“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin
Pretty self-explanatory, but I’ll buttress the sentiment with what is arguably my personal motto* (borrowed from Viv Savage, the keyboard player in This Is Spinal Tap):
“Have a good time, all the time.”
Both quotes are genius – and all we need aspire to.
* Not always in deed, sometimes only in word, but always in spirit…
“Do you have habits, or do your habits have you?” – Brian Tracy I heard that this morning while listening to his audio program “Focal Point” (one of my favorite programs of his) in the car. It hit me particularly hard as I know, deep-down, that many of my habits don’t serve me, and they…
Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso I love the saying: without sales there is no business. It’s so true. Unless the key activity of a business is done, and repeatedly so, there is no actual business. The same is true of success, and achievement. Without: action; movement; making some mistakes; learning;…
How we use our brain and mind is fundamental to our experience of life. Both our day-to-day experience and our overall level of achievement and fulfillment are directly tied to how we think and feel. And how we use our brain and mind is how we think and feel. * * * I’ve studied the…
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. – Pema Chodron Isn’t it great that no one is perfect? Well, we…
The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price. – Vince Lombardi Despite what you may have heard, you must do the work to have the reward. But the cool thing…
Whether or not we realize it, when we’re in an enjoyable, positive situation, that is about to end, we have a choice: to either be present and savor the time left or jump to the future, prematurely lamenting the end of the wonderfulness. Choose to be present. Choose to savor.