VALLEY SWELL: How Ideas Become Movements (or 1 Minute to the Tipping Point)

Thursday, August 2, 2012

How Ideas Become Movements (or 1 Minute to the Tipping Point)

When passion, an idea, and the right context combine, the results can be astounding. Take a look at this video clip--start your viewing at 50 seconds and watch for the following minute--and you will see how one impassioned crazy can inspire many, many more. Isn't this emotionally contagious and collective response the goal of today's viral marketers? My compliments to Seth Godin and Alice Lankester.

START THE VIDEO AT 50 SECONDS,

THEN WATCH FOR ONE MINUTE MORE.

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Thoughts

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead

Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything. George Washington Carver

Realization, neither general nor particular,
is effort without desire.
Clear water all the way to the bottom;
a fish swims like a fish.
Vast sky transparent throughout;
a bird flies like a bird. Eihei Dogen

A Parable: The Little Monk and the Samurai
A big, tough samurai once went to see a little monk. "Monk!”, he barked, in a voice accustomed to instant obedience. "Teach me about heaven and hell!"

The monk looked up at the mighty warrior and replied with utter disdain, "Teach you about heaven and hell? I couldn't teach you about anything. You're dumb. You're dirty. You're a disgrace to the samurai class. Get out of my sight."
The samurai got furious, speechless with rage. He pulled out his sword, and prepared to slay the monk.
Looking straight into the samurai's eyes, the monk said softly, "That's hell."

The samurai froze, realizing the compassion of the monk who had risked his life to show him hell. He put down his sword and fell to his knees, filled with gratitude.

The monk said softly, "And that's heaven."