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This is not a dry run

Posted on by philipdodson

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Life is not a dry run. It is the live show, from the moment we are born, it is the real thing, not a practice or test run.

Yet we often say to ourselves ‘I’ll do that, when this happens’ or ‘it is not the right time’ or’ I’ll do it next year when I have more time’.

The only certainty about life is, it is a deadly journey, one that will end the same way for all of us.

It is the bit between the start and the end, that we control. Sure the more you try something, the better you get.

However, for a great deal of our lives, we are doing slightly less than our best, as we are reluctant to go all the way and create our best.

The other thing, unlike a game, we can’t go back to the start and have another go. We can of course learn and get better, but we can not go back to the start of life and reset. Yet we seem to live as if we have boundless time, endless ‘goes’ and there isn’t a finite amount of time.

Interestingly, we live like that, even though our last day could be today or 10 years from now, we just don’t know. However, we often live, procrastinating on things, as if life was an endless thing.

So from the moment we are born, the cameras role, there is no pause button, you’re the main character in the film, so don’t hide in the shadows practising your lines forever, at some point we have to take centre stage and do it for real.

Authentic

Posted on by philipdodson

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Authentic, what does this mean? Well, the dictionary definition is – not being false, being genuine, being real.

It’s weird then, that we need to be told to be authentic really. It has become a real buzz word in this brave new world of the start-ups and entrepreneurship (more buzz words). We often hear ‘experts’/’guru’s’/’advisors’/’mentors’ saying ‘be authentic’.

But why wouldn’t you be authentic? Does this imply that before that people were all liars, cheats, untrustworthy and generally manipulative?

Well in varying degrees yes. Perhaps liars or cheats is harsh, although there have been a few to be honest.

The old school mentality is one of manipulation, either of the employee, the customer, the voter, the pupil and so on. We live in a world full of manipulations.

The real successes stories however, are always about the genuine, real and authentic. They never had to be told to be that way, as that’s how they have always been and always will be.

So be yourself always and don’t succumb to the manipulative world that surrounds us, be different and think different.