The Mind is Everything

It’s raining today. When I went outside, even with an umbrella, I got wet (or at least my shoes and lower pant legs got wet). I love nice weather, whether or not it includes rain.* Many people equate sunny skies and dry feet with nice weather. If it’s raining (or snowing . . . )…

Being honest may not always get you many friends, but it’ll always get you the right ones. –  John Lennon I’ve heard Jim Rohn say that you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with. It’s true. It’s also true that sometimes there are things you need to hear that most…

“I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success, but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.” – Madeleine Albright I believe it was Einstein who said: there are two ways to live, as if everything is a miracle and as if…

Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow – Jim Rohn Whatever you said you were going to do “tomorrow,” or “later,” or “soon,” is now due. Just act. However imperfectly, or even incompletely, do something. Get some results, learn something about your actions: Did it work? Great! Why? Build on that information, that feed-forward. Did it not work?…

While watching Carol Leifer on the Tavis Smiley Show talk about how she kept trying, and trying, and trying to get on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson I had a realization. Tavis was asking how do you keep going when you keep getting rejected (it took her 22 auditions to finally get booked)? Carol…

Are you making a “living” with some life thrown in here-and-there, when possible? Or, are you making a “life,” with some work thrown in? *  *  * I understand that I might be mis-stating the proportions a bit, but the point is worth considering. *  *  * When we “make a living,” at least in…