Dreams vs. Goals

Fortune favors the audacious. – Erasmus Even the smallest audacaities matter. Sometimes just doing something a little daring, a tiny bit bold, is what sets you on a path that changes your life in wonderful and profound ways. Don’t worry that your boldness seems small; all that matters is that you act.

If you’re even willing to believe it’s possible, how do you transform negative interpretations about a situation, that you seem to keep holding? The answer, or at least part of the answer, is to uncover the story you have about how, somehow or another, holding on to that interpretation serves you (generally, serves your emotions)….

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle I am excited to write this post as…

. . . a little thin I’ll admit (so glad the “Cognitive and Physical Knowledge” post was drafted days ago) — I was focused on a special report I was writing. If you would like a copy so you can see what had me so distracted, leave a comment or click on the “contact” button on…

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. – Saint Basil People notice what you do. Sure, you can hurt people with words, or even uplift them for a time with what…

When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you. – Walter Payton Let people tell you how good you are. Don’t expect it, or hope for it, or seek it. Just be so good that people can’t help but notice.