Interviews with people that I have met, work with or admire.
Hilton Head Island, SC – “Never too late“
“It is never too late to be what you might have been”. – “George Eliot” aka Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880)
Make today your best day. Don’t wait to become a better you. Make choices in the present that you will be proud of.
#NoRegrets
Bryan
Hilton Head Island, SC – “Your standards forecast your standing“.
We have all set the standards that we live by. Set high standards for yourself that you aspire to. Surround yourself with others who share similar standards.
Today’s shout out goes to Scott McMasters. His leadership style encourages everyone on his team to have fun while working hard. Winning is more fun. Yes?
#EncourageExcellence
Bryan
Marietta, GA – “Make your days count. Don’t count your days!”
Trevor Moawad wrote a terrific book called, “Getting to Neutral”. Trevor was battling cancer in his middle 40’s when he wrote this book with his best friend and NFL All-Pro, Russell Wilson. The premise of his book is that we can’t really live if we don’t live in the now. Golfer Greg Norman calls it, “Do it now, Do it proper”. Repetitive activities done well become habits which continues the flywheel effect and the momentum continues. This is quite different from “positive thinking”. It’s the absence of “negative thinking”. There is a difference. Trevor’s training centered on focusing on the task at hand as being neither “positive” or “negative”. The present situation is what it is. We have to make decisions and choices in the present moment. Will our thoughts and actions move us toward our objectives or away from them?
Doing what you need to do in the present has been misinterpreted as modern stoicism. Trevor would disagree. He passed away at 48 after impacting thousands of people with his mental training and conditioning for elite organizations like the Universities of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. My challenge to you is to live every moment in the present. The past is the past. Learn from it and move on. The future is not determined. Don’t dwell on a future that is so far out as to become more dreams and fantasy than obtainable. A long distance runner can dream of marathons but unless he trains in the present, he will never be able to compete competitively for a full 26 miles. Every worthwhile goal in life is made up of many incremental steps that must be done to reach a successful completion.
1.- Trevor taught elite athletes how to hyper focus on executing at the highest levels by performing well incrementally.
2.- Living in the present moment is the only way to achieve your goals and objectives.
3.- Every moment should be seen as an opportunity to move incrementally toward fulfilling your purpose.
#DoGoodWorkNow
Rome, GA: “Your Being is from your Becoming” – Bryan E Wilson
We are always moving forward through our lives. We can’t relive the past.
So we have two definitions:
1.- “Being” is the essence of a person
2.- “Becoming” is the possibility of change that has “being”
#EmboldenExcellence my friend.
Bryan E Wilson
Marietta, GA: “Do Well, Repeat” – Bryan E Wilson
Doing a good job is more rare than many people think.
It’s not easy to do good work each and every day.
Do Well, Repeat… makes a good life.
This post is dedicated to an old friend, Kevin Lewis, who has been an inspiration to me and always finds a way to make me laugh when we get a chance to catch up.
Bryan E Wilson
Marietta, GA: Character = Choices + Consequences
Our character is a “catalogue of choices” and the consequences. Character is our behavior habits that we repeat over and over that becomes our life.
We are encouraged when our character is built on good choices and the results that come from those decisions.
Behavior from good choices leads to more good behavior and the momentum continues.
#EmboldenExcellence!
Bryan
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
When we provide value, success takes care of itself.
Are we consumers or creators of value?
Bryan
Kennesaw, GA – “Privilege = Responsibility”
“To whom much is given, much will be required.” – St. Luke
We that have privilege have a responsibility to give back. Shirking this debt, we owe our society is unethical and immoral.
Giving back can take many forms but you determine for yourself how much you should contribute to our world.
To you continued success,
Bryan
Marietta, GA – A great quote from a Tennis Hall of Famer who broke many color barriers and served his country in the US Army.
“Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.”
-Arthur Ashe
Marietta, GA – Relationship Value (RV) = (Positives) + (Negatives)
If we list the positives in a relationship versus the negatives, we create a balance sheet that we can see.
RV (Relationship Value) = x (Positive Experiences) + y (Negative Experiences)
Try using Trevor Moawad’s approach to outcome predictability and proactively remove the negative words, thoughts and experiences. Let the positive outcomes accumulate without any effort.
Using the balance sheet example, the RV (Relationship Value) will turn positive (+) just by removing the negatives (-). Benjamin Franklyn talks about this exercise in his autobiography about decision making. Take a sheet of paper, fold it lengthwise and list the pros on one half of the sheet and the cons on the other. If the pros (+) outnumber the cons (-), then you have your decision (answer). This equation can be used on any relationship or decision.
Try this and let me know how it works for you.
Thanks again for the great feedback and encouragement.
To your happiness,
Bryan
#Encouragement
#RelationshipsMatter
Bryan E. Wilson 