Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori proverb
Do you, typically, move away from what you don’t want, or towards what you do?
The latter is always preferable.
I know there are times when moving away is necessary.
Just make sure as you’re backing away you turn around and head towards what you want.
“Huh? What the heck is he talking about?” Excellent question. Allow me to explain: Human beings do some interesting things, some great, some good, some not-so-much. One of the things that we do that falls in the not-so-much category is dissonance resolution. First (an attempt at), a definition; Dissonance Resolution: in relation to people, ideas…
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become. – Jim Rohn Trying to be “successful” is like trying be at your destination while on the journey. You can’t be anywhere other than where you are. You don’t get to successful, you do the things that create success. And…
Our mindset is everything. How and what we think about everything matters. It’s not enough to say that mindset creates our lives (although it does), it’s more accurate to say that mindset is our lives. To help understand mindset I want to share an idea I had the other day. I want to share a progression…
I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. – J.C. Penney To the extent that you reject, or separate yourself from, your challenges you will fail to experience real growth….
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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…