A Step Towards Integrity

You can tell me what you want, what you dream about, what your “Ideal Life” would be, what you want to start or stop, . . . , but all that matters is what you do. At the end of the day: behavior always wins. All that – really – matters is action. Of course, emotions beget…

Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect. – T. Harv Eker The question: “how are things?” usually gets me to thinking about what Thomas Leonard calls the Perfection of Now. Or, how…

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…

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear. – Cheri Huber Huh? Has Matt gone mad!? Nope, just wanted to get your attention. Now that, I hope, I have it, I’ll make my point. When we choose the safe and known over what we fear (and “fear” includes: merely being uncomfortable, a little anxious, a…

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.

This week is the week of unwitting guest bloggers (i.e. where I blatantly rip off other people’s content because I’m too lazy to write my own stuff). Today I steal from one of the greats, Seth Godin: Turning passion on its head Instead of, “do what you love,” perhaps the more effective mantra for the…