Cliff's Blog
A feel-good morning microblog of 10-second takeaways offering advice, insights, and inspiration to brighten your outlook and give you a lift.
Accelerators
My toddler twirls in front of the TV.
“Look at me, daddy. Look at me.”
A refrain we carry into adulthood in both actions and words. When we cry, when we march, when we tweet, when we design, when we present…
Much like entrepreneurs pitching investors, everything important that we do, eventually, leads to seeking validation from others. We’re all building our masterpieces and looking for funding. The creating part we’re all very conscious about, but I think we forget that we’re investors too.
We have the power to accelerate the things we love and believe in, simply by looking at them.
Your partner, your friend, you neighbor is more likely to dig deeper if you comment on the ditch they’re digging and of what they’re uncovering deep inside. Our positive words, thin and slight, stack up like dollars to encourage more work and more commitment.
Love manifests ingenuity. Attention fosters progress.
Just as startups pivot their way into greatness, my daughter’s dance gets more intricate each time she spins around and sees me watching.
“Look at me, daddy. Look at me.”
And I invest.
