Be Worthy

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. – Annie Dillard Humans are distractible. Humans thrive on the feeling (and reality) of progress. But if we’re not intentional and don’t have a system, we won’t make any progress. The primary reason so few people don’t have what they want is because they aren’t willing to write it…

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” – David Allen So much of the stress of modern life is worrying about what we think we need to do and worrying about forgetting what we think we need to do. Putting aside whether or not many of the things we worry about (and do,…

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce As we, in the United States, take a day to honor those who gave their lives in battle, for our country, let us ponder that ultimate sacrifice. Let us examine ourselves as…

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung I love how this illustrates one of the things I like to say to myself when I’m annoyed by others: “what is it about me, that I don’t like about you.”

I was listening to Tripp Lanier interview Mark Divine on his New Man podcast (good stuff… ) and Commander Divine talked about how life is sort of like business, or the economy, in that it’s a progression, over time, with peaks and valleys. Life – but certainly not a successful, satisfying, joyful, useful life – can be linear…

“We must be the epitome — the embodiment — of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become. ” – Earl Nightingale What we are, we attract. What we lack, whether in belief or fact, we repel….