The Being Brand

Being is the essence out of which all things evolve. This blog is an ongoing conversation of being in various facets and areas of life, including the personal and the professional from which relationships of all kinds are formed and teams built in all communities, virtual or real, at home, at work, in politics and at play.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Being Inspired by Others

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Being a keen observer of everything and an eternal free spirit, life forever teaches me about the importance of being in the world for others, out of which comes the significance of being the brand, personally and professionally. From opera to jazz to philosophical musings to teaching at a community college to consulting for large and small city governments to teaching English and music to indigenous children abroad to owning an urban redevelopment environmental firm to facilitating corporate training materials for Fortune 500 companies to missionary work in an underdeveloped country to real estate investments, I am the brand. Whatever we do and wherever we go we are all being brands.
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    The Art of Disappearing by Naomi Shihab Nye

    When they say don't I know you? Say no. When they invite you to the party remember what parties are like before answering. Someone telling you in a loud voice they once wrote a poem. Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate. Then reply. If they say we should get together, say why? It's not that you don't love them any more. You're trying to remember something too important to forget. Trees. The monastery bell at twilight. Tell them you have a new project. It will never be finished. When someone recognizes you in a grocery store nod briefly and become a cabbage. When someone you haven't seen in ten years appears at the door, don't start singing him all your new songs. You will never catch up. Walk around feeling like a leaf. Know you could tumble any second. Then decide what to do with your time.

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