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.
Today’s words of wisdom apply in myriad ways. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein Of course, intellectual growth should always continue in one’s life, but there are other key areas as well. Our physical, emotional and spriritual growth and development must continue throughout our lives, if we…
Stephen Covey (a wonderful author and teacher) says the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Wise counsel indeed. I want you consider that the Main Thing (in life) is: to know and do what you must, to get from where you are, to who you need to be. Did you…
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi This is such a vital, critical truth. It’s true in two ways: First, our results – what we have created as a result of our actions – are 100%, no-exceptions, a mirror of our priorities. What we have or don’t have (good/bad relationships, healthy or un-healthy weight, sound finances or crushing…
I subscribe to the Early to Rise daily newsletter and I don’t think I’ve read one that wasn’t useful in one way or another. Some are particularly good. Every once in a while, I want to share something from one I’ve read. Today’s (I am writing this on 2/6/13) main article was Mark Ford listing…
As a coach I love questions. In fact, questions are coaching. It’s the willingness for the coach to be open to asking and not knowing that allows for the client to create their own answers – and the actions that follow. Here are three of my favorites: What do I really want? When you take the time to…
I read a Early To Rise newsletter (penned by Craig Ballantyne) recently that really put into sharp focus something I’ve thought about, and had an inkling about, for a while now: how do we get the things we really want to accomplish done and have more freedom? Craig states: “The More Structure You Have In Your…