Le Weekly #53 – Hammer Tap 🔨

One quote, one word, one shoutout, one story, one neigh from Philosophical Horse and one question.

Greetings everyone. Happy Monday!

Take a moment to reflect on each snippet. Comment your thoughts below.

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Le Quote 🗣

“You can choose what you do, but you can’t choose what you like to do.” – Chante Harding.

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Le Word 💬

hammer (noun) a tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.

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Le Shoutout 🧣

Yesterday, while watching the Springbok rugby, I shed a tear.

For some reason, the Scottish national anthem struck a chord.

On the stadium roof, a man in a kilt played the bagpipes.

On the field, the rest of the band played their tune.

Bagpipes, drums, and about 30,000 people singing their national anthem.

It wasn’t hard to imagine the same scene happening hundreds of years ago.

Right in front of our eyes, history came to life.

Then, as usual, halfway through the anthem, the music stopped while the crowd kept singing.

And it was beautiful.

It’s a lesson in keeping things simple, authentic, iconic and true to your brand.

Shoutout to the Scottish pipe band.

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Le Story ✍️

Earlier this year, a founder of a local media company told a student, “When you’re a hammer, everything is a nail.”

It was a caution.

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This weekend, the same student was trying to help another student navigate a situation in their life. To do this, he shared the “ship mechanic” story.

One day, a giant ship’s engine broke down.

After searching far and wide, a highly experienced ship mechanic was called in to fix it.

He inspected the engine from top to bottom.

After seeing everything, he opened his bag and pulled out a small hammer.

He walked up to the engine, tapped a very specific part, and the engine came to life.

A week later, the ship mechanic invoiced the ship owner $20,000.

“What?!” said the owner. “But all you did was tap the engine with a hammer!”

“Yes, sir,” the mechanic said. “It took 2 minutes to tap the engine with the hammer but twenty years to learn where to tap it.”

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When a hammer is on its own, it sees everything as a nail, but when it’s in the hands of a master mechanic, it hits exactly where it needs to hit, helping entire engines come to life.

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Le Neigh from Philosophical Horse 🐴

“Neigh.” – Philosophical Horse.

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Le Question 🤔

What is the “hammer tap” your “engine” needs today?

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Le Weekly Habit 🌱

with 4WKS Coffee.

Every month, 4WKS sends out a “habit card”. Each card has five prompts printed on it.

This month’s theme is: Finding Our Purpose

This week’s prompt is:

#2: What is your superpower? What is the thing no one can take away from you that only you can do?

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Have a powerful Monday, everyone.

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