Where Do Great Things Come From?

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. – Washington Irving I want to take a little bit of a different direction and use this quote to talk about “finding your purpose.” Based on what I’ve read and some pretty deep thinking, I believe “purpose” is misunderstood. It would seem that the popular understanding of purpose…

You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar Zig’s down-home (often ‘aww-shucks’) words are f’ing genius. So often he can say in a sentence (and not a long one at that) what others take paragraphs or pages to say. His words above are your…

Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. – Denis Waitley What to do instead? Invest your time wisely, by focusing on your values and authentic goals. Honor your body, by what you put in it and how you move.

I read and listen to a lot of self/personal development stuff. But all that reading and listening doesn’t amount to a hill-of-beans (speaking of which, has anyone ever seen an actual “hill-of-beans” and is one all that desirable?) without application. Information without application is interesting and sometimes entertaining, but it’s never transformative – it doesn’t change anyone…

We are kept from our goal not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal. – Robert Brault This quote came into my Inbox from one of my mentors (Steve Chandler). It offers a powerful nuance to viewing goals: the idea that, often, what keeps us from our larger, lofty – amazing – goals…

Is desire some thing beyond our control, or even influence? Something that arises from the ether of its own accord shrouded in mystery? It’s fair to say that we understand the need to create plans to make our desires real – that we need to be intentional and deliberate in order to make what we want…