I need an 'elevator speech'

I attended the retirement party for my ex-boss, the CEO of Horizon Air, last night. It was wonderful, but that's not what I want to talk about.

I want to talk about an 'elevator speech'--that succinct and clear set of words or sentences that pitches your idea or gets your point across quickly.

Last night, the number one question I received was "What are you doing?" . . . and you know, I either wasn't sure what to say or didn't know what to say or actually didn't have anything to say. I really needed an elevator speech.

So, what does this all have to do with reinventing?

It has everything to do with it. I think I discovered that it's not only practical, but important to me to have a clear description of my purpose/mission. It helps others, especially friends who already think I might be nuts or a SuperHero, to understand me . . . and for me it just adds clarity to what I'm doing/what I'm all about.

Here's the 'elevator speech' that I probably should have pitched last night:

"I am reinventing myself; determining what's important to me and how to spend my time."

I hope you buy it.

Come ride with me.

Time to focus

You'll still find my blog at rudiripsit.blogspot.com, but the blog now has a different name/theme--it now has focus. I'm excited, it will be fun. We'll go together, but I'll try to lead, make mistakes, learn, share.

As a preview to some of the topics I'm working on:

--working with a personal coach.

--experiencing jobs I always thought I wanted to do (e.g. bartending, bike mechanics).

--taking acting and dancing lessons, learning how to speak spanish muy bien.

--links to great tips/techniques . . . encouragement.

--body part replacements (e.g. a shoulder, a hip)

Until my next post, I want to leave you with something I came across that happens to say a lot about reinvention . . . in my own words:

Eventually time reaches you, teaches you that when you love something or someone and they don't love you back, just let them go, let go.

Come ride with me.