Believe You Can and You Will

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision. – Helen Keller When Helen Keller talks about blindness and vision we are well-advised to pay attention. This quote reminds me of something similar: the only thing worse than someone who can’t read is someone who can and doesn’t. So, what’s our…

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” – Earl Nightingale Earl Nightingale is one the greats in personal development; if you haven’t listened to one of his audio programs, do so.

This post focuses on the first competence of Emotional Intelligence*, Emotional Self-awareness (contained within the Self-Awareness Domain): Leaders high in emotional self-awareness are attuned to their inner signals, recognizing how their feelings affect them and their job performance. They are attuned to their guiding values and can often intuit the best course of action, seeing…

There’s good reason to fear change, at least in the context of biology. Long time ago, doing things differently would most likely get you dead. Taking a different route, hunting a new valley, etc., often meant confronting dangers that could — and would — kill you, eat you, or otherwise make you dead. We are…

I am reading a great book by Ronald and Mary Hulnick, “Loyalty to Your Soul” and have to share something I read: “How we relate to an issue is the issue.” This is such a powerful idea. “Issues” are happening all the time. How we decide to interact with them makes all the difference. When we…

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing. – Jim Rohn The things your heart yearns for, the things you know you were made for, must…