I talk a lot about my musical stuff here, and that’s obviously the point. But I’m going to go a little into my personal philosophy here for this one, and promote a new thing I’m doing. First, my personal philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe my fundamental purpose in this world is to be a kind person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It sometimes doesn’t happen, because I am a human being, but I do my best. I want to leave this place better than it was when I got here. I want every interaction I have with people to leave them better in some way than when the interaction began. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In The Before Times, when I was in the office every day, every time I talked to my coworkers I would always make sure I learned how they were, then figure out a way to lift them up and make them feel better. On my best days, I’d leave them laughing and happy and feeling good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I still do that in the limited contact I have with people now, which mostly consists of people I meet at my live shows and the occasional video meeting for work, or randomly at the store. I had some random dude start talking to me like we were old friends and used the same sort of techniques I’d use on my coworkers, and it worked great – he was happy and laughing when we parted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I treat people with respect for their humanity, and approach them with kindness and love. I used to call it #leadwithlove but found out there was a leadership\/marketing company already using that for a sort of different purpose, and I didn’t want it associated with them. But I’ve been looking for subtle ways to put a little more happiness and gladness into people’s lives, because it’s what I love to do. I love to be a nice person who makes people glad they met me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that spirit, I’ve launched a new endeavor, which will consist of some social media stuff and perhaps even a second blog focused on happy stories and spreading news of kindness and goodness that will hopefully make you glad you followed us. So check it out – it’s called “The Gladapult” and can be found on Twitter and Instagram – @gladapult and on Facebook as well (just search it – it’s the only thing that will come up because I literally invented the word – obviously a portmanteau of “glad and “catapult”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks for reading, and look out for a new Museday Mumbling this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take care!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P.S. If you have any great personal stories that might make people glad, no matter how trivial, please feel free to share them with me and I’ll GLADAPULT them out there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I talk a lot about my musical stuff here, and that’s obviously the point. But I’m going to go a little into my personal philosophy here for this one, and promote a new thing I’m doing. First, my personal philosophy. I believe my fundamental purpose in this world is to be a kind person. It sometimes doesn’t happen, because I am a human being, but I do my best. I want to leave this place better than it was when…<\/p>\n