I was at lunch with a friend and former colleague yesterday. We hadn't seen each other in a long time, you know... that thing called life keeps getting in the way! As we began talking, I could see that she was feeling like a cog in the system. We have ALL been there and some of us stay and some of us run like hell. It is time for her to run like the wind, but it is almost impossible to do that with a lizard brain that has been very happy with having its way for quite a while without a little inspiration.
So we talked about life, work, ups and downs, what she wanted next, etc. I spoke with her about deciding to take the risk, about understanding that sometimes our biggest failures turn into our greatest successes, that without doing something, we are all inevitably doomed to do nothing. I told her she needed to read Linchpin by Seth Godin. I also told her she needed to decide to take action and then do it. Get your CFRE, go back to school... become inspired!
After that conversation, I began to think about my inspiration. How do I fight my lizard brain everyday? And trust me, I do fight it everyday! Heading back to school for my M.A. in Philanthropy & Development at St. Mary's was probably the biggest infusion of inspiration, but there are ongoing sources I turn to as often as possible, and many of those are phenomenal people communicating great things. You will see my blog list to the right hand side of this blog. Read them, follow them, gain inspiration and then inspire others! Seriously, think about what this world could be if we all became inspired and a war against the lizard brain ensued?
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