Mr. Besilly's Blog

Choosing A Different Path

Last January we experienced a huge snowfall overnight that shut down my small community for about 24 hours. I live in a part of the county, where the snow plows and salt trucks show up last. Snow and thick ice on the roads made driving impossible.

That morning my wife Terri and I choose a different path. She knew of a short walk through the woods that would lead us to Starbucks for a latte on that perfect winters day. Taking that path last winter forever changed us. It was one of the most beautiful walks I had ever been on. We have continued with our walk to Starbucks every weekend morning since then. It has evolved into amazing quality time with each other. I have learned to cherish our walks together.

When we are willing to adapt to change and open ourselves to choosing a different path, therein lies the opportunity for a fresh vision. The hope of something brand new, revealing itself in the ordinary.   

See Our Path Through The Woods (here)   

It's Your Life: Some Assembly Required

If you have ever looked at a stack of flattened cardboard boxes, you would realize that it's no more than a pile of pressed paper. Boxes are created with a purpose in mind. That purpose can only begin to be realized once the box is assembled and then used. That's why every photo marketing boxes for sale shows them assembled, describing what they can best be used for. Without being assembled and then being out there in circulation, without being used, the cardboard boxes remain in a pile of flattened paper product taking up space.

5 Things I Learned From A Snail

When searching for life lessons to live by, you can gain a great advantage by focusing downward to find the big lessons in extremely small packages. I chose to observe the snail and found no shortage of surprisingly simple wisdom in the life of my tiny friend. Here are the 5 things I learned from a snail.

1. Always look up.

2. Move through life slowly.

3. Sometimes we can all be a little slimy.

4. By all means avoid salt, it can kill you.

5. You'll enjoy life more if you learn how to come out of your      shell.

Ideas: Flight Path of The One

It has always been true that implementation is king and an accepted truth in the cliche "talk is cheap". The ability to implement a good idea or even a mediocre idea can be more valuable than dreaming up a fresh plethora of ideas that go nowhere.

To actually execute an idea means to give it life beyond the thought stage and written white pages. For an idea to live it needs to be launched and implemented well. For it to thrive it needs to be worked, shaped and nurtured mostly by trial and error. That is all part of the implementation process. It takes tremendous inertia, enthusiasm and frankly a bit of old school moxie to push an idea beyond the launch point.

Thought Sparks Can Power Your Thinking

If you have not yet discovered the well tuned blog entitled Thought Sparks, then you are in for a nice surprise. Phil Stolle is a well kept secret as the author of Thought Sparks, he's also a gentleman and a scholar. Phil is continuously dolling out useful insight on becoming a better writer, search engine optimization, lessons learned from blogging and sometimes if you're fortunate he will share a heartfelt tremor sure to stop you dead in your tracks. That's called authenticity.

I humbly invite you to take a short minute out of your hurried life and let Phil school you on a few things you never knew you needed to know. Like his post "10 Ways To Drive Away Traffic From Your Site". You will thank me later. Trust me on that.

There is an abundance of junk food for the soul out there in the blogoshphere, but Thought Sparks is not of that ilk. I consider Phil Stolle's writing to be a nutritious full meal deal that should be savored, not wolfed down without taking a breath. I expect you to cherry pick to your liking. Bon Apettit!

Note: Mr. Besilly was not paid or coerced for my opinion.

Hard Work is Not Always Obvious

Hard work is thinking past what you can see and choosing to create what you want to see. Who knows your business better than you? The hard work begins when we're no longer willing to accept a paycheck for delivering the status quo, the expected.

We mistake hard work with long hours and measure it by the time we put in rather than by the results we produce. By results I mean producing those things that are not so obvious like a new process that will save your company time and money. The hard work comes in when you dedicate time into making a better product or developing an idea that will change the course of your business.

If you are someone who sits in front of a big blank white surface and are required to create something out of nothing, you know what hard work is. Hard work is not always obvious.

"Hard work is about risk. Hard work is about training yourself to leap over this barrier, tunnel under that barrier, drive through the other barrier."  Seth Godin

Read Seth Godin's "Labor Day" Post