This is no dress rehearsal
It is real life
To the victor goes the spoils. It is an adage as old as the human notion of time and conflict.
In the case of the United States, the folks who buttress their own power with that of the state get the spoils. Yesterday I wrote about the Democratic Party’s use of politics to gain power and push its agenda forward. Non-Democrats tend to be miserable when it comes to these tactics.
I’m amazed that anyone other than a Democrat wins an election anywhere, but that goes to show that this republic has not gone completely insane. Some people will indeed hold the line against transgressions against human decency running rampant as Democrats and their allies insinuate themselves into the centers of power.
Like I said yesterday, it is danger to hitch your wagons to any of these political parties. Feel free, however, to use them as you wish for your own benefit.
From my experience, most people are afraid to do that. They find something wrong in leveraging the power of a group—political parties in this case—to their own benefit.
Two thoughts:
Your run-of-the-mill Democrat has zero compunction leveraging herself or her party into a more powerful position. That’s why they “win” elections.
I leverage the power of the group every single day. In my case it is much more productive and fulfilling than a rank political power grab.
I meet with groups of passionate entrepreneurs daily. We leverage each other’s talents and insights and happily do so. A rising tide lifts all boats.
I’m taking it to the next level with the Inner Sphere, my latest program, which only allows for ambitious and driven people.
Hall of Famer Ty Cobb once stated that, "Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest."
What I’m proposing ain’t baseball, but otherwise Cobb squared it up on the sweet spot here. (A gender-neutral definition of “men” should apply as well.)
Also yesterday, I mentioned the late, great Waylon Jennings and I shall summon him once more:
This is no dress rehearsal. We are professionals, and this is the big time.
Everyday life may not seem like the big time, but if the last 4 years of Corona Fever have taught us anything, it is that we better treat everything like the big time.
Faith
Family
Career
Friendships
Health
(Baseball)
The Inner Sphere will put you amongst a group of the right people where you can leverage far more power in your own life. Use wisely, however.
Recall Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
There’s no absolute power here. I’m part of this as a member of my own group, just like anyone else.
As for the direction we will take…
Our first cohort will be a focus on voice. For example: “How do I get people to believe what I have to say?”
First of all, stop caring about that. Focus on the task at hand.
What we’re going to improve on in the Inner Sphere is:
Writing
Spoken word
Video
Everything related to the above
A lot of folks think they have it licked, and they won’t sign up. That’s fine.
I have no interest in mollycoddling those folks into joining, either.
When I was coaching baseball, the coaches with a growth mindset would go to as many conferences and clinics as possible. The ones with a fixed mindset would stay home, knowing that they had it all figured out.
If you’re playing at home, be aware that the fellows with the growth mindset won more often than not.
As always,
Brian
P.S. — It is Opening Day tomorrow (other than the Dodgers and the Padres who already played some regular season action in Korea), so the baseball stuff applies.
“Baseball is not a game for mollycoddles,” said John “Muggsy” McGraw, the Hall of Fame manager of the New York Giants for three decades.
Yet, the Inner Sphere is not a game, nor is it for mollycoddles.
Join us.