“We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.” – Seneca
I know that the title of this post is, at best, tortured language.
I wanted to get your attention and draw your attention to the Truth that we all will die.
Let me repeat that: we all will die.
So let’s live now, while we’re alive.
Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. – Unknown Through our socialization, and because of our nature as humans, we become like those around us. We become like our families,…
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States and I wanted to share some quotes and brief thoughts on gratitude and being thankful: “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust Honor those who, by their presence and way, make much…
No one can lift a one-ton boulder. Anyone can lift a one-pound rock. But no one is going to bother to move 2,000 rocks, unless they have a goal of moving a ton of stone. That’s why we create big, seemingly unattainable, goals. Because the only way we’ll move 2,000 stones is with a big goals….
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. – Michel de Montaigne The only things that are real are those things in front of you. Your opinion of things in front of you is not real. What’s actually in front of you is what’s real. You can only act on what’s…
The most difficult work many professionals do… is getting someone else to agree with their point of view and take action. The second most difficult work professionals do is developing a point of view in the first place. – Seth Godin Coaches ‘get’ people to (see their true) point of view and take action. We do…
As a coach I love questions. In fact, questions are coaching. It’s the willingness for the coach to be open to asking and not knowing that allows for the client to create their own answers – and the actions that follow. Here are three of my favorites: What do I really want? When you take the time to…