50 Shades of Jay # 38 – The Non-Shade, Shade

In honor of contributing to your business betterment, I’ve had my research team put together some of the more thought-provoking contributions I’ve made over the last year and compiled them below for shade #38.

They are a labor of love that I truly hope you’ll be inspired by as you review and re-review them whenever you need a boost in mental stimulation and inspiration.

70 Provocative Links Gathered For You… Let’s Get Started!

Mega Partnering LA — Relational Capital Session Videos
 – A 90-minute short-course video presentation on Relational Capital.

Nine Success Stories — Letter From Jamie Rosin
 – An impressive participant from one of my programs – Jamie Rosin – wrote a fantastically detailed account of nine separate successes he had within the FIRST 13 weeks of trying his hand at leveraging relational capital. Read his letter and see what inspiration you can draw from his compelling actions.

The Abraham Mindshift Challenge
 –  A real-life, no-nonsense, fast-paced, non-theoretical chronology and recounting of how a dozen companies used relational capital to leverage and provide unlimited business growth without investment or risk.

China Call Series – Relational Capital Session
­  – A one-hour long session – conducted to a group of Chinese entrepreneurs – focused on leveraging up other business’ relational capital to achieve unlimited business growth – without any investment or risk.

Relational Capital Power Point
 – A complete Power Point from a three-day, 100+ example case study live program I composed on Leverage Marketing with a list of nine key elements taught in forty-three separate methods that YOUR company can directly benefit from.

Relational Capital “Game Strategy Action Planner”
 – A custom action game planner I’ve built with the purpose to inspire and instill all the endless opportunities available to you and your business. Through this immensely powerful action planner, you will ask yourself the right questions that will pave the path for YOUR business success.

The Anatomy Of Leadership — Recruitment Ad By Ernest Shackleton
 – A short yet enriching business article – about the famous Ernest Shackleton expedition to Antarctica – designed to titillate your intellect and bring to light how insignificant or unreal your business problems seem when you reconcile yourself to what others have endured and achieved.

The Story Of Obvious Adams — Short Story By Robert R. Updegraff
 – A short and VERY powerful story that will give you the skills necessary to recognize “Marketing Competency.” I share this eloquently and simply articulated story in hopes that it inspires you to accept new realities and look at each situation differently than everyone else.

Everybody’s Going Nuts For ‘Big Data’ — Blog Post By Denny Hatch
 – Denny Hatch – a long-time colleague and friend of mine who knows quite a few meaningful things about power – shares some highly polarizing viewpoints on the relevancy, or lack thereof, of big data in his provocative and riveting blog.

Harvey’s Sweet 16 — Harvey Mackay’s 16 Best Newspaper Columns
 – Harvey Mackay writes a newspaper column every week that’s read by ten million. He picked out for me his sixteen best, most popular, and most instructional columns of all time – all compiled in a compendium you can use for yourself, your team, your family, etc.

Secret Sorceries Of Mind Control — Document By Dan Kennedy
 – This wild, multi-section, and rather unclassifiable treatise by my friend Dan Kennedy contains a multitude of “uncomfortable truths.” It’s definitely troubling, certainly counter-intuitive, and unabashedly harsh in its highly realistic take on the marketplaces’ mindset and motivations. 

Real-World Blueprint For A $5-Million Week — Blog Post By Tim Ferriss With Ramit Sethi
 – In his blog post, Tim Ferriss – of 4-Hour Work Week and TV show “The Tim Ferriss Experiment – got Ramit Sethi to share – openly, completely, and with stunning detail – the precise and rather disarmingly simple (yet little understood) strategy and support tactics that Ramit used to generate five million dollars of revenue in ONE WEEK!

The Most Diverted Sales Letter Ever Written — Exert From Denny Hatch’s Book
 – This is the delightful story of Balthazar Balash and his 100% guarantee. Read it, smile, and get inspired by all the opportunities available to YOU when you are able to think outside the box.

Embrace The Remix — TED Talk By Kirby Ferguson
 – A TED Talk where a provocative thinker – Kirby Ferguson – presents the concept that nothing is original.

Start With Why — TED Talk By Simon Sinek
 – One of the bedrock foundations of everything that powers great achievement, in every form – be it business breakthroughs, company culture, marketing, positioning, etc. – is clearly and potently knowing – AND being able to powerfully, properly, and compellingly articulate – the reason or reasons why. In this now-famous 18-minute TED Talk delivered by Simon Sinek, he delves into the important of knowing the “why” behind your actions, your strategies, your business, etc.

2 Full Chapters From Daymond John’s Book “The Power Of Broke”
 – In “The Power of Broke,” Daymond John deeply explores, examines, and clearly identifies how fifteen famous, highly-diverse, iconic entrepreneurs hurdled themselves and their enterprises to unimaginable heights – by thinking differently and acting very strategically, resourcefully, and inventively about never allowing their seemingly limiting circumstances to stand in the way of their Herculean vision for what their business would (not could) become.

100 “The Most Interesting Man In The World” Quotes
 – I share this list of quotes from the timelessly classic Dos Equis commercials in order to challenge you to make your enterprise the most interesting company or business practice in the world – not necessarily through humor, but rather through preeminence, contributions, and more than outrageous value creation. Think deeply and thoroughly on why these ads struck a deep chord and became an instant hit amongst millions.

Jay Abraham On Leverage Marketing
 – A brief, intriguing, and enthralling dissertation I gave on leverage marketing, trying to illuminate to entrepreneurs to look both inside and outside their existing business and its current revenue processes for overlooked and underperforming, undervalued upside leverage opportunities.

6 Inaugural Speeches That Compelled the Masses to Action

John F Kennedy – Inaugural Address Speech VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT

Theodore Roosevelt Duties of American Citizenship Speech TRANSCRIPT

Martin Luther King – I Have a Dream Speech VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT

Barbara Charlene Jordan – Democratic National Convention Keynote Address Speech
VIDEO – Pt 1 | VIDEO – Pt 2 | VIDEO – Pt 3 | TRANSCRIPT

Ronald Reagan – Remarks at the Brandenberg Gate VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT

Theodore Roosevelt – Citizenship in a Republic TRANSCRIPT

15 World-Class Commencement Addresses

Steve Jobs – 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
 – “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going [after being fired from Apple] was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger – 2009 USC Commencement Address
 –  “Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”
 – “Trust Yourself. Break some rules. Don’t be afraid to fail. Ignore the naysayers. Work like hell. Give something back.”

JK Rowling – 2008 Harvard Commencement Address
 – “You might never fail on the scale I did. But some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case, you fail by default.”
 – “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.”

Larry Page – University of Michigan Commencement Address
 – “I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.”
 – “You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don’t have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.”

Eric Schmidt – 2009 Carnegie Mellon Commencement Address
 – “You’ll find today is the best chance you have to start being unreasonable, to demand excellence, to drive change, to make everything happen.”
 – “How should you behave? Well, do things in a group. Don’t do things by yourself. Groups are stronger, groups are faster. None of us is as smart as all of us.”

Winston Churchill – 1941 Harrow School Commencement Address
 – “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

Bono – 2004 University Of Pennsylvania Commencement Address
 – “The world is more malleable than you think, and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape. Now if I were a folksinger, I’d immediately launch into “If I Had a Hammer” right now, get you all singing and swaying. But as I say I come from punk rock, so I’d rather have the bloody hammer right here in my fist. That’s what this degree of yours is, a blunt instrument. So go forth and build something with it… This is the time for bold measures. This is the country, and you are the generation.”

Conan O’Brien – 2000 Harvard University Commencement Address (Part 1) And (Part 2)
 – “What I wish for all of you—the bad as well as the good. Fall down. Make a mess. Break something occasionally. Know that your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be. And remember that the story is never over… I will go now to make bigger mistakes and to embarrass this fine institution even more.”

Sheryl Sandberg – 2014 Harvard Business School Commencement Address
 – “Look for opportunities; look for growth; look for impact; look for mission. Move sideways; move down; move on; move off. Build your skills, not your resume. Evaluate what you can do, not the title they’re going to give you. Do real work. Take a sales quota, a line role, an ops job. Don’t plan too much, and don’t expect a direct climb. If I had mapped out my career when I was sitting where you are, I would have missed my career.”

Jeff Bezos – 2010 Princeton University Commencement Address
 – “Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.”
 – “Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author from scratch on your own — begins. How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make? Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? Will you follow dogma, or will you be original? Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong, or will you apologize? Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love? Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? When it’s tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder? Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?”

Robert Krulwich – 2011 Berkeley Commencement Address
 – “In every career, your job is to make and tell stories, of course. You will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection, with the people you’ve helped who’ve helped you back. This is the era of Friends in Low Places. The ones you meet now, who will notice you, challenge you, work with you, and watch your back. Maybe they will be your strength.”

Stephen Colbert – 2006 Knox College Commencement Address
 – “Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”

Russell Baker – 1995 Connecticut College Commencement Address
 – “Listen once in a while. It’s amazing what you can hear. On a hot summer day in the country, you can hear the corn growing, the crack of a tin roof buckling under the power of the sun. In a real old-fashioned parlor silence so deep you can hear the dust settling on the velveteen settee, you might hear the footsteps of something sinister gaining on you, or a heart-stoppingly beautiful phrase from Mozart you haven’t heard since childhood, or the voice of somebody — now gone — whom you loved. Or sometime when you’re talking up a storm so brilliant, so charming that you can hardly believe how wonderful you are, pause just a moment and listen to yourself. It’s good for the soul to hear yourself as others hear you, and next time maybe, just maybe, you will not talk so much, so loudly, so brilliantly, so charmingly, so utterly shamelessly foolishly.”

John F. Kennedy – 1963 American University Commencement Address
 – “Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces we cannot control.”
 – “We need not accept that view. Our problems are man-made — therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man’s reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable — and we believe they can do it again.”

Charlie Munger – 2007 USC Law School Commencement Address
 – “You’re not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You’re going to advance in life by what you’re going to learn after you leave here.”
 – “Education doesn’t stop after you graduate from college. It doesn’t stop after you finish your MBA or Ph.D. either. Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not just something you do to advance in life.”

10 Mind Expanding Business Speeches

Listen to these ten mind-boggling business speeches delivered by top performers in their respective industries – they will stagger your mind and adrenalize your aspirational level. Each of these speeches are from major business events, the knowledge and paradigm shifts each one contains are stunningly enrapturing.

Gary Vaynerchuk On Online Marketing (Explicit Language)

Jeremy Gutsche On Innovation (Explicit Language)

Steve Jobs On Innovation

Carlos Gil On Social Media Marketing

Neal Goldman On Entrepreneurship

Guy Kawasaki On Social Media

John Paul DeJoria On Entrepreneurship

Chuck Gallagher On Business Ethics

Tony Robbins On The Forces That Drive Us (Explicit Language)

Shiv Khera On Motivating Your Staff

Riveting Articles From Around The Web

The Moral Bucket List — NY Times Article
 – A thought provoking and day altering essay from the New York Times. This essay takes on the question of whether you should concentrate the rest of your life on either building your resume – or building your legacy?

Rethinking Work — NY Times Article
 – This gripping article from the New York Times explores the way that work is and has been viewed throughout history and challenges the ideas that have embedded themselves within many cultures. Upon reading, reflect on my “Strategy of Preeminence” and think on how you can be a MULTIPLIER – rather than a diminisher.

Choose To Be Grateful. It Will Make You Happier. — NY Times Article
 – A delightful, fun, and fascinating article from the New York Times that addresses gratefulness. The big takeaway is that through acting grateful, one will actually become grateful. 

Telecommuting Can Make The Office A Lonely Place, A Study Says — NY Times Article
 – A provocative short article featured in the New York Times that is sure to stimulate you. While a fun read, the converse is just as important to reflect upon.

The Selfish Side Of Gratitude — NY Times Article
 – This article is somewhat of a follow-up to the New York Times article on gratefulness – which I provided earlier in this list. I particularly love the last paragraph – it presents a rather profound perspective on the unacknowledged “drivers” of all we take for granted.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Shares Thoughts On Corporate Culture, Decision-Making, And Failure — LA Times Article
 – A short article from the LA Times that I hope will motivate your transition from meditating on doing something different – to moving on doing something different. See if it opens a window or two in your mind.

Better Aging Through Practice, Practice, Practice — NY Times Article
 – A rather provocative article on practicing for a better old age. I share this in hope that many of you – including those at the beginning of your journey – draw some meaning and insight by this fascinating take on improving one’s life.

Alice Waters, Tony Kushner, And More On Epiphanies — Wall Street Journal Article
 – I love epiphanies, revelations, and all that has transcended our previous reality, state, ideology, and worldview. This short, one-page, view-expanding article from the Wall Street Journal is worth reading and reflecting upon.

10 Ways To Boost Your B2B Content Shares — Buzzsumo Article
 – One of my partners sent me this rather fascinating assessment of what works best in social media for B2B. He sent it to stimulate MY thinking – but upon reading it I thought it might equally stimulate YOUR thinking – IF you market business to business.

Why You Can’t Lose Weight On A Diet — NY Times Article
 – A highly fascinating “opinion” piece written by a neurologist who is in strong disfavor of diets. Her thesis is that the problem with weight problems isn’t a lack of willpower, it’s neuroscience – and (she believes) you can’t fight back. Read it for yourself and see what you believe is true.

American Capitalism’s Great Crisis — TIME Article
 – In this feature article from TIME Magazine, there’s a troubling assessment – that without our conscious knowledge the rules that govern our “free market” system (and thus our ability to grow and prosper) have been all but WIPED OUT! It’s an ultra troubling insight into why and how the lifeblood of all entrepreneurship has been redirected away from the creation of growth, enterprise, and new business.

Why Are You Laughing? — NY Times Article
 – A highly thought-provoking New York Times article that expands vastly our perspective on fish as intelligent life forms. It draws some very intriguing conclusions designed to expand your worldview.

Fish Have Feelings, Too — NY Times Article
 – Another highly though-provoking article from the New York Times that explores humor and uncovers some rather troubling (yet seemingly truthful) correlations about how humanity acts and reacts to crisis, joy, and work. 

Interviews

Build Your Business With The Strength Of The Parthenon — Stephan Spencer And Jay Abraham Interview
 – Stephan Spencer – one of THE top brains in the world on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – produces an impressive podcast called “Marketing Speak” on which I was invited to be his guest. In our intriguing interview, we explore the process of creating long-lasting, mutually profitable relationships with your clients – it is sure to leave you with many ideas to reflect upon.

Paul DeJoria Shares Secrets Of Success In Business And In Life — Genius Network Event Video And Transcript
 – At the same event where Joe Polish interviewed both Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis – The Genius Network – Joe also did a blockbuster interview with John Paul DeJoria, the billionaire owner of both Paul Mitchell hair products and Patrón Premium Tequila. Throughout the interview, Joe drew out some utterly unimaginable ideas, advice, and power perspectives that I promise you will thoroughly appreciate and benefit from.

Turning Other People’s Challenges Into Your Own Opportunities — Daymond John And Jay Abraham Interview
 – A captivating discussion between me and Daymond John that deeply and vividly explores how to turn other people’s challenges into their own biggest opportunities.

Fran Tarkenton Interviews Jay Abraham (Audio) And (Transcript)

Jay Abraham Interviews Fran Tarkenton (Audio) And (Transcript)

Jay Abraham Interviews Tony Robbins (Audio) And (Transcript)

Tony Robbins Interviews Jay Abraham (Audio: Part 1) – (Part 2) And (Transcript)

Where Words Fail, Music Speaks – 30 Enriching Song Lyrics

An eclectic yet meaningful list of lyrics that my staff has put together. They come from a variety of different kinds of songs – each one being either thought-provoking, value resetting, or just plain interesting “takes” that the artist had on a not-often-enough-recognized aspect of life. Slow down for five minutes and reflect on these lyrics – both for their value to you as well as a window into the values of others.

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“Well my ship’s been split to splinters and it’s sinking fast
I’m drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
But my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free
I’ve got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me”
Bob Dylan  – Mississippi

•••••

“Hey
You know they’re all the same
You know you’re doing better on your own so don’t buy in
Live right now
Just be yourself
It doesn’t matter if that’s good enough for someone else”
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle

•••••

“Well I ain’t often right but I’ve never been wrong,
Seldom turns out the way it does in the song.
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.”
Grateful Dead – Scarlet Begonias

•••••

“Don’t let go
You’ve got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don’t give up
You’ve got a reason to live
Can’t forget
We only get what we give”
New Radicals – You Get What You Give

•••••

“And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder”
The Beatles – Hey Jude

•••••

“You can shine your shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can’t hide
Is when you’re crippled inside”
John Lennon – Crippled Inside

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“God have mercy on the man
Who doubts what he’s sure of”
Bruce Springsteen – Brilliant Disguise

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“I was raised up believing I was somehow unique
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can see
And now after some thinking, I’d say I’d rather be
A functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me”
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

•••••

“Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free?
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged man then you’ve seen me”
Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

•••••

“Sometimes you’re made to feel as if your love’s a crime
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
Got to kick at the darkness ’til it bleeds daylight
When you’re lovers in a dangerous time”
Barenaked Ladies – Lovers In A Dangerous Time

•••••

“When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space”
The Drifters – Up On The Roof

•••••

“Out of the darkness, I came the farthest
Among the hardest survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
Accept no defeat, surrender retreat”
K’Naan – Wavin’ Flag

•••••

“When I think back on all the crap I’ve learned in high school
It’s a wonder I can think at all
Though my lack of education hasn’t hurt me much
I can read the writings on the walls”
Simon and Garfunkel – Kodachrome

•••••

“Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.”
Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man

•••••

“I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to buy the world a Coke
And keep it company”
New Seekers – I’d Like To Buy The World A Coke

•••••

“Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There’s still time to change the road you’re on”
Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven

•••••

“I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone’s shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I’ll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can’t take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me”
 Whitney Houston – Greatest Love of All

•••••

“But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you’re bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that’s exactly how anger works and operates
Now, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love”
The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love?

•••••

“When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way
Then I look at you
And the world’s alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it’s gonna be
A lovely day…”
Bill Withers – Lovely Day

•••••

“I’m not a prophet or a stone age man
Just a mortal with potential of a superman
I’m living on”
David Bowie – Quicksand

•••••

“Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way”
 Frank Sinatra – My Way

•••••

“I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race”
Frank Sinatra – That’s Life

•••••

“When you stop seeing beauty
You start growing old
The lines on your face
Are a map to your soul
When you stop taking chances
You’ll stay where you sit
You won’t live any longer
But it’ll feel like it”
U2 – Summer Rain

•••••

“You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun”
Pink Floyd – Time

•••••

“All of us get lost in the darkness
Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
All of us do time in the gutter
Dreamers turn to look at the cars”
Rush – The Pass

•••••

“It’s the heart that fears breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It’s the one, who won’t be taken
Who can not seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live”
Amanda McBroom – The Rose

•••••

“If the future’s looking dark
We’re the ones who have to shine
If there’s no one in control
We’re the ones who draw the line
Though we live in trying times
We’re the ones who have to try
Though we know that time has wings
We’re the ones who have to fly…”
Rush – Everyday Glory 

•••••

“You can run but you cannot hide, this is widely known.
Tell me, what you plan to do with your foolish pride when you’re all by yourself, alone.
Once you tell somebody the way that you feel, you can feel it beginning to ease.
I think it’s true what they say about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease.
Better to shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna be just fine if you only will what I’d like to do to you.”
James Taylor – Shower The People

•••••

“Half my life’s in books’ written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know it’s true
All the things come back to you”
Aerosmith – Dream On

 

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST – #30: LIVIN’ LA VIDA ABRAHAM
(By a dear friend — Mike Fry) 

“He’s into marketing
USP’s and guarantees.
I feel a promotion
He’s gonna make a ton of cash for me.

He’s into unique concepts
New ways to make you grow.
He’s got a lot of insight, the kind of things
That I should know.
He’ll make you take your business
Analyze it with your brain.
He’ll make you live his 3-D life
But he’ll take away your pain,
Like a bullet to your brain.
Come on!

Up Sell Cross Sell too
We’re Living La Vida Abraham.
He’ll push and expand with you
Living La Vida Abraham.
His mind is quick and sharp and shrewd
And his skin’s the color mocha.
He will make you rich
Living La Vida Abraham – Come on
Living La Vida Abraham – Come on
Living La Vida Abraham

Whoo!
All right!

Joint Venture and testing
Telemarketing and leverage too.
He grew my business
Then he took my money,
That’s what good gurus do.

He never drinks tap water
And he is a health freak too
Once you’ve read a book from
He’ll make some dough for you,
‘Cause that’s what good gurus do.
Up sell cross sell too
We’re living La Vida Abraham.
He’ll push and expand with you
Living La Vida Abraham.
His mind is quick and sharp and shrewd
And his skin’s the color mocha.
He will make you rich
Living La Vida Abraham – Come on
Living La Vida Abraham
He’s Living La Vida Abraham

He’ll make you take your business
Analyze it with your brain.
He’ll make you live his 3-D life
But he’ll take away your pain,
Like a bullet to your brain.
Come on!

Up Sell Cross sell too
We’re Living La Vida Abraham.
He’ll push and expand with you
Living La Vida Abraham.
His mind is quick and sharp and shrewd
And his skin’s the color mocha.
He will make you rich
Yeah, Living La Vida Abraham – Come on

Up Sell Cross Sell too
We’re Living La Vida Abraham.
He’ll push and expand with you
Living La Vida Abraham.
His mind is quick and sharp and shrewd
And his skin’s the color mocha.
He will make you rich, yeah
Living La Vida Abraham – Come on
Living La Vida Abraham – Come on
Living La Vida Abraham.
Living La Vida Abraham.”