{"id":4142,"date":"2011-04-22T06:14:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T11:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2011-05-05T18:02:49","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T23:02:49","slug":"how-to-be-heard-over-the-herd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/how-to-be-heard-over-the-herd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be Heard Over the Herd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"One thing that’s been true with every person I’ve ever met is that they want to be heard.\u00a0 I mean really heard; not just add to the noise, not just politely stand in line to earn the right to say something.\u00a0 But to be heard for who they are and the uniqueness that they bring to life.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, one of the greatest challenges is to figure out how to be heard among the herd. <\/strong> When I run out here in the Tennessee countryside, I pass by about four herds of cattle. The interesting thing is that in every one of these herds, they either have their heads down eating, or they are just standing there with some kind of weird, blank stare.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day by day, I run past these herds of cows with little or no sound.\u00a0 But on a brief occasion, I hear a startling sound that comes from one of those cows, daring to extend his neck and raise his head, and giving out a loud, “moo.”\u00a0 Sometimes it’s a plaintive “moo.” But other times it’s attention-getting.<\/span><\/p>\n

So here’s what I’ve learned.\u00a0 It’s hard to get heard among the herd.\u00a0 It’s those daring, brave souls who lift their heads, stretch their neck, and let out a loud “Moo!” that offer the world her music and reason for living.\u00a0 The question about moo-ing out loud is not, “Do you have something to say?” It’s, “Do you have something worth<\/em> saying?”\u00a0 Are you adding to the load of cynicism, doubt, fear, hate, and trash-talk?\u00a0 If that’s your “moo,” you can keep it to yourself.\u00a0 But if you “moo” out loud some idea, some note of joy, some inspiration of grace; if you add to this world your music that helps us turn limping into dancing, sadness into rejoicing, then by all means “moo” out loud<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second thing you need to “moo” out loud is not just something worth saying, but the courage to say it in your voice<\/em>.\u00a0 Yeah, that’s right.\u00a0 You have a voice.\u00a0 It’s not like mine or anyone else’s.\u00a0 To you, it may sound shrill, high-pitched, and squeaky.\u00a0 But to the rest of us, it might sound like a symphony.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I dare you.\u00a0 Stand up and “moo” out loud.\u00a0 When you write that book, you “moo” out loud.\u00a0 When you write that song, you “moo” out loud.\u00a0 When you you go for another audition, you “moo” out loud.\u00a0 When you refuse to work in a cubicle for slave’s pay and dare to live a life of your dreams, you “moo” out loud.\u00a0 And when you “moo” out loud, that symphony gives us the courage so that just maybe we too, can rise above the herd.
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One thing that’s been true with every person I’ve ever met is that they want to be heard.\u00a0 I mean really heard; not just add to the noise, not just politely stand in line to earn the right to say something.\u00a0 But to be heard for who they are and the uniqueness that they bring … Continue reading “How to be Heard Over the Herd”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,14],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}