The two hardest things to handle in life are failure & success. – Anonymous
. . . you’re going to live very well.
The trick with failing is to learn from it and keep going – and to realize that no defeat is permanent
The trick with success is to learn from it and keep going – and to understand that no success is permanent.
Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations. – Cavett Robert In many respects its better to set a goal and fail to achieve it fully, than to accomplish exactly what you set out to do. The latter means you didn’t stretch yourself. And…
He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. – Dutch proverb The hardest thing about anything is starting. Not because the first step is the hardest of the steps, compared to the others. But because there is Safety and anything (and everything) else. It’s kinda like going swimming…
Here’s some ancient wisdom: “To do two things at once is to do neither.” – Publius Syrus And some modern “validation:” People confuse “rapid-switching” with multi-tasking [NPR article] And Peter Bregman explains that trying to multi-task makes us less-smart, less-productive and less-competent [HBR Blogs] I’m convinced (of course I already knew that trying to multi-task was…
Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end. – Marcelene Cox This quote came across my Facebook page and I had to share. Some people confuse the idea of being aware of one’s mortality with “focusing-on-the-negative” or “worrying about things you can’t control.” It’s neither, if done properly. Life is a…
“Do you have habits, or do your habits have you?” – Brian Tracy I heard that this morning while listening to his audio program “Focal Point” (one of my favorite programs of his) in the car. It hit me particularly hard as I know, deep-down, that many of my habits don’t serve me, and they…
My actions are my only true belongings. – Thich Nhat Hanh Your legacy, what you truly leave behind, is what you’ve done. All your possessions are fleeting and can be lost in an instant — and will fade and decay anyway. What endures are the choices you made, the work you’ve done and lives you’ve touched….