generosity is the next frontier

This recent post by Danielle LaPorte has been printed and taped to my cabinet door at work. :)  love it.  

17 Declarations on Business Life

Nothing is a sure thing. No matter what they said, no matter how well the meeting went, no matter how much you rocked it. Until the check clears, or the doors open, or the curtain lifts, you’re actually operating on faith. (And faith is essentially awesome and necessary — but until the check clears …)

If you chase goals that are meaningless, you will do things that you don’t really want to do — and it will feel gross. And you’ll get headaches. And your creativity will suffer.

This paradox will set you free: Be zealously determined to feel exactly what you want to feel, and then let go of your expectations of how it shows up.

Conformity sucks.

It’s all about relationships. Every victory, every stressor, every laugh, every breakthrough, and almost everything you appreciate about your work and life will be about the relationships you have.

If you work to earn the respect of the people you work with, everything else takes care of itself.See it as concentric circles of love: you, those nearest to you, the rest of the world. On a related note:

Take care of the people who work with you. It’s easy to get focused on the customer, or the stakeholders, or everyone beyond your work walls, but if you can actively serve the people on your team, you will not only learn and give and receive in profound ways, you will burn some karma.

It’s never about the money.

It’s always about the money.

It’s easy to say you’re not in it for the money when you have some money.

Show up as yourself. So many people are dying inside because they’re not really showing up. So if you’re You — at the meeting, at the club, on the bus, in love — well, then that would make youautomatically exceptional (not to mention freer, fulfilled, and closer to self-actualization. And sexy. Of course.).

Meaningful work + a fun time doing it = Bliss.

Everybody talks about everybody. No exceptions. Keep it positive and hopeful.

Lying is bad news.

Ignorance is a choice. Wisdom is earned. People do stupid stuff when they’re scared.

Kindness. It all gets down to kindness — and it always will.

Generosity is the next frontier. 

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I'm sure it is obvious by the number of my posts that feature Danielle LaPorte's ideas that I am a fan of her writing.  A new favorite of mine is Susan Cain.  I have been thinking a lot about her video that I watched last weekend on introverts.  I really appreciate her thoughts on the gifts offered by introverts.   My heart has always easily recognized the child who could be described as an introvert and also shy.  Not an easy combination of characteristics in this society. 

I just bookmarked Susan Cain's blog and can't wait to watch some of the videos she highlighted from TED2013.  I'm also anxious to read some of the books in her long list of recommendations.