Being Open

You might not want to do everything you imagine, but you can’t do anything you can’t imagine doing. I pondered over the above words a fair amount. I wanted them to be expansive and positive, while still defensible against critics and pessmists. I wanted them to strike a balance between what people often see as…

Happiness is whatever we think it is. *  *  * Happiness comes from our Experience of Life. Our Experience of Life comes from our Emotions. Our Emotions come from our Thoughts. *  *  * What do you think?

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson You can’t eliminate thought. Thought can be quieted and calmed, made more orderly and useful, but it can’t be turned off. Understanding this a key to using thought more resourcefully. I say that because when people hear about “positive…

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. – Zig Ziglar Normally, people think of these things in terms of outward expressions of the above, but what if they were viewed through an inward looking lens? What if instead of thinking what you need to, or should, do…

The level to which your career or business develops will never be higher than the level of your personal development. If you want more success: more money, more time, more energy, you must develop yourself. *  *  * Believe it or not the title of this blog post was difficult for me to write. I am…

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. – Peter F. Drucker There’s a little saying that I like to remind myself of: How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything. Many may disagree, but it’s very useful for me. It reminds me that when I slack off, or do a…