Comments on: Before The Morning Becomes The Day http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day My Unconventional Thinking on strategic management, marketing, consulting, business, advertising, and general philosophizing on the issues of the day. It's the perfect blend of Harvard Business School and Us Magazine. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Michael http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-273 Michael Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:15:06 +0000 http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-273 "Ah-ha moments" - these have defined my life. Answers to simple and complex question hit me while I am not fixated on the problems. Such is life - sometimes it's our only brush with true genius. It's the weekend golfer shoot even par, the struggling writer seeing the end of the book before he picks up the pen, or the rookie marketer realizing they suck - before they blow the budget (haha). These moments in time can define a person. One can look at it as the end of the night or the dawning of a new day, but always, always remember - the darkest hours are those just before dawn. And the calmest part of the storm is at it center. Finding that calm allows our genius to break through. Where is your calm, your zone, your place where genius runs amuck in the midst of the mediocre? Mine? In the quiet space between my nightly reading and sleep...with a pen and paper just out of reach. “Ah-ha moments” - these have defined my life. Answers to simple and complex question hit me while I am not fixated on the problems. Such is life - sometimes it’s our only brush with true genius. It’s the weekend golfer shoot even par, the struggling writer seeing the end of the book before he picks up the pen, or the rookie marketer realizing they suck - before they blow the budget (haha).

These moments in time can define a person. One can look at it as the end of the night or the dawning of a new day, but always, always remember - the darkest hours are those just before dawn. And the calmest part of the storm is at it center. Finding that calm allows our genius to break through. Where is your calm, your zone, your place where genius runs amuck in the midst of the mediocre? Mine? In the quiet space between my nightly reading and sleep…with a pen and paper just out of reach.

]]> By: Mark http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-271 Mark Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:14:44 +0000 http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-271 I don't agree. I believe it is pervasive and the number one killer of true living. Mark Stevens CEO I don’t agree. I believe it is pervasive and the number one killer of true living.
Mark Stevens
CEO

]]> By: Paul Ross http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-270 Paul Ross Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:13:49 +0000 http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-270 <p>Locke was wrong about tabula rasa. Jung had it right.</p> <p>PR</p> Locke was wrong about tabula rasa. Jung had it right.

PR

]]> By: Ed Laflamme http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-269 Ed Laflamme Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:15:17 +0000 http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-269 A few months ago I was working with a friend and consultant on some creative material. I complained that I couldn't come up with anything really good. She made a comment that was a "whack on the side of my head." "Ed, I have known you for some time and it seems to me that you occupy every minute of everyday on working, reading, listening or whatever. I don't think you ever allow yourself any time just to think. That's your problem." Mark, you are correct in saying that we need to build in those times for "mindless moments" to have time for the "blank sheets of paper". Times just to allow our minds to wander and wonder. I still need to force these times because I am always so busy, so thanks for reminding me in your message today. I need to remember that taking time to "walk in the woods" is not a waste of time but a time that is needed to free the mind." Ed Laflamme A few months ago I was working with a friend and consultant on some creative material. I complained that I couldn’t come up with anything really good. She made a comment that was a “whack on the side of my head.” “Ed, I have known you for some time and it seems to me that you occupy every minute of everyday on working, reading, listening or whatever. I don’t think you ever allow yourself any time just to think. That’s your problem.” Mark, you are correct in saying that we need to build in those times for “mindless moments” to have time for the “blank sheets of paper”. Times just to allow our minds to wander and wonder. I still need to force these times because I am always so busy, so thanks for reminding me in your message today. I need to remember that taking time to “walk in the woods” is not a waste of time but a time that is needed to free the mind.” Ed Laflamme

]]> By: Mark http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-272 Mark Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:35:33 +0000 http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-272 Gaston, So true. I think of it as the art of letting go. Mark Stevens CEO Gaston,

So true. I think of it as the art of letting go.

Mark Stevens
CEO

]]> By: GM http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-268 GM Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:10:55 +0000 http://msco.com/blog/before-the-morning-becomes-the-day#comment-268 Humans are like the airlines. We go from point a to b every single day, we all DO things. We all ACT, drive, flip people off, fire, hire, fight, complain, smile, look pissed off, make decisions etc....all these things are destinations....like an airliner we reach these destinations. Like an airline most of us carry LOTS of baggage to these destinations. The baggage is wherein lies all of the problems that hold people from any kind of JOY. How many of us are guilty of carrying forward baggage from past relationships, from past failurs, from past expriences good OR bad. We wake up chalked full of baggage, chips on our shoudlrs, ready to fire an answer or decision off based on our own baggage.....and to go back to the airliner analogy some people are carrying so much baggage, their plane just doesn't fly anymore! What a shame! How do we free ourselves of this baggage? The answer is wake up every day and thank god you're here and able to do things. ENJOY the little things, getting in your car, playing your favorite tune, driving to starvucks, putting your windows down, talking to the cashier with respect, connecting with people, helping someone in any way possible.... etc. etc. Enjoy it all, every bit of it, and you will dump the baggage! Once the baggage is dumped you are FREE...free to be happy....and that's where it all truly starts! And there's no feeling in the world like it. It's like christmas morning every single day! Humans are like the airlines. We go from point a to b every single day, we all DO things. We all ACT, drive, flip people off, fire, hire, fight, complain, smile, look pissed off, make decisions etc….all these things are destinations….like an airliner we reach these destinations. Like an airline most of us carry LOTS of baggage to these destinations. The baggage is wherein lies all of the problems that hold people from any kind of JOY.

How many of us are guilty of carrying forward baggage from past relationships, from past failurs, from past expriences good OR bad. We wake up chalked full of baggage, chips on our shoudlrs, ready to fire an answer or decision off based on our own baggage…..and to go back to the airliner analogy some people are carrying so much baggage, their plane just doesn’t fly anymore! What a shame!

How do we free ourselves of this baggage? The answer is wake up every day and thank god you’re here and able to do things. ENJOY the little things, getting in your car, playing your favorite tune, driving to starvucks, putting your windows down, talking to the cashier with respect, connecting with people, helping someone in any way possible…. etc. etc. Enjoy it all, every bit of it, and you will dump the baggage!

Once the baggage is dumped you are FREE…free to be happy….and that’s where it all truly starts! And there’s no feeling in the world like it. It’s like christmas morning every single day!

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