Business is dating

Sales is asking someone out on a date.

Marketing is the reason they say yes.

Branding is the reason it lasts.

Are you accidentally the most morally upright human?

We have both the right and responsibility to champion the causes which matter to us and the people under our duty of care (by design or fate). We have both the right and responsibility to take actions which help us survive, be fine or perhaps thrive, but not to the significant detriment of others for the insignificant or incremental gains for yourself and the people under your care.
How do you measure that?
There's always someone better off than you and always someone worse off than you.
If you have no headspace, no money and no time (not by choice), you are trying to survive. If you have any one of those things, you have hope. If you have any two of those things you are fine. If you (could choose) to have all of those things, you are thriving.
Know thy self. Get to know your shadow and stop lying to yourself. Stop being a victim, stop being a hero.
It is what it is, this too shall pass.

I was inspired to write this after watching this https://youtu.be/bounwXLkme4

Talking to girls: be nice, not creepy

Instead of saying 'I like your earrings', say 'those are cool hoop earrings'.

It's less about her and her choice (a comment on her) and more about 'it' and it's value (a comment on something you have in common - both thinking it's cool enough to wear and cool enough to comment).

You don't want authentic.

People say they want 'authentic'. I think we mean 'immersive'.
Authentic is more boring and troublesome than you think, select authentic is what we're after, which creates immersion.

Love Complexity

You're heart is in it when you're there but your heart isn't in it very often to be there.

Christianity dying? it doesn't have to.

We have observed, in the last half-century, an endless line of proposals and plans for ‘reviving,’ or ‘renewing,’ or ‘revitalizing’ the nation’s tired old denominations. To my knowledge, however, no one has yet succeeded in turning around a declining denomination. ~ George Hunter III

The solution.

Authenticly and relevance.

What do you mean?

I'm 30, born in 1986 going to a variety of denominations both because of family and choice... The pattern I noticed is people are with a particular denomination either because it's what their family believed or it was a reflection of themselves in some way,  I believe secularly it's called your 'tribe'. In my time on this earth, I've seen the noise grow,  in the late 90s advertisers had the rule of 7... After the 7th time,  people would be conscious of your message... early 2000s it was the rule of 9... 2017 it's now up to 24... When I wake up,  as I get ready for work I've already been exposed to hundreds of brands,  messages,  the noise of life...  There is one thing which cuts through in 2017 ... Simplicity and/or authenticity. Tradition is fine,  but if no one can tell simply or authenticly why,  it's not relevant and it's not authentic... 'that's how we've always done it' is an immediate fail,  'because the Bible says so' is a fail...  It's not against the Bible or the traditions,  replace the word Bible with literally anything else and the result is the same...  The paradox is we are after knowing why without it being complex...  The theory goes that if you can explain your subject matter to a 6 year old,  you truly understand.  Jesus did the same simplicity approach... It was simple,  it was relevant to the audience which was relateable and how he lived his life and how he spoke it was authentic...
In a world where we (milenials)  don't trust anyone,  we crave 'real'
Of course 'how' to achieve this I could talk for hours,  but it's best to start at 'what'.
The biggest hurdle is the 'I want to know why' with 'I don't trust you' and 'get to the point in a way I can understand without thinking too hard'... I will say this,  if you follow these two traits,  you can figure out how...
"the path of least resistance" and "a simple lie is more believable than a complicated truth"
Example.  Cold water freezes faster than hot water.
It sounds right but it's actually a lie... But as I start to explain the stupidly complex reason why hot water freezes faster than cold water,  the effort to understand why becomes greater than the desire to know which means the path of least resistance is to not care/not pursue the answer.

Finally regarding relevance...  "if you care about what I think,  I'll listen to what you have to say" everyone has an opinion, deep down,  it's not about being right,  it's about being valued,  needing to matter. Most people tie their opinions into their identity...  So when we argue with them,  it's not about someone rejecting their opinion,  we're rejecting them as a person. It's a hard way to live,  but somehow that's how this generation work.

And whether you think I'm right or wrong, does it matter? depending on what you want to achieve I guess, thrown out a statement,  as a non church goer I have data from outside the walls representing a demographic that has to be represented if looking to the future. If you feel my voice does not reflect milenials...  Ask yourself why? Search for other people in the milenials who are on the cusp of church...  We not only know why,  we have solutions...  We want what you want,  and even though it might not seem like it,  we're on the same side.

I'm happy to answer any questions but I probably won't go down a path of trying to defend my stance,  it's not tied to my identity so I don't mind if I don't hear any support for these ideas 😊

I wish you well in your journey to find knowledge and understanding,  peace be with you.

Creativity is...

My definition...

Creativity means to conclude a notion or practically create something which is unique,  valued or appreciated.

Both Good and Bad

If you don't think all you'll ever use is instinct...

Depending on who you are you could take that either way.

Open to Being Closed

Isn't it unusual...  We live in what some would say, a closed minded world...  But more and more are becoming open minded,  and in a way forcing their open minded message on 'closed minded' people (which is only a perception from your point of view) ... So why are the 'open minded' closed to the idea of being closed...  So to be open minded is to accept others choices with sometimes the absence of understanding ... If we were truly open minded,  maybe we would stop trying to train the closed minded to think like us.

Inner world, outer world

What if you had no way of saying what you had to say,  or showing how you feel,  demonstrating your meaning or even having no way of letting others know you 'exist'

www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/14/it-was-being-buried-alive-what-its-have-locked-syndrome

Although this is the most extreme example,  I believe most of us in some way have trouble communicating ... And in the western world that my perspective comes from,  who ever articulates best is right...  But are they?  Just because someone is better at rationalization does that make them more right than the person that can't say what they're trying to say?