Travis Thomas starts a daily practice of listening and meditation each morning without agenda. He argues New Year's resolutions focus on doing when they should focus on being, drawing on Deepak Chopra's distinction between human beings and human doings.
Happy 2013 everyone! Happy, happy New Year! I'm still wearing the hat this morning. The hair is kind of crazy. I know it was a late last night for myself and many of you, as New Year's Eve is. But today, January 1st, 2013, I'm so excited. This is the very first Daily Moment of Yes. This is a new commitment for me this year. To take some time every morning to listen, to meditate, to pray, and then just really without an agenda, just listen for inspiration to show up and give me a thought, an idea, or an insight for today. And I will share that with you unscripted, no second takes, just roll the camera and see what shows up. And the idea that comes to me on the very first day here of 2013 is as we're thinking about making resolutions And all the things that we want to do in the new year, which, which many of us try to plan for and we think about. But the idea that comes to me this morning is not so much what do we want to do in the new year, is how do we want to be. And Deepak Chopra talks about we need to be more human beings, not human doings. And I've always loved that idea. So as we think about making the lists of all the things we want to do, Let's take some reflection time, some listening time to think about who and how do we actually want to be. And it'll be interesting to see what shows up as we take that time for ourselves. January 1st, 2013, that is your very first moment of yes. Have a great day. Thank you, Travis.
