Battle Cry

What is your Battle Cry … your “Call to the Post” … your absolute imperative … your “Call to Action” … when important stuff needs to get done?  What gets you off the dime and into serviceable action?  What turns your “motor” on?  What “Battle Cry” gets your heart pounding, your circulation going, and your neurons firing? 

In the thick of things – or in the thin of way too little – we tend to lose focus, momentum and initiative and often have to get “jarred” into accountable action.  The mind moves the body, but the mind is often preoccupied and the body recalcitrant until imposed upon by the irresistible force of necessity.   

How about any or all of the following:  

“We can DO this!”

“Look out world, here I come!”

“Damn the torpedoes!”

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

“Let’s DOIT!”

“All hands on deck!”

“Code Blue!”

“Get crackin’!”

“Bust some Butt!”

“We’re burnin’ daylight!”

“Mayday!!” 

 

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“When Jacob learned there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, ‘Why do you just keep looking at each other?  I have heard that there is grain in Egypt.  Go down there [NOW!] and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.’”  Genesis 42: 1-2 

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I was just wondering …

What do basketball players say to each other when they huddle after a foul …

and what do football players say to each other in the huddle after a quarterback sack? 

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Perhaps there are times when you need to invoke the “Devil’s Alternative”:

Either clean the shower or go run 5 miles!

Your choice!!

You WIN either way!!! 

Bottom Line: Some things just need to be tackled and done so we can move on without tripping over ourselves, stressing out over all that’s undone, and always playing from behind the eight ball.  

Choose the “Battle Cry” that’s most appropriate for you and your situation.  And watch it turn at least part of your world to diamonds!! 

All else aside, just DOIT – even when you “don’t feel like it”! 

Quartermaster