Kindness is Never Wasted
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
Because, regardless of what happens outside of you, when you’re kind, you chip away at any hardness covering over your soul.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw What you believe is so important to what you can, and actually will, do. And what you actually do (truly) creates your life. * * * I find it curious that people seem to think that…
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. – Brian Tracy This reminds me of something I’ve heard more than once: if people talked to you the way you sometimes (/often) talk to yourself you’d punch them in the face. And it’s true. Our self-talk sometimes (/often) sucks. And it matters….
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trial. – Confucius If everything is easy, nothing is valued. If nothing is valued, life has little meaning. A life without meaning is the greatest misery a human can know. * * * Work hard. Get your hands dirty. Fail,* regularly. Fall down and…
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw I’m sure I’ve blogged on this quote before, but it’s worth repeating. Ask yourself about your “circumstances:” Are they what you want?…
The most difficult work many professionals do… is getting someone else to agree with their point of view and take action. The second most difficult work professionals do is developing a point of view in the first place. – Seth Godin Coaches ‘get’ people to (see their true) point of view and take action. We do…
Watch your habits; they become character. – Lao Tzu Watch your habits of thinking, acting, eating, speaking, drinking, moving, . . . you become that.