High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. – Jack Kinder So many people have low expectations. It’s “safer” that way. If you don’t want much, you can avoid “failure.” The thing is there’s no such thing as failure, just results. Sometimes the results are not what we desired and/or anticipated. That’s…

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. – Winston Churchill We often think we have the right strategy, usually because it isn’t creating something painful or terrible, but don’t regularly examine our results. It’s a form of floating through life that’s really just avoiding pain. Sure, we make some plans and…

If the unexamined life is not worth living, . . . it’s equally true that the unlived life is not worth examining. – Parker Palmer This quote pretty much speaks for itself. Yes, we must examine our lives, and ourselves, continually throughout our lives, but that’s only half of what’s necessary. We must have a…

If you want to be miserable, get yourself a future. – Byron Katie There’s a difference between dreaming, goal-setting and planning for the future and being stuck there.* Which are you doing? How’s it going? ***** * Nothing happens in the future, only in the Now.

Sometimes Seth Godin puts out something so good I need to share it with you, in its entirety: Some people are able to reflect the light that lands on them, to take directions or assets or energy and focus it where it needs to be focused. This is a really valuable skill. Even more valuable,…

Huh? What’s a W.O.B. you may ask? It’s something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. W.O.B. stands for Way of Being (WOB). It’s a catch-all term for how you think, feel and act. And it’s so vitally important. I’ll be writing more about this in the future, but I wanted to share something…

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein I’ll grant you, not everything is going to feel like a “miracle.” But the bigger point here is that how you approach things matters. The set…