Things will get better when you get better. – Brian Tracy
Absolutely.
But not unless, and until, you get better.
Better internal language/dialog
Better habits.
Better initiative and action-taking.
Better emotional intelligence.
Better exercise routine.
Better nutrition.
Better relationships.
Better saving/spending.
Better you.
There is a saying in Tibetan, “Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.” No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. – The Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) This reminds me of something I read – that really interested and…
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams. – Emerson Ideas are nothing, really, without action. I would put a slightly different twist on Emerson’s words by saying ideas not worked through the minds, hearts and bodies of men are mere fantasies….
“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” – Brian Tracy And – conversely – unsuccessful people are those with unsuccessful habits. It is truly staggering how much of our lives are automatic. On the one hand, it is this “automation” that makes a great deal of progress and ease possible. If we had to consider and…
The mind is everything. What you think you become. – Buddha An oldie, but a goodie. And still true.
Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe. The absolute balance of Give and Take, the doctrine that every thing has its price, — and if that price is not paid,…
Don’t do what you sincerely don’t want to do. – Ernest Hemingway The trick to saying “No.” when you should and “Yes.” when you should is clarity. Clarity about who and what you are (and that you do not derive your worth from the opinions of others). Clarity about your values (and that focusing on…