But What Of Tomorrow

“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Corrie ten Boom

Even after a huge tech deal in which Dell Corporation of Round Rock, Texas acquired Hopkinton, Massachusetts based EMC Corporation - the sun came up.

And it will continue to do so long after this deal completes.

Get on with the business of today and let tomorrow worry about itself.

Stay inspired my friends!

EMC and DELL - Change Happens

“You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret ... is to press play.” ― Jay Asher

The financial news headlines shouted out this morning, "Dell to acquire EMC in $67 billion record tech deal." Yes, the very same company I work for will be acquired by Dell.

Change happens.

The last time I went through this was in 1999. In fact it was exactly the same day, October 12, 1999. Many of us did not know what the announcement back then would bring but we knew things would be different.

Change happens.

What I tell co-workers and anyone who asks, this is one of those things where the best thing you can do is continue to work and do your job to the best of your abilities. The business continues to run and we are all a part of that.

Change happens.

This merger will be a good one from my history with these two companies. It will mean new opportunities and greater strength in what our two companies together can and will deliver to our customers.

I am excited by what will happen ... even as change happens.

Stay inspired my friends.

Get Up And Do Life

"I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while." - Francis Ford Coppola

There was a time in early television when broadcast were not on a twenty-four hour cycle. Programs were typically seen from 6:00 AM until sometimes midnight. The use of a test pattern mostly went away in the 1960's with the advent of color television. But I remember them clearly.

After signing off, a test pattern would be displayed. Many of the adopted test patterns contained the graphic of an Indian along with other patterns on the chart.

All of this served a purpose.

Broadcasting a test pattern daily and sometimes hourly, allowed people to make adjustments to their home television sets, TV repairmen and broadcast engineers to adjust cameras and other equipment. Everyone had an opportunity to adjust perspective, framing, linearity, contrast, brightness, etc., etc.

It is said "an experienced broadcast engineer could glance at the drawing of the Indian Chief and quickly know if everything was OK or if more careful adjustment was needed."

Then what?

Life is kind of like getting everything adjusted and perfectly set. We prepare ourselves, take all of the right courses, read the program guide and make sure everything is perfectly adjusted. We then sit there doing nothing.

Do we prepare only to sit and stare at a test pattern?

What we do is get up and start living our life. We do all of those things we were adjusting for and preparing to do. We live life, we sign-on and begin broadcasting our lives in full clarity, framing, linearity, contrast, brightness, etc., etc.

It would do television stations no good if all they did was broadcast a test pattern all day long. They prepare and then they broadcast their shows. The same goes for our lives. To prepare and do nothing gets us nowhere.

Get up and do life.

Stay inspired my friends!

See The Rose

“You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods that thorns have roses.”
- Alphonse Karr (Letters written from my garden - 1853)

Each of us know enough and have been around enough to know life is full of struggle. Not everything is good all of the time and not everything is bad all of the time. Part of getting through life is having belief in something better which can pull you through.

Many will spend their day complaining about how bad things are. But what does complaint do for your life?

Complaint only breaks you down and separates you from others.

There are not many people who enjoy the company of a complaining person. While others may try to help by staying close, giving encouragement and pressing you to change. Yet they will eventually tire from the negative experience it has on their own life. People will start to pull back from your life until you are left with very little.

Change has to take place within you.

A negative and complaining life style has to be rejected within your personality. Others can not change for you. Only you have that power. And you do have the power to make a change towards a more positive way of living.

Take your complaints and turn them towards a vision.

Simple things such as 'traffic problems getting to work' can be turned into a more pleasant experience. Try books on CD to listen to a great novel or a different genre of music to change the mood. Maybe a podcast on history to expand your knowledge would change things up.

There are many ways to change your condition in life.

It means taking a step in a different direction or leaving certain things behind. It means taking some risk, but never doubt what the human spirit can accomplish. Do not limit your possibilities.

So stop complaining about everything and start rejoicing in what is good and what can be in your life.

And stay inspired my friends!