Character vs. Reputation

Never give up on what you really want to do.  The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. – Albert Einstein Why? What is it about “big dreams” that trumps having “all the facts?” Facts, to some degree, are necessary, but they are indeed insufficient. Without the emotional power…

Just a quick post today; I wanted to share a great nugget from Seth Godin. It’ll take you less then two minutes to read (maybe less, I’m a slow reader sometimes), but you can implement it for years . . . Click here to read the post.

“Perfect” gets a bad rap. Why? Because it’s confused with “perfection” which is, non-ideal and non-resourceful. Things are perfect. And by “perfect” I mean they are just as they should be. There’s no way they could be any other way than how they are. Things are the way they are by virtue of the choices…

All we are is peace, love, and wisdom, and the power to create the illusion we’re not. – Jack Pransky Every instant of our life is a choice point. Through habit or conscious choice we decide what we’re going to do, or not do, and how we’re going to do it. These choices come from…

The “self-image” is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior. – Maxwell Maltz Ignoring self-image is akin to putting your car in Neutral and expecting to move forward (and, in some cases, like putting it in Reverse . . . ). It…

Today’s quote reminds us that there is no shame in falling, only in staying down. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius Where do you pick yourself up each time you fall? Give yourself some credit — you deserve it. Where do you stay down? What…