothing, yet that’s what so many think “original” is.

 

Stay Positive & Go Change The World

Garth E. Beyer

A guru once asked me to think a thought that no one has ever thought before. If there is anything that is impossible, it’s this false definition of originality.