One Way We Stop Being Learners

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you. – Zig Ziglar I love this quote because it illustrates, in a fun way, how to be really confident. (And, I love Zig Ziglar quotes!) *  *  * People sometimes confuse arrogance with confidence. Confidence is belief in yourself…

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. – Henry David Thoreau There’s a reason why the windshield is so much larger than the rear-view mirror. Ever think about why the rear-view mirror isn’t larger in a car? Probably not, because it’s just about the right size. We can learn a lot…

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. – Calvin Coolidge Don’t let the wish to do “everything” negate the necessity of doing something.

Is that a provocative enough title? Well, it’s true. So many people say they work best under deadline. They say that deadlines make them more focused, etc.. Unfortunately, they’re mistaken. Yes, deadlines often result in work activity, and usually completion, it is however, not the best one can do. If the measure is (for example):…

No one can lift a one-ton boulder. Anyone can lift a one-pound rock. But no one is going to bother to move 2,000 rocks, unless they have a goal of moving a ton of stone. That’s why we create big, seemingly unattainable, goals. Because the only way we’ll move 2,000 stones is with a big goals….

This video is amazing. Please watch it. I wish we had stuff like this in my country… Care to venture a guess as to why such a video – both the content and the style – is so unlikely in the USA? (This is an intentionally short post as I didn’t want to take away from the video’s…