Tuesday, June 8
Seth's Blog: On thinking big...
Seth Godin hits another on the head - take a look:
Seth's Blog: On thinking big...
In my UNCONSULTING seminars, we spend about 10 minutes talking about what I call "canvas size." And my point is that most people's canvas is too small. Sometimes WAY too small.
To indulge the analogy for a minute, these folks can paint just as well as other artists... they just limit themselves to those small little 3x3 canvasses you can get at the art store.
Now, let's say you have big-canvas talents. For example, let's say you're a Chuck Close or a Jackson Pollock.
You could certainly paint on a little 3x3 canvas, but you wouldn't have the space or capacity to express YOUR message in YOUR way. You'd be constricted, small, and tight. You certainly would not be considered a master of modern art. You're working on the wrong canvas size - it's too small for you. Or worse, you'll make a mess on the rug and the table as your paint spills over the edges.
"Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming, or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful."
-- Paul Arden
How’s that for a goal? Imagine this:
“Billy, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Billy: “Rich and powerful!”
Isn’t that great? What is wrong with that answer?
Nothing, NOTHING, NOTHING! Or as my Jewish mother says, “there’s nothing wrong with making a lot of money, you know.” (Thanks, Mom.)
Paul Arden gets it. On the cover of his book It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be, he has the subtitle “The world’s best-selling book by Paul Arden.”
That’s what we’re talking about!
Seth's Blog: On thinking big...
In my UNCONSULTING seminars, we spend about 10 minutes talking about what I call "canvas size." And my point is that most people's canvas is too small. Sometimes WAY too small.
To indulge the analogy for a minute, these folks can paint just as well as other artists... they just limit themselves to those small little 3x3 canvasses you can get at the art store.
Now, let's say you have big-canvas talents. For example, let's say you're a Chuck Close or a Jackson Pollock.
You could certainly paint on a little 3x3 canvas, but you wouldn't have the space or capacity to express YOUR message in YOUR way. You'd be constricted, small, and tight. You certainly would not be considered a master of modern art. You're working on the wrong canvas size - it's too small for you. Or worse, you'll make a mess on the rug and the table as your paint spills over the edges.
"Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming, or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful."
-- Paul Arden
How’s that for a goal? Imagine this:
“Billy, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Billy: “Rich and powerful!”
Isn’t that great? What is wrong with that answer?
Nothing, NOTHING, NOTHING! Or as my Jewish mother says, “there’s nothing wrong with making a lot of money, you know.” (Thanks, Mom.)
Paul Arden gets it. On the cover of his book It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be, he has the subtitle “The world’s best-selling book by Paul Arden.”
That’s what we’re talking about!
