All I Want

All I want is to give a gift to the world.  All I want is to leave something behind much bigger than me.  That is why I want to be an entrepreneur.  I believe in the magic of passion. "  If you want something bad enough, the whole universe conspires in your favor".

I hope I can make the world a better place.  I hope I can leave my "ding" in the universe.  I hope years from now I can read this post and smile, at my own naïveté. Nobody plans these things, but I have a feeling.  I've had it all my life.  I want to have fun sharing my gifts.  I want to spread my passion.  Above all I want to give hope.

Each decision we make is like a single drop in a still pond.  Our time is limited, our ripples lose effect as we age.  New drops make their splashes.  All I want is to make a big splash.  I've wanted that since I was a young boy, small for my age, wanting to impress the lifeguard, and I still want that today.  Here's to our dreams.  Here's to the impossible.  Here's to the magic in this world.  And here's to sharing it with the people we care about.

The Audience Effect

When you are an actor on stage, or a musician performing a show, you know something the audience does not.  You know how it's "supposed to go".  If you flub a line, it's internal tragedy!  Miss a cue?  The song is a cacophony.

Except, it's not.  It's ok.  The audience doesn't know right from wrong, only good from bad.  Sometimes, we are victims of the audience effect.  Sometimes we believe in something or someone only to discover we've been deceived.  Duped.  Bamboozled.

If you mess up, your audience might not know.  Don't crumble in humiliation, instead "roll with the punches".  Improvise.  You may have butchered the line or missed the cue but you also might be the only one who knows.  The script isn't what is written, it's what's said.

Unless you run off stage, the show is exactly as planned.  Convince them they are seeing an Oscar-worthy performance and they see greatness.  You write the script.  You know the secret.  The audience doesn't know.