A Life Not Needing Escape

One theory says that if you treat people well, you’re more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all the effort pay off. Do this, get that. Another one, which I prefer, is that you might consider treating people with kindness merely because you can. Regardless of what they choose to do…

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – The Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) Happiness is not something you buy. Happiness is not some place you get to. Happiness is not something you trade misery for. Happiness is something you create – by your thoughts, feelings and actions. What…

If you have more than three priorities, you don’t have any. – Darren Hardy Priorities are a combination of goals and what matters to you now – right now, today, this week and this month. When you prioritize something you make something more than just a goal, more than something you will work on if you…

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” – Brian Tracy And – conversely – unsuccessful people are those with unsuccessful habits. It is truly staggering how much of our lives are automatic. On the one hand, it is this “automation” that makes a great deal of progress and ease possible. If we had to consider and…

Before I let you go for the weekend, here’s something I found on Darren Hardy’s Facebook page: You get in life what you create. Expectation drives the creative process. What do you expect? You expect whatever it is you’re thinking about. Your thought process, the conversation in your head, is at the base of the…

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. – Babe Ruth It’s hard to hit the ball, let alone a home run, if you’re unwilling to strike out. Because, to hit the ball you need to be willing to swing, and swinging means you’re going to miss sometimes, and sometimes you miss…