Greg Bell

Portland-based author, keynote speaker, and problem solver. TEDx alum. Inspiring thousands of individuals to water their bamboo to create remarkable results!

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

"There are many ways to lose in life. When you are losing, it's a good idea to try them all."

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

I gave the talk and flew home.

Nineteen of them kept reading.
One chapter at a time.
Together.

Bamboo grows in groves.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Every yes takes water from something else.

There is no reason to water weeds.

What are you watering today?

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

You are the most important asset you will ever manage.

Sleep.
Movement.
A checkup before something hurts.

Roots first.
Everything else follows.

What are you watering today?

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

A special weekend celebrating a very good friend, and one of the best examples I know of what it means to Water the Bamboo.

Congratulations to Mark Few on his induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame! 🏀

#WaterTheBamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Most of us are not underinformed.

We are overfed.

Infobesity.

Informed is good.
Inundated is something else.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Do not wait for performance reviews or funerals.

One is too formal.
One is too late.

What you appreciate appreciates.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

The dining room is calm.
The kitchen is chaos.

You cannot have one without the other.

The mess is not failure.
It is the kitchen.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

A headline you will never see:

Thousands of airplanes landed safely today.

It happens every day.
It is never news.

Most of the good in your life is like that.

#WhatsGoingWellWednesday

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Imagine the bamboo is three inches below the surface.

And you quit.

Not because you were wrong.
Because you were impatient.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Most meetings open with what is broken.

Try opening with a question instead.

What's going well?

The problems will still be there in ten minutes.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Bamboo spends three years underground before it breaks through.

Then it grows ninety feet in sixty days.

The part everyone sees is the short part.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

The bamboo farmer waters the ground that shows nothing.

Year after year.

I open keynotes with that image because most rooms are full of people wondering if they should stop.

The roots go first.
The height comes later.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

There are many ways to lose in life. When you are losing, it's a good idea to try them all. #waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Super fun presenting Navigating Change in Uncertain Times this morning from the Bamboo Studio.

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

Change is easier when everyone is using the same words for it.

That's why I'd suggest bringing a few people with you to this one.

Navigating Change in the Age of Uncertainty
August 4th. Sixty minutes.

Three seats are $117 total. That's $39 each.

https://t.co/zncafjXGxc

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When everything gets called amazing, the word stops meaning anything.

It is the ordinary stretches that give the good moments their weight. The quiet seasons. The okay days. The steady effort nobody claps for. Without that contrast, a breakthrough barely registers.

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

The "wrong" way often leads to the right way. #waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

The Bamboo Farmer asks: What am I doing this moment that will benefit my future self?

#waterthebamboo

[Greg Bell @gregbellspeaks]

You have either just gone through a change, are in it now...or are about to be.

Change is constant. Navigating it is a skill you can practice.

Join me on Aug 4th for a 60-min virtual keynote on moving through change. Earlybird ends tomorrow at midnight! https://t.co/GwEY9MLNkJ