You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. – Jerry West
If you only do things you feel like, you won’t make much progress. You’ll be lucky to “tread water.”
That might be okay for some people, but is it for you?
When you’re committed to things, to goals and priorities, you do what’s necessary – even you don’t feel like it.
One of the hardest things we could ever do is meet the expectation we hold of others, ourselves. That thought occurred to me this morning as I was driving to Starbucks for my morning coffee today. I was noticing that I was (allowing myself to) get annoyed with the driver in front of me. I…
What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity. – J. Sidlow Baxter This week has been a bit about language and meaning so I had* to share this quote. A key question is: what is our attitude towards…
When you know something you (merely) have recall of some information; when you’ve learned something you’re able to take positive and/or constructive action based on information.
I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy. – Marie Curie Success is simple, but hard work. There are no over-night successes or easy paths to riches. Whether it’s the “larger” progress Curie speaks of, or personal success, the truth is that the time must be devoted and the price…
He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything. – Benjamin Franklin How ya feeling? Good I hope. But I want to look at health from a slightly different perspective. Most people take the question “How’s your health?” to mean: how are you feeling physically and, perhaps, how are you in…
Some people have to do things. They “have to go to work.” They “have to pick their kids up.” They “have to [insert the onerous, terrible task].” There’s two levels of dysfunction here: 1) What about people who don’t have jobs? What about people that would love to have kids? Does anyone think they would say…