Many of you who follow the blog regularly or who know me personally know I"m a great fan/follower of TED Talks and TEDx. In fact, I find a lot of inspiration and motivation by listening to these talks, which are held in venues all over the world.
One recent talk in particular hit a chord with me for this month's blogging theme.
In the talk, titled Fool or Football Coach, Boyd White starts with a story of a young man Mr. White meets in the principal's office of the young man's high school. Mr. White asks the young man three questions.
Why are you in the principal's office?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
How do your classmates currently view you?
The young man wanted to be a football coach, however, his classmates viewed him as a fool due to the way he behaved.
In this talk, Mr. White reminds us that the journey is as important, if not more so, than the destination. It's the "how" question - how do we deal with the obstacles we encounter along the way, how do we move towards our dreams.
At one point in the talk, he hones in on the point that what you practice, you perform. You can't just "turn it on" in life - you have to practice being what it is you want to be in life - walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
So I ask you, where are your steps taking you today? Are they taking you toward your dreams, your goals, or away from them?
If they are not taking you where it is you want to go, you need to stop and redirect your path. You need to "walk in the world as you want it to be," as Mr. Boyd says in his talk.
And, as the immortal Led Zeppelin song Stairway to Heaven says, "there's still time to change the road you're on."
So, are you truly on the path you want to go down, or are you willing to do the work to reach your dream destination?
As you ponder on that, until next week, Namaste!
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