TELL YOUR STORY WALKING is the last line of Motherless Brooklyn, a stunning who-dunit, written by Jonathon Lethem. The line is also a big life instruction packed into a poetic short sentence. Simply put, back up your talk with action.
If you say one thing and do something entirely different, or nothing at all, (same thing really )it’s smacks of political speak, the outcome is confusing, your fans/friends lose interest, and you feel bad.
AN INCH IN ONE DIRECTION AND AN INCH IN ANOTHER MAKES TWO
Therein lies the walking part. As trifling as this may sound the inch is the reach. Little by little we stretch, we build on the momentum of doing, of showing up a little earlier to get it just right, and staying a little later to make it just so. A steady inch builds confidence, a kind of mastery, and gives us something we can proudly talk about.
THOU SHALL NOT TALK SH*T
A local graffiti artist blazons on the side of a Brooklyn warehouse, THOU SHALL NOT TALK SH*T. A stand-in as a neighborhood vision board and a confirmation that we need more Banksy and less Murdoch style truth telling.
AN INCH IN ONE DIRECTION AND AN INCH IN ANOTHER MAKES TWO
THOU SHALL NOT TALK SH*T
Bottom line, action speaks louder than words and implementation rocks. Even if it’s just a rough draft or dummy run, the golden rule is to always have evidence of your work. Otherwise, take your story walking.
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