Contrarian Fish-Nuggets March 20, 2013

A few hump-day nuggets to chew on and digest as you push ahead this week:

1. Be a contrarian thinker.  Challenge the status quo.  Learn to think differently than the herd.  Be someone who helps push the human race forward, not someone scared of what others may say.  One of the ways to do this is to "walk your facebook quotes talk."  If you post something, go live it in reality.
2. Do something that scares all the living protoplasm inside you.  Bungee jump. Zip-line. Sky-dive. Speak in front of 10,000 people!  Just go do it and see what you are really made of.
3. Speak Out.  Do not be afraid to challenge people in meetings and at work with your ideas.  The insecure "yes people" will not like it, but in the big picture it is not about them anyway.  Their life philosophy is distorted and it is not your job to boost their self-esteem.  So speak out from your heart and soul.  As an example:  The front line workers in fast food restaurants are often the ones with the best ideas, as the main goal is customer service.  Management would be wise to listen to them, and in many cases they do. 
4. The truth sets you free.  Free to correct past mistakes.  Free to make amends to people, and to life.  Free to really pour it on and live.  If you are unhealthy, look in the mirror and confirm this.  Then go to work to change it...or not.  The choice is always up to you.
5. Stay in tune with technology.  It will be the main way that you communicate with your grandkids in the not so distant future!  Learn a new computer skill or program ASAP.
6. Solve problems before they ever present themselves.  This means take your past experiences and life-long learning and apply/invest them to anticipate the challenges ahead.  Thus, prevention is the key.  Pay attention to the canaries in the coal mine so they do not become disasters.
7. It is often hard to change your thoughts.  Yet we hear "change your thoughts, change your life" and other such cliches.  This is fine but sometimes not possible.  Often we need a jolt of energy to switch our thinking.  Nothing happens until something moves.  Get active and exercise, let action be your spark.  When you feel good, then you can change the distorted thoughts.  Emotion is best created from motion...so get moving!

And of course, "Keep Fishing!"  Which really means keep at it, keep at it, keep at it...try a different approach, talk to people, reasearch, use your own intuitive mind and creativity UNTIL you get the results you want.  Keep Fishing and always watch that bobber.

pmw