The First Step

Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. – Roald Dahl You must believe, first. And, to the extent you believe, you will have energy, purpose and staying power. But…

Work Comes First

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price. – Vince Lombardi Despite what you may have heard, you must do the work to have the reward. But the cool thing…

Why Goals Matter

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. – Earl Nightingale Doing what I do and having read what I’ve read, I’ve noticed that there’s a great deal of debate on how to do goals properly. But what I’ve found is that the great “difference” isn’t between the different ways to set and achieve…

Confidence is Key

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. – Cicero Putting aside whether life is a “race, and what sort of race it is if we see as such, we must believe in ourselves. There’s really not much…

How Hard Is It?

If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. – Steve Jobs How much are you resisting what you do? How many “have-tos” do you have in your life? Ideally, life is a collection, and series of, “get-tos.” What do you get…

Why Be Happy?

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. – Robert Louis Stevenson . . . because it has two important benefits: 1) you get to be happy 2) you serve as a living, breathing model of what to do….