The difference between living and existing….

I suppose many would agree that they would rather play than work. Many of us return to child memories and realize that it was good life. Playing around and following intuition while not having a care in the world for tomorrow. Kevin Carroll is a storyteller, educator and inspirer, who has wrote and published three successful books over this thoughts about social change. Carroll believes that his purpose on this earth is to inspire businesses, organizations and individuals to embrace their spirit of play and creativity to maximize their human potential and sustain more meaningful business and personal growth.

He is known for simply being a “Katalyst.”

Carroll revolves his story around a red ball that he played with a child. At a very young age, Carroll was forced into addressing very serious issues while looking over his two younger brothers after their parents abandoned them. Carroll would kick his red ball out of frustration and anger every time he didn’t understand how life worked.

One thing that he was definite about was the fact that he had to chase that ball every time he kicked it. In a sense he knew that playing around was a very serious business so he addressed it that way every time he played.  Before he knew it, he had dozens of enthused children surrounding him wanting to play. This was when Carroll realized that he turned his dream of “belonging” into reality and he did this by being passionate about what he did.

Carroll’s dream was to chase that ball and while doing that he realized that anything is possible... If one passionately pursues what they want, then it can be obtained.

I ask this of you my fellow colligate constituents, what is your red ball?

It is clear to see that it isn’t just any ordinary red ball. Oh no, this is in respect to how you address courage, discipline, sacrifice, and disappointment to challenge yourself everyday. The most important, thought, of them all is how to have BIG AUDACIOUS DREAMS.

Carroll is living proof that you can chase your passion with his metaphor to him chasing his ball. Our passions (science, math, literature and mostly anything) range across full spectrum and are obtainable.

I sometimes ask myself what types of people live out their dreams everyday, and it is people like Kevin Carroll who show me that it is real. If you follow your dreams correctly, you will blur the line between work and play, simple as that.

Some would consider this the art of living. To simply pursue our own individual vision of excellence.

Leaving others to decide if we are working or playing.

For people like Carroll, he is always doing both and is living his life, not just being in existence.

Kevin Carroll is headlining at the 2012 IABC World Conference this June in Chicago. Environmental activist, Robert F. Kennedy, will join him, as the two are the events keynote speakers.

For more details on conference sessions and to register online visit, http://www.iabc.com/wc