Stay Awake!

Welcome to Tappe Talk, a Purposed Connection podcast by The Tappe Group. It has been sometime since I have said anything about our human tendency to sleepwalk. In my blog this week, I have written about the philosophical delusion of coincidence. It is so easy to declare things to be coincidental that carry real potential, if not, purpose. So, I want to challenge you this week to stay intentionally awake.

• Pray about it!
• Imagine it!
• Think about it!
• Affirm it!

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Freedom?

This week marks the beginning of the second half of the calendar year. It began for many of us with a day of worship and then many of us launched into the week with a holiday. It was "Independence Day", July 4th. It happens every year. This year, I want to give it new and more personal meaning. In fact, I want it to be contemporary to my life and to my year. I want to move into the second half of this year "free" from many things I allowed to influence me negatively in the first half. Maybe you will want to join me.

I want to be free of the discussion of what might be happening in this economy. I am sick of hearing all of the pundits giving their rendition of when things are going to change. They have missed it over and over again. It is as if we are supposed to stay in a holding pattern of some sort until they get it right. It is depressing and I am through with the discussion. I choose to embrace what I have as the context in which I have the freedom to create. Any discussion otherwise is a waste of time.

I want to be free of depressing and negative talk about how bad things are. It has really become an epidemic. Washington, health care, unemployment, education, yesterday, today and on and on it seems to go. It is time to declare freedom over pessimistic reflections. It is time to be thankful for what I have been given. Think about it. Do you agree?

I want to be free of the fear of not having it right. I am being constantly told I don't have the right "number" in place in order to enjoy retiring in my future. I am hearing constantly that the prospects for tomorrow are bleak. It seems there is no hope. I have awakened a few nights sweating over the threat of it all. I am through with it. My hope is built on something else entirely and it is not based on man made projections.

So, I am sure you have gotten the point. I want to live a revolutionary second half of 2011 built in hope and optimism. I want to claim the freedom I have been given to choose. I want to create energy and opportunity for myself and for others. I am free. We have even been given a holiday to prove it. What do you think? Do well, my friends!

Welcome to Tappe Talk a Purposed Connection podcast by the Tappe Group. This country has been built upon revolution. Actively changing things we see are not working for us is our heritage. I want to challenge you with a few things I believe that I believe need to be included even if I am the only revolutionary involved. This is your official invitation to join me.

1. I intend to think for myself.
2. I Intend to be focused upon what I can do.
3. I intend to help people choose.
4. I intend to eliminate ruts in my life.

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Impressions

Making an impression is not an option. You will make one. You are making one. Is it the impression you intend to make? Being certain of your answer to that question is the key to any success you might hope to achieve. You never have a second chance to make a first impression so the one you are making had best be with great intention.

Knowing the people in your world is critical to making the impression you need to make. Impressions are the product of the vision of another. What they see and hear is what matters. Make sure you are choosing a language that will connect, language with which they are familiar.

Begin with others. Leadership is influence. Your influence will ultimately be a product of the impression you make. Communication is the product of both verbal and non-verbal efforts. Impressions are the product of communication. You are constantly communicating a message. Are you well representing yourself?

Relationships can never be taken for granted. They have to be created. What you are communicating is fundamental to the creation you are experiencing. Have you made the connections you need to and want to make in this life? Purposed connection requires preparation and performance.

Children make impressions that are, for the most part, unintentional. As adults we have to take responsibility for the life we are creating. If you want new people in your life and you want to make an intentional connection with them then make the impression you intend to make. Dress to connect. Speak to connect. Listen to connect. Begin with them. Find the verbal and non-verbal language that works and engage it. The impression you make is the place to begin. Be impressive. Do well, my friends.

Dress to Communicate

Welcome to Tappe Talk, a Purposed Connection podcast by The Tappe Group. Studies show that the vast majority of what we communicate is non-verbal in nature. In this podcast I want to discuss the role of dress, "what you choose to wear", and the part it plays in what you communicate.

1. Dress for Yourself...
2. Dress to Connect...
3. Dress to Impress...
4. Dress to Respect...
5. Dress on Purpose...

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Welcome to Tappe Talk, a Purposed Connection podcast by The Tappe Group. This week Allen spends time on what he believes will be necessary for us in this new beginning:

• Give thanks for opportunity!
• Choose to do something now!
• Get connected and stay connected!
• Learn something!
• Make others better!

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Don't Wait!

Don't wait for life to happen to you. Don't wait for opportunity to come your way. Just don't wait. Passivity is a failed strategy in today's world. Taking action is the most important choice you could make for yourself. So, what is stopping you?

Fear is probably the most apparent answer. You are afraid of what you have not experienced. You are afraid of failure. You may be afraid of success particularly if it is going to require change. You might be afraid of looking foolish which might be a cousin of failure but it is really a little different.

You don't believe in yourself might be another answer. You might be stuck in a funk frustrated by what you haven't done. Maybe you can't let go of what you could or maybe should have done. You may have lost confidence in yourself because people have let you down or even let you go.

I don't know what it might be for you but here are somethings I do know. You do not have to be a victim of fear. Whatever it is, engage it. Face it. Fear is a mind production. Connect with your faith. Perfect love casts out fear if you believe it and trust it. Think good things. Stay away from depressive thinking. Stay away from depressive people. Get positive and move forward.

Believe in yourself. Don't give up on yourself. If you give up on you then you really are stuck. The truth is the best is still before you. New is waiting for you. The past is past and it is gone. Don't allow what you cannot change to dictate your life. Keep your head up and your eyes open. Opportunity is waiting for you if you are looking for it.

So, don't wait. Go find it. Choose to be active. Reject passivity. You need to choose to begin again every single day. What you are waiting for has already to come. It is the present. Seize it. Do well, my friends.