You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility. – Jim Rohn
Your ability is also a gift.
But for the gift to be anything, you must give it . . . you must use your abilities.
You must do.
You must serve.
You must share what you are and what you can do.
The World needs you. You are the only one who can do what you do.
Please do it.
The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before. – Albert Einstein I wonder more and more these days just how many things that we attribute to Einstein are actually his words. Regardless,…
If we don’t start, it’s certain we can’t arrive. – Jim Rohn What stops you from starting? How can you begin? What’s more important than the (false) safety of staying still?
No great thing is created suddenly. – Epictetus It can seem that way, but that’s not how it works. Anything takes time, great or not. To paraphrase Earl Nightingale, the time is going to pass anyway, why not do something towards greatness – it takes time after all.
“A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies.” – William Wrigley Jr. This is the fear Roosevelt was talking about… We each create our own reality (by how we think). When we think optimistic and* realistic thoughts we can meet any situation with strength, confidence and intelligence. When we don’t we will be hesitant,…
You’ve heard the saying “everything happens for a reason?” Well, nothing happens for a reason as well.* Just as there are no accidents in the Universe, and all effects have their causes, all lack-of-effects have their not-causes. Whatever we do or don’t have in our lives is the result of what we do or don’t…
This is a post from a mentor of mine that I had to share. I don’t gamble because I don’t want to start thinking I can get something for nothing – everything is earned. Here is Steve’s post in its entirety: The whole concept of the lottery is based on what Gandhi insisted was one…