Daily Intent

Santa Barbara, CA
A good friend passed along the below Washington Post article.  It felt very appropriate for The Market Street Report as we continue our efforts to see things others are missing.  To see opportunities missed by most.  Be intentional my friend.

“Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

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Santa Barbara, CA

Buzzword: Goocher
Two individuals perfectly timing a plunge and a number entered.   Synchronizing two distinct acts at the same exact moment in time.

Though the creators of the word, Analise Maggio-Kjensrud and Nicholas James Mullen, their rusting thumbs have left room for others to claim the top spot.

This isn’t arbitrary commentary.  Despite their proclamations of greatness, their peers would claim others to be better at “synchronizing” the act of noting a runner / walker crossing the finish line with the act of registering the exact person crossing the finish line.

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Santa Barbara, CA

Imprisonment. Confinement.  Unable to act freely.  Wall bounded.

For some, identification to such phrases brings up awful memories, irreversible acts. 

However, W Mitchell gave us new perspective to such descriptors in which all can identify, in which all can improve upon.  W Mitchell reminded us that though some may be imprisoned in the physical sense, all are imprisoned in one form or another psychologically.  Our minds have created walls.  Our minds have bound us to parameters, thus limiting our freedom, our greatness, and our true experience of life. 

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Santa Barbara, CA
Eight conscious Catalyst For Thought members shared in an intimate lunch at Santa Barbara’s prestigious University Club Wednesday.  I was fortunate enough to facilitate the event focused on Wild Web Marketeer Ms. Lorrie Thomas.  Current trends were discussed.  Social media foundations highlighted.  Propelling ones business forward into the new “wild west frontier” extrapolated. In short, many nuggets of greatness empowered those in attendance.  

Ms. Thomas founds her teachings on a basic principal: “marketing is about building relationships.”  Whether one is in tech, media, insurance, or finance, marketing begins with getting to know your client and your client getting to know you.  Trust and understanding are main pillars in doing so.

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Santa Barbara, CA
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
-The Declaration of Independence 4 of July, 1776.

In efforts to fire you up for the big day tomorrow, I present to you a list of fun facts I’ve found across the internet.  Have an enjoyable and safe holiday.

The major objection to being ruled by Britain was taxation without representation. The colonists had no say in the decisions of English Parliament.

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I am thankful on a daily basis for my father, for my father’s health, for my father’s support, for my father’s guidance.  Where I stand, how I stand, how I speak, how I see, how I hear, how I feel, all of which my father has had great influence.

That said, I have a new appreciation for Father’s Day this year.  As many of you know, I was fortunate enough to go through the Bone Marrow Donation process.  Jason Huffman, a father or two, in turn was given a second chance at life.   His kids are the greatest beneficiary.

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