From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Do you have a passion? Do you dream about what it would be like to be that amazing person you truly are, not only behind closed doors, but in front of everyone you encounter? What happens when our dreams and goals get sidetracked by FEAR? Well, I have been reading a powerful book called “Good To Great” by Jim Collins and I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a great passion for something they truly believe in. “Good To Great” speaks about many obstacles that stop people from going from being good to truly being great! I am gonna focus on one topic that Jim speaks of in chapter 5 which really hit home for me entitled, “The Hedgehog Concept”. So basically there is a famous essay called “The Hedgehog and the Fox” and the story goes that while the fox knows many things, the hedgehog knows one big thing. The fox tries every possible angle to catch the hedgehog, but every single time, the hedgehog comes out alive because it simply rolls up into a “perfect little ball” becoming a “sphere of sharp spikes, pointing outward in all[…]
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Blog #13: “A Brush With Faith”
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home For me, life happens when I follow faith rather than try to chase my dream. Here’s an example. On March 25th I was going about my Sunday as I normally do, gearing up for the week ahead and creating an action list consisting of the actions I plan on taking for the upcoming week to continue the journey of finding a home for Pinocchio! Well, I was meeting up with my Mom for dinner and I told her I would meet her uptown rather than her drive to me. So, I got on the 5 train and headed to 86th and Lexington. I had to quickly use the restroom and so I went into the Barnes & Noble that was right there and went down the escalator and found my way to the restroom. Well, as I walked towards the restroom, there was a sign for the upcoming event for that next day. I double took the sign, it said Joan Osborne.