ReInvent101

1. The great thing,
2. the really great thing is:
3. anytime;
4. anyplace;
5. anywhere;
6. (no-not Martini-)
7. here;
8. there
9. and everywhere;
10. you
11. -that’s you personally-
12. can re-invent.
13. Yep, let go of the baggage:
14. just drop it:
15. bump.
16. And walk off.
17. Last quarter’s tough trading:
18. history;
19. last year’s odd-ball relationship:
20. history;
21. last month’s redundancy:
22. history;
23. this lunch-time’s traffic jam:
24. history;
25. last week’s flu:
26. history;
27. yesterday’s shock mini-statement at the ATM:
28. pathetic history; who needs money, anyway?
29. Let it go:
30. let it all go:
31. whheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Gone.
32. History.
33. Just like that.
34. Yep, just like that.
35. No ifs, buts, questions.
36. Clean sweep;
37. totally radical;
38. done and dusted:
39. no more Mr. Nice Guy. Reinvent.
40. Walk off: into the sun-set,
41. just like in the movies.
42. But for real;
43. and no hail of bullets
44. nor weeping dames.
45. And start afresh: around the back. On another film-set.
46. Life’s a film-set:
47. write your own story-board because the one you were given is only OK.
48. Stuff the banks;
49. stuff the politicians.
50. Raise your standards:
51. not OK;
52. not good (that’s not good enough any more);
53. Mostly Excellent.
54. Occasionally knock-their-socks-off outstanding.
55. Sometimes melt-their-brain awesome.
56. Take 100% full-on responsibility for
57. THE LIFE YOU WANT.
58. Sure, some will let you down. And it ain't fair.
59. Some, will lie. Incredible, really.
60. Some will downright screw with you..
61. Never mind (1): it’s cool resilience-building for you;
62. never mind (2): karma will sort them out.
63. Reinvent your energy:
64. walking and taking the stairs is in;
65. driving to the corner store is out.
66. Risotto is in;
67. Meat pie five-nights-in-a-row is out.
68. Reinvent your thinking:
69. reading loads, absolutely loads for a start;
70. holding multiple-often conflicting-idea-in your head at the same time;
71. writing regularly.
72. Letting go of certainty;
73. certainty only comes with uncertainty,
74. just as success only comes with failure.
75. A recording contract:
76. probably means 64 'almost recording' contracts;
77. Develop your skills.
78. To sew or not to sew?
79. Sew, definitely.
80. The recession is such an awesome boot-camp.
81. It’s sharpening and honing your skills:
82. selling,
83. marketing,
84. personal resilience,
85. living per day on what you used to spend at Luigi’s Diner (but love the music, Luigi) for breakfast.
86. So Spring 2010, you will be flying.
87. Can you be sure? No.
88. Can you be excited?
89. Oh, yes!
90. Can you have a guaranteed plan? No.
91. Can you do your utmost? Oh, yes!
92. Why would you give away your most precious of gifts: the ability to enjoy life …
    
93. …why would you allow the jerk in the car in the adjacent lane to take that away from you?
94. Sure he’s got 20 seconds lead on you.
95. But by the time he gets to San Francisco he’ll be too damn frazzled to put a flower in his hair.
96. And he didn’t know you needed to book for Alcatraz. As a visitor, that is.
97. Watch young Dylan: he was just doing his stuff. The difference was he had the oomph to do it,
98. I believe that one defines oneself by reinventing. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. Henry Rollins
99. Reinvent.
    
100. Today.
     
101. Now.