My friend Jessica Claire sported her second annual contest where hundreds of people apply to get their wedding covered by her for free. This year’s announcement is sick and seriously kicked expectations up a notch!
Wait ’til you hear who the winner is, what they got and why Jessica’s blog is beginning to feel like Oprah’s favorite things … click below to see what I mean …
Keep it Jessica.
-Dane
PS … The slideshow from Nicole and Jeff’s wedding over the weekend is coming soon! It was a blast and I can’t wait to show you guys …
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For those of you who are still on the fence of whether or not to become a Founder, decide quick because that door will be shut pretty soon. If you’re looking for some testimonials from folks who are all in, leave a question in the comments and I’m sure you’ll get some honest feedback. Thanks, by the way, to all you Founders for the Q/A last night. It was awesome to connect with you guys and really dig into the Fast Track Philosophy. I’m loving what’s brewing over there … so fun.
I’m so stoked. I’m off to shoot an awesome wedding for Nicole and Jeff at the Prado in San Diego with two of the Fast Track Founders, Jeff Youngren and Micah Gilmore. I can’t wait!
I think it’s when people think they’re going to get one thing and get an extraordinarily better thing instead. Take Paul Potts for example. His story moved me because my expectations got blown out of the water. When I watch it play out, it’s hard for me to believe it’s true. Normal guy turns into extraordinary guy in an instant.
But, what’s often missed in a story like Paul Potts are the standards he worked on to set up this moment … when no one was looking. All of the hours of singing in the shower, of learning opera on his own without formal training, of surely being made fun and discriminated against (notice the judges looks when he declares what he intends to do), of not having confidence but practicing anyway, of discovering an inner passion that demanded to have a voice … these were all just preparatory fires he needed to go through to set up a single moment that changed everything. Paul Potts was was given an opportunity to break the rules everyone else had put on him … and he was prepared.
What standards are you practicing? What skills are you refining when no one’s around to give you credit? Might a rule breaking moment be just around the corner? Let’s go get ready.
I had the best lunch yesterday with my friends Julie & Damion Hamilton. They are photographers working really smart to get clear on who they are as people and therefore as their unique brand. Lunch was gift enough but when I got this in the email this morning I smiled. The whole conversation yesterday was about how do we bring value to every transaction we have. They totally get it! What a treat.
To honor the gift, I don’t want to just consume something frivolous. I want to create value with it that I can share with others. The last day or so I’ve been “reading” and LOVING the audiobook The Starfish and the Spider. It’s changing how I view everything about community!
