Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time. – Lou Brock
Of course, looking “bad” is a matter of opinion, but Mr. Brock’s point is well taken.
If you’re worried about messing up and looking bad, you’ll likely never attempt much of anything.
You’ll settle for the safe and predictable.
And you’ll learn little and grow less.
Take some chances . . . the people that matter will be there for you, regardless.
We’re not always doing what we want to do (even if we don’t know what we want to do). So: we don’t know what we want to do, but we know it’s not this, and we’re dissatisfied. Or. We’re clear about what we want to be doing and where we want to be, but we’re…
It takes 20 years to make an overnight success. – Eddie Cantor People don’t realize that things take time. Becoming takes work. Do the work. Become not just what you might be, become what you truly desire to be. Do. The. Work.
I’m going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You have to promise not to tell the ICF that I told you this or I could get in really big trouble. Deal? Coaching works for three reasons (and they don’t all jibe with what the ICF says on their web-site): One, because…
There’s a difference between desire and craving. The former is a healthy attraction to something not yet present, that through intention and practice can be created. The latter is an unsatisfiable – and unhealthy – impulse that, even when sated, reappears quickly, again and again. This distinction came up for me while watching a video…
We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. – Joseph Campbell But remember, you can cure your world of some sorrows. And you can always choose joy. If sorrow creeps in, as it will, meet it with humanity, let it visit for a time and choose again. Choose joy.
Stop trying to change. You are perfect** the way you are. Your business is perfect** the way it is. Your team is perfect** the way it is. All you need to is EXPERIMENT. Experiments never fail. Change efforts do. Experiments are always successful. Just get clear on what you want and experiment with methods. Notice…