Sports teams have ’em. Offices have ’em. Attendees of a vacation, or night out, or any other gathering of friends have ’em.
They’re your most valuable player (MVP).
Recognize your MVP publicly? The bar is raised for everyone else.
Don’t recognize them publicly? It’s a race to the bottom.
Who was your MVP recently?
Location only gets you so far. Your service or selection only gets you so far.
But your preeminence?
Your preeminence will take you to the promised land.
What’s your preeminence?
It doesn’t matter.
It doesn’t matter that you have a baffling slider, or are an up-and-coming and affable attorney, or are admired by new staff and clients for your honest approach to consulting.
If you don’t pitch to contact, or are a threat to the credibility of the preeminent successor of the family law firm, or are leaving to pursue entrepreneurship and a better life, you’ll be shown the door and used as an example.
Sure, when you don’t toe the line, you might get kicked to the ground.
But, ask Francisco Liriano, my future brother-in-law, or me “what’s better?”.
Toeing the line or flourishing as yourself.
When advocating for change or reform, you have two choices:
The former is easier.
The latter, however, is more difficult but gets WAY more traction.
It’s “how we do” at Life is NOYOKE. 🙂
Dear old friend,
You have a gift.
You know what it is.
Please do it every day and share it with the world.
It doesn’t need to be a home run every time. Doubles, singles, even strikeouts, are okay.
But please, old friend, you know who you are and know your gift.
Share it.
Share it every day.
Your old friend,
Lenny
If you want to be more credible, don’t hide your weaknesses.
Instead, share them with the world.
The impact is pretty incredible.
The 4th of July is a day off.
Treat it like one.
Do things you wouldn’t normally do on a work day.
And consider staying off Instagram, Twitter and Facebook the rest of the day.
Because, hey, it might just make those things you don’t normally do a whole lot better.
Happy 4th of July.
Honestly, this is my best post ever.
Honestly, there’s more revealed in this report than I’m comfortable sharing.
I’m only saying “honestly” because I’m being dishonest or because I’ve been dishonest in the past.
Figure out how to never need to use the word “honestly.”
Then, everything you think, say, and are perceived as will be honest.
Because “honestly” equals dishonesty.
When you need help, you have two choices.
It’s one or the other.
And, counter-intuitively, the latter gets a much better response in the short and long term.
Just ask The Godfather.
So, next time you need some help moving, an extra bottle of wine for your dinner party, or a referral, be a friend.
P.S. My website, lifeisnoyoke.com thrives when the community thrives.
Who can you send my way?
Click here for a pre-written, non-obtrusive email you can use to refer a few friends who are into healthy living.
I appreciate it very much.
Your friend,
Lenny
Here are 8 takeaways from yesterday’s shenanigans of the US Supreme Court’s decision on Hobby Lobby vs. Women, er, I mean, Burwell.
Hobby Lobby was not on many people’s radars before yesterday. Now, they’re a household name.
Hobby Lobby fans, mostly bible belt moms, now are more loyal than ever. Their hearts and minds are won-over forever. And…
If you’re not triggering someone’s emotions, nobody’s gonna write about you. It doesn’t matter how good your PR firm is.
People who say they will never shop at Hobby Lobby again probably never shopped there in the first place.
Facts don’t motivate. Genuine belief does. It doesn’t matter if your opinion is loaded with gender bigotry.
Linens ‘n Things or Joann Fabrics could align with Justice RBG and profit greatly. So could you, if you’re clever enough.
Hobby Lobby now sits with the likes of Chic-fil-A, GM (as of recent), VW (as of the Holocaust), et al. Be kind to people, otherwise your brand becomes unkind.