There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. – Robert Louis Stevenson
. . . because it has two important benefits:
1) you get to be happy
2) you serve as a living, breathing model of what to do.
The Worlds are better when you’re happy (your world. i.e. your experience; and the larger World benefits by having another happy person in it.)
“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin Pretty self-explanatory, but I’ll buttress the sentiment with what is arguably my personal motto* (borrowed from Viv Savage, the keyboard player in This Is Spinal Tap): “Have a good time, all…
A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. – B. F. Skinner Where do you think you’ve “failed?” Have you given up on “that?” What if you took what you learned and began again, more intelligently? What if…
Everybody’s heard the saying “That which does not kill you makes you stronger,” Nietzsche I believe said it, or something very similar. It’s wrong though, or at least woefully incomplete. (Or, it’s incomplete in the way we use the words these days.) Nowadays people think that if bad stuff happens to you, you get stronger….
What do you want? I mean, what do you really, really want? * * * (Assuming you came up with what you really, really want:) What do you want more? Huh? Whatever it is that you have (now), is what you want more. WHAT!? Whatever it is you want most is what you are creating….
I’d say probably my greatest strength is my curiosity about getting better. – Urban Meyer Being a life-long learner is one of the keys to living a good life. One of the keys to being an effective learner is consistently asking good questions – questions that serve you and your growth. One of my favorite questions…
Seth Godin wants to know: Which of the four are getting in the way? You don’t know what to do You don’t know how to do it You don’t have the authority or the resources to do it You’re afraid Once you figure out what’s getting in the way, it’s far easier to find the…