Time is a created thing. To say, ‘I don’t have time’ is to say, ‘I don’t want to.’ – Lao Tzu
What do you spend your time doing?
The key is that time is a limited resource and what you do with it matters.
When you say you can’t do something it’s because you’ve decided (consciously or otherwise) that something else was more important.
What you spend your time on is what you decided matters (even if you decided a long time ago, and/or by default . . . ).
The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. – Marianne Williamson What is the purpose of a seed? To germinate and grow into something; a mighty oak for example. What is the purpose of your life? Well, you’ve already germinated, what are you growing into? Are you…
“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” – Brian Tracy And – conversely – unsuccessful people are those with unsuccessful habits. It is truly staggering how much of our lives are automatic. On the one hand, it is this “automation” that makes a great deal of progress and ease possible. If we had to consider and…
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin Today is Labor Day here in the United States (of America). I am thinking this week would be a good one for some thoughts and questions on work and purpose. Today, before heading…
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. – Theodor Seuss Geisel Everything you need, you have. The only other thing is what…
I found this in my “share-with-others” pile and am pleased to offer it now; it was an e-mail from a mentor, Steve Chandler: Get out of the future, stay in the now. You want to glance into the future when you make your goals, your objectives, your master plan, but then set that aside and…
It is more important to reach our potential than it is to reach our goals. – Max de Pree What could be more important than goals? Becoming who we are truly capable of being. I remember being asked what my greatest fear was once and all I could come up with is not living up…