When you “quit,” you decide something isn’t worth continuing. Sometimes it makes sense to quit; to stop something that either wasn’t worth starting (but you only know that now) or isn’t worth continuing. Even if you have invested time, energy and money in something, sometimes it’s better to cut your losses and stop. * * * Giving…
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. – William James I’m sure I’ve blogged on this quote before, but it bears repeating – at least for me. As I learned from a mentor, our lives are…
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. – Henry Stimson Who do you wish you could trust? Trust them. Go ahead, it will be okay. * * * But, “What if they abuse that trust!?” you object? Create a life impervious to the actions of others – a life free of attachments,…
I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. – J.C. Penney To the extent that you reject, or separate yourself from, your challenges you will fail to experience real growth….
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is, it’s how we use it that makes things possible. – Henry Ford I love the reminder this quote offers. In considering this idea, remember that energy – which is what everything is – cannot be created or destroyed,…
The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things. – G. K. Chesterton * * * It wasn’t until I got to college that I really began to wake up to the idea that I didn’t know things. * * * As I progressed through college I – luckily – learned that…
Practice is the best of all instructors. – Publius Syrus In fact, it is really the only true instructor in that you only actually learn something when you actually do* the thing. * * * * And the more you do it, the deeper the learning.