The Truth About Perspective
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. – Henry Kaiser
As with everything, it’s all about perspective.
See trouble and you’ll have a problem.
See opportunity and you’ll dig in.
What are you going to look for, now?
At the risk of shameless self-promotion, here is a post on why coaching is a powerful way to create authentic and lasting change: Who you hang out with matters. (The right coach is a wonderful person to “hang out” with once a week or so, and will challenge you to upgrade your associations if necessary.) What…
Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it. – Wilferd A. Peterson Allow me to add…
Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent return on energy! – Brian Tracy But do you do it? How planned are your days? Your weeks? Your months? Your years? So many people don’t plan because they think it limits spontaneity or creativity or adaptability, but…
Things will get better when you get better. – Brian Tracy Absolutely. But not unless, and until, you get better. Better internal language/dialog Better habits. Better initiative and action-taking. Better emotional intelligence. Better exercise routine. Better nutrition. Better relationships. Better saving/spending. Better you.
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. – Annie Dillard Humans are distractible. Humans thrive on the feeling (and reality) of progress. But if we’re not intentional and don’t have a system, we won’t make any progress. The primary reason so few people don’t have what they want is because they aren’t willing to write it…
How we use our brain and mind is fundamental to our experience of life. Both our day-to-day experience and our overall level of achievement and fulfillment are directly tied to how we think and feel. And how we use our brain and mind is how we think and feel. * * * I’ve studied the…