Do not count the days; make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
Counting the days is splitting your time between the past and the future.
Usually it’s wishing the days gone by were different and hoping the days to come are better.
Living well and achieving is all about being-in-the-moment and making each moment – each instant – count.
By creating the day.
By being in intentional, authentic action.
That’s how to live: like the Champ.
Don’t do what you sincerely don’t want to do. – Ernest Hemingway The trick to saying “No.” when you should and “Yes.” when you should is clarity. Clarity about who and what you are (and that you do not derive your worth from the opinions of others). Clarity about your values (and that focusing on…
This week’s external resource is from a favorite author/researcher: Heidi Grant Halvorson. A link to her interesting and useful article is below – after I blather on a bit: *** So many people believe that 1) they are too stressed and 2) that stress is bad for you. They are right and wrong, sort of… They…
Zig Ziglar passed today. In honor of his many contributions I have collected a sampling of his wise words: “If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your…
Anything worth doing is worth planning (at least once). Lest I lose a potential reader who may think “Why plan small tasks? They’re small… ” let me say that even small tasks can benefit from a careful – albeit quick – planning session. Maybe there’s a better way of doing things, or maybe new resources are available…
On one level, wisdom is nothing more than the ability to take your own advice. – Sam Harris In this construction, wisdom is not some universal thing, applicable to everyone, but ideas and practices that if applied to one’s life are helpful or useful. What is wisdom for you may not be for me. But…
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…