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I think most people would say I am not this type but in truth I tend to be this person. I have a bad habit of waiting for something to happen, for someone to contact me. It’s not that I don’t put out effort to find opportunities, I do. It’s just that I tend to slide back into waiting once I put out that effort. I don’t always push it further. At times I am afraid of bugging people. Other times it’s fear of rejection. It’s also often the situation where I don’t know what next step to take; who to call, where to write, what to submit, etc.
What I do to combat that tendency is simple, it’s just to put it out there all over again. It’s in fits and starts, it comes and goes, I forget then I remember. But no matter how or when it happens, I get back up and put it out there again.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by anonymous
Nov
11
Many thanks to Erin Patrick for her FBing of this quote this morning!
Who don’t you think you are? I can guarantee that you will have to change your mind about that if you are to become it. YOU MUST UNTIE THAT NOT.
Do you say, ‘I am not the fitness type’? If you want to be fit, you must first untie that not.
Do you want to be artistic? Then you can’t keep telling people that you aren’t. You have to decide that that can become part of your identity. You have to untie that not.
Are you not the happy type? Do you say ‘I am just not that type of person.’? Then you have lassoed yourself and are tied up tight. You can’t change until you untie that not.
How does one do that? By action. You want to be an artist? Then create art. Do you want to be a runner, then run. Do you want to be happy, then smile and love someone. Do what it takes to make those things happen.
And whatever you do, do NOT brag about what you are NOT!
My new clarion call: UNTIE THAT NOT™
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Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by anonymous, found via my friend Erin Patrick.
Oct
18
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I take WAY to long to get things done. I talk more than I do. Ironically, the fence I built last year was one of the quickest projects I ever completed. Had it all done in 10 days, working every day but one on it. Now if I could just do that with the guttering and a zillion other things on my to do list!
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anonymous
Sep
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When I was in Jr. High I had this fantasy. I was in a school bus and we had a wreck. The prettiest girl in school was hurt and I was the one who helped her. I can remember to this day the exact location of the accident and the little slope she was laying on as I bandaged her and stayed with her until the ambulance came. I was a hero in my fantasy.
In reality I never was a hero to that girl. We did eventually become friends and she wrote something nice in my yearbook. But I wasn’t a hero. It was just a sentiment and a desire to be a good person that stayed in my head.
But it illustrates this quote perfectly for me. A hero is someone who takes action for the benefit of others. It can be heroic, it can be small and easily overlooked. But the action is what is lovely, not the sentimental idea. Without the action, it’s just a dream, like my dreams of adolescent heroism.
Here are a few of my friends, fellow Tulsans, who have taken action in their lives. They are heroes. Check out their stories along with others.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891, American poet, writer, diplomat
Aug
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NEWS!
Next week I will be on a road trip from Tulsa, OK to Seattle, WA then flying to San Diego, Ca. I will be doing commissioned photographic portraits (and drawing napkins) all along the way. If you are on the path, in either of those city areas, or know someone who is then drop me a note. I would love to take your photo! You can check out my work here to see what it is like and if you would be interested in hiring me.
Once in the Seattle or San Diego area I am open to giving a public presentation about the napkins, life lessons and the Napkin Dad story (with pictures of course). If you think you might have an audience, let me know!
In spite of appearances I am not very good at promoting myself. Fear of failure and rejection and all that rubbish, you know. So, I am going out on a limb and trying to make something happen on this road trip. Wish me luck and better yet, help me make something happen!
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Lord Halifax
