I am absolutely convinced that most people don't live out of a place of passion, and are therefore living unsatisfied lives. You can hardly blame them, in an post industrial world, it's much easier to fall in and get by with minimum resistance. There are many obstacles to living out of a place of passion. It's not practical, it's not what people expect of you, it might not make you rich and famous, it's scary and too new agy of an idea. And yet deep inside, most of us feel a deep need to live like that.

I just had lunch with a good friend, a remarkable professional, who was feeling the need to change things because his work, although well paid lacked significance and passion. Very few people even get to that place, as to question the status quo. Because, what if the questioning leads to a need to change things?  Scary.

This is a much overdue Part 2 from our interview with the great George Duke. We talk about the creative process of songwriting,  producing and what it takes to be successful in the music business. It's a honor and a joy to have George as a friend and to get to collaborate with him.

 Enjoy the interview and make sure you repost this... If you missed Part 1, you can view it HERE. 

So much joy, creativity and opportunity is lost because we don't really see what is right in front of us. 

Instead our mind, most importantly our passion is focused on next month, next year, and even tomorrow, but mostly not on the here and now. 

Take the here and now challenge. Spend one week, one day at a time, one hour at a time,  where you are intentional about being here and now in every conversation, every event, every piece of work, no matter how small. Take it and be blown away by your own productivity, love, joy and creativity.

After shamelessly abandoning the English version of The Third Drive for another couple of months,  I am back!

Here's what is going on. As with any season of transition, our move to a new city, new faith community, new schools, dance classes, and a hundred other NEW things have slowed us down a little. We do feel more settled now, so what's next?

Stumbled upon two remarkable videos. Enjoy

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

SENSE OF FLYING from STAVFEL PRODUKTION on Vimeo.