Soul Food Friday for April 11th 2014: Grand Ultimate Limits!

Happy Soul Food Friday

This week:

Let’s Explore those Grand Ultimate Limits!

4 Questions to Test your Smarts (no pressure)
Stand in Awe as One Person Transforms Her “Vulner-Abilities” into Sheer Magic
Had an Extreme Day? Try this One!
Value Extreme Leadership? Steve Farber is a Master o Getting your Core Values Seen not Just Heard- This is Extremely Cool!
An “Open Way” Like a Growth Mindset can be that Difference that Makes a Difference
Extreme Genius in Theater, Film, and beyond: Pushing Boundaries with a Muse called Innovation
An Extreme Hug and its Neuro-Biological Effects: o Trust, Morality and Oxytocin
Extremely Zany Non-Smart Do-It-Yourself Work

Let’s Start with that Brain Teaser to test the limits of your Smarts 🙂

IF YOU ANSWER ALL FOUR, YOU ARE PURPORTLY A GENIUS (OR AT LEAST A GOOD LATERAL THINKER)

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

ANSWERS

* 1. The last person took the basket with the egg in it.

* 2. All the other card players were women.

* 3. Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth.

* 4. The recluse lived in a lighthouse.

PASS THIS ON TO FRUSTRATE THE SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE

If I can can, YOU can can…

Maysoon Zayid is a comedian who happens to have cerebral palsy. She advocates for the disabled and founded Maysoon’s Kids (which addresses the needs of disabled children in Palestine). Maysoon is inspirational and proves that stereotypes are meant to be broken.

Her extreme courage and vulnerability will touch your soul at: http://www.ted.com/talks/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one

If You Think Your Day is/was Extreme, Check out this One…

There are many flavors of Extreme and No One Models Extreme Leadership better than Steve Farber!

Getting your Core Values Seen not Just Heard- This is Extremely Cool!

BTW, Steve is a bestselling author, terrific speaker, downright nice guy and will be at the American Marketing Association Cause Conference I am co-chairing, May 27^th and 28^th in San Diego along with 40+ other leaders, speakers, and change agents as we deliver on the theme of “Transformation through Collaboration”. We will close registration at 300 to keep it a rich and intimate experience. For more info and to register visit: http://sdama.org/events/cause-conference-2014/

Present Moment Mindfulness/Self Awareness x Radical Collaboration predicated on Collective Intelligence can = Transformational Outcomes for Previously Intractable Social Issues

An Open Way Like a Growth Mindset can be the Difference that Makes a Difference…

Click here!

“Ditching the Plan and Embracing Imperfection”

There is no easy way to summarize the contribution Quebec-born Robert Lepagehas made to the arts, and no single art to tie him to either. He is not only considered a genius in the field of theatre, but also a creative force in film, opera and Quebec’s signature Cirque du Soleil shows. The actor and director has earned a reputation for pushing boundaries and conjuring up complex visual effects. His one constant muse appears to be innovation itself.

Some Takeaways:

A thirst to innovate, an appreciation for the Renaissance, Shakespeare and Moliere
Unafraid of chaos in the creative process and humble enough to say I don’t know everything…
The real promise of real theatre – a community meeting a community. Bad theater is when what happens onstage never makes it into the room- i.e. Never really connecting with the audience

“It always arrives where it belongs in the end”

The article:

http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/04/02/robert-lepage-on-q/

Listen now…

http://www.cbc.ca/q/popupaudio.html?clipIds=2446138639

The 6 second Hug:

http://www.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2007/04/why_happiness_i-2/

Trust, Morality and Oxytocin

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_zak_trust_morality_and_oxytocin

Last but not least some Zany Humor…

How to Change the Brake Pads in Your Car- some extreme do it yourself work…