Be real.

Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem

Marian Wright Edelman

A great king long ago who ruled most of the known world.  One day he called the wisest scholars from his kingdom together and gave them an order: “Consolidate for me the wisdom of the ages and bring it to me.”

Several years later the scholars presented the king with a set of 10 large books that contained the wisdom of the ages.  “Nobody will read those books!  That is too much information.  Shorten them,” was the king’s response.

Six months later the wise men returned with one very large book.  “Still to much!” the king said.  “Make it shorter.”  The scholars hung their heads and went back to work.  Three months later they returned with a 20 page document.  “Better, but still too much.”

The scholars left again and returned a week later.  This time they handed the king one sheet of paper with once sentence on it.  The king smiled as he read it:

“There Ain’t No Free Lunch”

Zig Ziglar

When people start to whine, I used to argue with them that they can improve things. Then I simply reflected on how much better off I am than they. Now, I simply leave. When you listen to whiners you enable them, and that does neither you nor them any favors.

This is probably just me, but Linkedin reminds me of a garage sale, Facebook of a cocktail party, and Twitter of a flea market. Keep a log of how much time you spend on social platforms. Then ask yourself if you could probably learn to play the oboe in half as much time.

Alan Weiss

Balancing Act