Good is not good where better is expected. – Thomas Fuller
Good is often all we strive for.
Or, more accurately, what we often settle for.
But good isn’t good when your standards are higher.
When you decide that merely “good” isn’t enough, your life will transform.
But you must make that decision for yourself – no one will do it for you.
To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates Putting aside the powerful notion that one does not find themselves, but rather creates themselves, let’s take what we can from Socrates words. If you keep using and thinking other people’s words, you will be living as a imitator, never really knowing who you are. As July…
This, according to the “Posts” section of my WordPress Dashboard is my 200th post. That’s pretty cool, but what does it mean? Well, as I have come learn, it means whatever I want it to mean. Primarily, I am going look at 200 posts as a testament to perseverance. I don’t always feel like writing five…
In a video Marshall Goldsmith (a respected and sought-after executive coach) talks about what he learned in regards to what truly matters in life. I am going to briefly summarize the six things Goldsmith says are necessary for a “good” life. * * * 1) Health I’ve often told myself the best investment I can make…
I have long thought about, and emphasized the importance of, understanding how the three sub-systems of our brain (reptilian, limbic and cortex) work together (and sometimes don’t) in creating our experience of life. Our experience can be made better, optimized even, if we bring sufficient understanding of how our brain works and awareness to our…
“To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.” – Mark Twain Your opportunity today (and always): to share your joy with others, and vice-versa.
If you want to get the best out of a person you must look for the best that is in him. – Bernard Haldane Which would you rather have: a boss who doesn’t know you very well and doesn’t give you challenging or interesting assignments, or one that gets to know you and asks you…