Have You Found What You’re Looking For?

As blogging rules go this is “so five days ago”, but I haven’t had a minute to download mentally or otherwise, and it seems too important to skip over and not share my thoughts. So forgive the delay, and I hope you enjoy the message.

My three day blitz started Sunday night with the Black Eyed Peas and U2, and ended Tuesday night with Maria Shriver and Alicia Keys (more on that later).  I am both flying high and absolutely spent from the sensory overload, but feeling grateful for a thought provoking and moving few days.

With Will I Am’s mantra playing in my head and ringing through the night air, I walked into the Rose Bowl knowing that “tonight’s gonna be a good night”.  I had no idea just how good.

While I was certainly entertained by Fergie and the boys, I was moved and captivated by the enigmatic Irish band. I mean no disrespect to The Edge, Adam and Larry, but I was fixed on Bono the entire time. Watching him move across the stage, wondering if he had calculated, almost 30 years ago, that he would one day use his gift of music to literally change the world. Did he have a great master plan or a mission statement that he would feed the hungry, meet and convince dignitaries and heads of state to lend a hand,  start a clothing line, go to Harvard, become a father of four, never mind becoming the lead singer of one of the greatest bands of all time? I was impressed with the way he sang and seemed to intimately connect with 96,000 people. He had the audacity to proudly share his beliefs and convictions, and all of it was met with applause. Who, in this day, can motivate more of us to agree than to disagree and bring consensus and unity to a divided world? Some would argue that there is nothing controversial about “feeding the poor and ending hunger”, but listen to him talk about why he feels called to do what he does. He makes no bones about where his motivation comes from.

So why am I sharing my tales from a concert in Pasadena with you, my fellow entrepreneurs?  Because witnessing this 50 year old man dancing around, underneath a spaceship like stage, sharing his infectious poetry and proclaiming his truth with anyone who would listen, was a reminder of exactly what it means to ‘live the dream’. Regardless of how you feel about his music or his causes, we might all consider inviting what we each believe and hold true into our life’s work…imagine the profound affect we could have on one another–on the world.

If I had not been sure of it before, it was made abundantly clear to me Sunday night, living an authentic life and a life with purpose and conviction will get you everywhere!

So don’t get stuck in a moment you can’t get out of, get on your boots and stand up for your dreams–that’s for all you fans.