Being Outrageous

I felt stuck in my life. Some parts of were going pretty doggone good. In other areas, though, I struggled along with blah results.

So I highlighted my hair blue.

Ever since, I’ve broken out into unprovoked grins of delight from doing one outrageously different thing in my life. It’s a little thing but it’s stimulating me to find ways to Live Life Bold.

Would love to hear your stories about your other acts of outrageousness.  Dish!

 

P.S. Next haircut…I’m going with purple highlights.  Can't wait!

Warning: Rebels die (but awakeners live)

Ernest Terry, one of my old Exxon bosses and a savvy corporate player, once said, “The problem with rebels is they either die in the fight or are shoved put aside when it’s over. New regimes need builders and not destroyers.”

Ernest's wisdom has stayed with me a decade or so later because It's. Absolutely. True.

As “they” say, change is the only constant in life.  Another truism is change is always stressful, even when it’s welcome, because change always, always requires some form of sacrifice.  The magnitude of stress escalates, though, when change is imposed. 

If you're like me and are a natural change agent, then how do you handle yourself to avoid the fallout of being a rebel while still being true to your nature?  Let's talk strategies to be welcomed as an awakening change agent.

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