MAC Week 4-1: Reading Post

Chapter Nine (Lighting A Spark) was a very interesting read. I would have to agree with the authors that each person has within them a “spark of possibility”. Our job is to have the capability and mindset to have other people’s spark catch fire. As it is put in the book, the way to do this is:

1.     Imagine that people are an invitation for enrollment

2.     Stand ready to participate, willing to be moved and inspired

3.     Offer that which lights you up

4.     Have no doubt that others are eager to catch the spark

What this is saying is that you must believe that each person has the possibility for greatness, be ready yourself to inspire, show what excites you, and believe that others WANT to be inspired!

Chapter Ten (Being The Board) talks about changes the aspects of life into your favor. Don’t play the blame game on other people, but look at the aspects behind the situation and figure out a way to change it. The reason behind this is because the minute you place the blame elsewhere, you lose your ability to have a say in the outcome. It is out of your hands. To do quote the Andrew Lloyd Webber music “Jesus Christ Superstar”: PONTIOUS PILATE: I wash my hands of your demolition.

Chapter Eleven (Creating Frameworks For Possibility) discusses the fact that things may appear to be going in a downward spiral, but each one of us has the opportunity or ability to change that in three simple steps:

1.     Create a feeling of substitution for this downward spiral

2.     Make the effort of making the new philosophy everything

3.     Keep track of what is going right and what is going wrong

This is a great philosophy, because if you do not make the effort to change things around you and make that your goal….nothing will change for you.

Chapter Twelve (Telling The WE Story) discusses the WE story. The WE story to me is very similar to the six degrees of separation. The WE story says you must:

1.     Tell the story that relates to all

2.     Listen and look for the rising person or things around you

3.     Ask yourself “where do WE go from here?”

What a concept! We are all connected, all we have to do is look around us for someone or something else to join us and figure out where to go to make everything better TOGETHER!