Jason Landry's Blog, page 7
August 31, 2014
Thank Your Spouse Day
Behind every good artist, writer, musician, teacher, carpenter, race car driver, bobsled racer, tennis player, electrician, bus driver, gallery owner, welder, officer of the law, blogger, pilot, DJ, mountain climber, chef, politician, mail carrier, accountant, is a really GREAT spouse.
Make sure you thank yours today. They put up with a lot of your stuff. You wouldn’t be the person you are today without them.
#ThankYourSpouseDay
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August 30, 2014
These 4 Words Can Help You
Networking, Connections, Mentors, Inspiration
These are some of my favorite words––words that I use a lot. What makes these four words so important is that they are linked––well, at least I consider them linked. For instance: when you are “networking”, often times you are building new “connections”. These new bonds, over time, could lead to one of your connections becoming more of a “mentor” in your life who might support and give you some “inspiration”. Some people use their networking abilities to meet more like-minded individuals who are following down a similar path. They use their connections to opens doors for themselves both in business and in life.
But a word of caution: Don’t just take, take, take from your network, connections and mentors. If you finally get to that fourth word and find “inspiration”, and you owe some of it to the people in your network, you need to flip the script and learn to give back. Become a mentor yourself, and inspire a whole new generation. Be that connector in your group. This is when life really gets interesting.
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August 29, 2014
Quote for Friday: Be Resilient
“Be resilient: when the naysayers are loud, turn up the music!”
~a quote from the book, The Start-up of You
by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn.
Steve Steigman, Blown Away, 1978
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August 28, 2014
Thursday’s Thoughts: Some Experiences are Humbling
When I was 13 or 14 years old, I got my first guitar. I learned a few chords and tried to play along to my favorite songs. More than 25 years later, I bought myself a new guitar, and here I am, trying to re-learn everything that I once new.
It’s a humbling feeling when the teenager in me knows the tunes, but my 42 year old fingers keep messing up the songs. Even an old dog will have to re-learn his or her tricks if they’re not used to doing them. Practicing is how you create your rhythm. Artists, athletes, and musicians, just to name a few, practice their crafts to become proficient. The ones who practiced a lot are easier to pick out of a crowd. You can see it in their presentation, their preparedness and their confidence. Once you get into a good rhythm, the things you “like” to do ultimately become the things your “love” to do. Keep practicing what you love to do every single day. You may never perfect your given craft, but if the spotlight was on you, you wouldn’t be afraid to stand up on that stage and play.
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August 27, 2014
Illuminate like a Lightbulb
When a lightbulb is on, it illuminates a room. It helps us to see clearer and enables our eyes to focus so we don’t have to strain them.
When off, the glass of a bulb reflects the contents of its surroundings, as long as the glass isn’t frosted.
If you yourself were a lightbulb, do you think that you illuminate the people that surround you, support and care for them, congratulate and promote them, or do you reflect them, pay them no mind, toss their ideas to the side only to concentrate on yourself.
If you have just realized that the latter sounds more like you, don’t fret, you’re in luck. There is an easy fix to this: flip the switch up to the ‘on’ position. Be the filament that brightens someone else’s day!
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August 26, 2014
Simple Ways to Enrich Your Life
Today couldn’t get any better!
I can’t wait for what tomorrow brings!
Why isn’t today enough? Why does it seem we are always looking for something better–something bigger and brighter elsewhere.
Why don’t we just marvel at the life we have today? Don’t let a second pass without taking a deep breath and appreciate what you have.
No one has ever found that pot of gold at the other end of the rainbow. The simplest way to enrich your life is by looking within yourself.
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August 25, 2014
Gratitude: Stand Up and Be Counted
The time to express your gratitude towards another for their kind deed doesn’t have to be the second after or even a minute after they do something for you––as long as it eventually happens. There are a lot of giving souls in this world. Don’t you want to be counted as being one of them?
Stephen Sheffield, Time Keeper, 2010
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August 24, 2014
August 23, 2014
Be the Hub of your Network
Louis Henri Pingitore, Oread, 2012
Sometimes when we chose to befriend someone, our network grows. That’s the key, right? To converge into a large enough bunch and intermingle, share ideas, thoughts, advice, and time with others––others who have similar wants, needs, and tastes. What if we got close enough to the others but never really made a connection: we never really clicked. We might just be floating along with no ending in sight, like random lightwaves traveling through time, crisscrossing and zooming by.
Be that beam of light that shines brightest and lights up a room. You are colorful in many ways. Show everyone what you are made of and you might become the hub of the network you so desired to belong to.
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August 22, 2014
Seizing Your Opportunity
You can’t just linger out on the periphery and hope that you’ll get noticed. Some opportunities only come around once. You need to be standing up front and present. You need to shake some hands and introduce yourself. Let whoever you are talking to know how passionate you are about your art, your cause, your life. Be in it to win it!
As Milton Berle smartly stated, if opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Frank Armstrong, Side Door – Fordyce, AR, 1986
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