ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

When I received the photo shown below in a text message, I was impacted in a major way.  At that moment I decided:

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

It is time to get the message of Remember the Ice out to a broader audience.

Look at this photo and you will understand my concern.

 

The question is:

Are you concerned?  

My additional questions are these:

Would you be concerned if your child brought this "innocent looking " coloring book home?  

Do you think this message could be relayed in a safer manner?  After all, this book IS about gun safety. Right?

How about a title like this:  Gun Safety is Important.

In the promotional material about this activity/coloring book, it starts out saying:  Guns are not toys.

Well in the empowering word choice world of Remember the Ice, the message reads:  Guns are toys.

As I stated at the beginning of this post, and in the title:

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

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Re-Frame the Message:  The Community Project

Think before you Write or Speak - Part 1

Yes, Virginia, "There is Power in the Clarity of your Articulation" TM

"I heard this from a guy who has a unique perspective on empowering word choice. When you think about his concept of Remember the Ice, it makes a lot of sense." Anonymous

Words are symbols for signs we understand (According to my mentor, Maxie C. Maultsby, Jr., M.D.) and I for one believe him. Empowering word choices lead us to attract the life we want. So with that in mind, it really does make a difference what kind of self talk we are engaged in.

Just something to think about the next time you are contemplating your next fabulous book idea.

Remember, all things are created twice. First in thought, then in the physical. (Stephen Covey, page 99, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

That being the case, choose your words from an empowered point of view to get more of what it is you want. Remember, why would you ever want to motivate yourself or anyone else with the opposite of what you want?

In the 1957 World Series, Warren Spahn was one out away from pitching a complete game victory in the pivotal 4th game between the Braves and the Yankees. Elston Howard was the pinch hitter. Two outs, two men on base, in the top of the ninth inning. Braves were ahead 4-1. Spahn's manager called time, came to the mound for a conference, and promptly told Warren, "Whatever you do, don't through him a high outside pitch." YIKES!!! Why would the manager want to motivate Spahn with the opposite of what he wanted? Spahn had "high and outside" as his dominant thought. There was the pitch. Crack. Home run. Tie score. The good news for the Braves: Spahn retired the next batter, and even though the Yankees scored in the top of the tenth, The Braves got a 3-run home from Eddie Matthews to win the game. (They also won the series 4-3!!)

I love writing and speaking from an empowered point of view and knowing that I have eradicated the following words from my vocabulary and speaking and writing......they are only here for identification......

Here they are: not, don't, can't, won't, wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't.

Watch what happens for you when you eliminate them, you will be pleasantly surprised.