{"id":3054,"date":"2018-12-31T06:34:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2018-12-31T06:34:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:34:15","slug":"three-minute-leadership-there-are-no-ordinary-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2018\/12\/three-minute-leadership-there-are-no-ordinary-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership:  &#8220;There are no ordinary moments.&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: black\">To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDan_Millman&amp;data=01%7C01%7Csean.distelcamp%40student.shu.edu%7C5853977c92e84966a50f08d66e47c63b%7C51f07c2253b744dfb97ca13261d71075%7C1&amp;sdata=QpXzyJts3GyMUB7Ph7YWohmpjbbLst3nYEvvdtFPhfk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Millman\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0book,\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWay-Peaceful-Warrior-Changes-Lives%2Fdp%2F1932073205%2Fref%3Dsr_1_3%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1545831024%26sr%3D8-3%26keywords%3Dthe%2Bpeaceful%2Bwarrior&amp;data=01%7C01%7Csean.distelcamp%40student.shu.edu%7C5853977c92e84966a50f08d66e47c63b%7C51f07c2253b744dfb97ca13261d71075%7C1&amp;sdata=l3xaGXpirpA0h%2FOlIxnMLn8J%2B2wxmIyqcXEDQ2qczY0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Way of the Peaceful Warrior<\/a><\/i>, he tells his personal journey of self-discovery.\u00a0 One of his great learnings happened by accident following one of his t&#8217;ai chi practices.\u00a0 During his exercise, his motions were fluid and purposeful.\u00a0 His mind was emptied as he focused on each movement. Afterwards, as he was preparing to leave, his attention was drawn to some students who had been watching him exercise.\u00a0 As his awareness drifted to them, he clumsily put his both legs into one pant leg, and he fell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black\">Later on, as he thought about the incident, he said:\u00a0 &#8220;<i>I was struck by a realization so profound it was to change the course of my life;\u00a0 I realized that I had given my full attention to the movements of t&#8217;ai chi, but not to the &#8220;ordinary&#8221; movements of putting on my pants. I had treated one moment as special and the other as ordinary<\/i>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black\">His learning was: &#8220;<i>There are no ordinary moments<\/i>.&#8221;\u00a0 As we enter this New Year may we learn to capture and relish the incredible beauty and possibilities that each moment of our lives present. May we learn from them, and continue to grow to be more than we ever dreamed we could be&#8230; and help others to do the same. May we remember always\u2026 there are no ordinary moments. They are all so very special and precious. May we enjoy every beautiful one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black\">Have a beautiful week and the best yet of New Years!!!\u00a0 Life is so very, very beautiful!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black\">Mike\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2476\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE.jpg 188w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning In\u00a0Dan Millman\u2019s\u00a0book,\u00a0The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, he tells his personal journey of self-discovery.\u00a0 One of his great learnings&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4049,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3055,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions\/3055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}