Many people are not living the lives they really want (myself* included). One of the reasons people don’t is because they think they should be able to just do it, but they know they aren’t ready. This creates a short little “despair loop” which takes the person out of possibility and back to “reality.” The truth…
“He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.” – Henry Ward Beecher How rich, or poor, are you? According to what measure(s)?
Clarity + Commitment + Action + Iteration = Results Clarity – you must know what, exactly, you are seeking. To the extent you are unclear, you will founder, be frustrated, less-than-effective and even choose, or stop at, the wrong thing (because it resembles what you said you wanted . . . ) Commitment – You…
I was recently thinking about the nature of “success.” Of course, it’s a process and a journey and not a “completion” or a destination, but how can we better understand the process, the journey of “success?” Well, I came up with three phases, each marked by three key ideas: Responsibility, Maturity and Wisdom. * *…
Our aspirations are our possibilities. – Robert Browning We never reach further than we are willing to look. Whether or not something is beyond your grasp is irrelvevant. Reach anyway – you’ll grow in the stretching.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt The best, and often hardest, thing to do is just to start: where you are; with what you have; now. Your choice is to do your best now or what until things are “just right” or “perfect.” They will never be…