We Are All Crew-Members

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus I would tweak the above and say: instead of craving what you don’t have, set goals based on your best guess of what else you might want…

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt The best, and often hardest, thing to do is just to start: where you are; with what you have; now. Your choice is to do your best now or what until things are “just right” or “perfect.” They will never be…

“Pressure is a privilege.” – Larry Fitzgerald I have two things to say about this quote: 1) I have a list of people I want to meet and Larry Fitzgerald is on it. I saw him interviewed on a Sunday pre-game program one time and was very impressed by his philosophy, hard work and desire…

People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take. – Emma Goldman As we pause in the United States to have cook-outs and watch fireworks, let’s take a moment to reflect on what our Independence Day is all about. Back in 1776 Thomas Jefferson gave us…

Success is a skill. It’s not something we arrive at, or get, or have bestowed upon us or finally possess. It’s something that must be developed, over time, and continually re-made and renewed. It’s what we choose to think. It’s how we choose to think. Are we choosing useful and constructive thoughts? Are we meditating and…

We’re not always doing what we want to do (even if we don’t know what we want to do). So: we don’t know what we want to do, but we know it’s not this, and we’re dissatisfied. Or. We’re clear about what we want to be doing and where we want to be, but we’re…