Are You Doing Things, Or . . .

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of. – Henry Wheeler Shaw Whether it’s debt, or a relationship that isn’t working out, or a tool that you paid good money for (that didn’t live up to its original promise… ), once we’re in something, we’re often…

You can do anything once you stop trying to do everything. – Eric Barker Why would anyone try to everything anyways? One possibility: to please. Trying to please others. Trying to please the idea we have in our heads about what people want from us. Trying to do enough and make people happy. Why? Because…

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein Success is an abstract, relative term. It’s a made-up thing, it doesn’t actually exist anywhere, like “time.” (You can show me a clock, but you can’t show me time . . . .) And it…

Who do you need to apologize to? I’m sure there’s at least one person. Go to them and apologize for your poor behavior. Do this with no expectation of forgiveness or understanding. Do it because it’s the right thing to do. To the extent that you have unresolved issues, things that don’t fit with your real…

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. – Robert Oxton Bolton One way I understand what beliefs are is to say they are thoughts we have don’t question and continue to think (albeit largely unconsciously). I love how Bolton describes a belief as idea…

We all have dreams.  But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens And how clear are they? These “dreams?” If you have goals, then you’ve (actually) clarified your dreams. If not, your dreams are in danger of becoming fantasies. (And…