Supporting and Spreading New Ideas

ChangeThis is a site I have been following for a few years now. How can I resist a site dedicated to spreading ideas and changing minds?

No secrets. All sharing.

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The site spreads ideas through manifestos. A manifesto is "an argument, a reasoned, rational call to action, supported by logic and facts."  It's really rather interesting. People submit 300 word manifesto proposals and readers are given 30 days to vote on the proposals. The authors of the most popular proposals are asked to write their manifestos to be published on the site.

I stepped up to a challenge and submitted my manifesto, "Grow Up and Lead." At last check before the voting closed, I was a solid third of ten with 1016 votes. Is that enough for my proposal to be deemed "most popular?"

I don't know. What I do know is that I could not have gotten that far without your support. So, 1016 thanks for tweeting, re-tweeting, sharing, liking and linking. Thank you for your encouragement.

Truth be told, I am already a winner and I will write the manifesto either way.

While we wait for the results (there are 61 proposals in the cue) take a few minutes to visit the site and the already published manifestos. Two that caught my attention and resonated with me are (hover to highlight and click to follow the link):

• We Are All Artists Now by Seth Godin
• How to Tell a Story: 10 Simple Strategies by Jonah Sachs
  

If you were to write your manifesto, what would you say? If you already have one, link to it in the comments!

Mixing it Up: A Day in the Life Sunday

The best way to solve a problem is to not over think it. As someone with a mind on overdrive, I am on the lookout for ways to slow myself - and my thoughts - down. 

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To my tried and true list of ways to slow down my thoughts, I now add cooking.  The holiday season was a flurry culinary creations: prime rib, peanut butter blossoms, white cheddar Mac and cheese, monkey bread and egg and hash brown casserole. Now, I am on the lookout out for mini-Dutch ovens for the chicken pot pies I have my cooking eye on. 

It's crazy, I know. I can't explain it myself. I haven't solved any major problems yet but breaking and beating eggs does have a certain appeal. Art imitates life and the undercooked monkey bread reflects my impatience but I am a work in progress. 

It's really about hitting the pause button.  Michael Hyatt wrote about the space between the stimulus and response and I am close to cracking the cover on The Pause Principle. There is something to slowing down and stopping to pause for effective leadership, self preservation and, in my house now, culinary adventures.

What is your reset button? And, what's your favorite thing to bake?