When you’re going somewhere you’ve never been to, what do you do?
Do you just wing it?
Do you just start driving and figure it’ll all work out?
Of course not, but that’s what so many people do with their lives.
Sure, they might have a vague plan, likely a mash-up of family and social expectations, but they don’t have a clear, measurable and authentic plan.
And to paraphrase Jim Rohn: if you don’t have a plan for your life, someone else will, and their plan won’t benefit you.
Today’s post is a blatant rip-off of a mentor – but his words are so perfect, his message so on-point, I had to share it in its entirety. In an e-mail from Steve Chandler this morning, I found this gem of a message: If I walked in to your home office today I would find other…
Aren’t desires bad? Don’t desires lead to suffering? Isn’t that what Buddha would say? If I recall, Buddha would say that cravings and attachments lead to suffering. Desires are a natural part of life. Properly understood* desires are healthy. Authentic** desires are healthy. * * * * To properly understand your desires you must know yourself,…
In terms of dreams/goals/desires there are only three variations: 1) Things You Want 2) Things You Don’t (Really) Want 3) Things You Think You Can’t Have * * * Just stating that’s there’s a mere trinity of “things-we-want” is likely to rub some the wrong way. But it’s true. Let’s take #1: Things You Want….
Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding. – Anonymous Sometimes the effort and energy expended in fighting and resisting is best spent accepting and forgiving. Sometimes it’s best to let the storm pass and learn what you can.
Our aspirations are our possibilities. – Robert Browning I can’t guarantee that you will achieve everything you attempt. In fact, I’m sure you (and I) won’t succeed 100% of the time. But, we almost guarantee that we won’t achieve something, if we don’t believe we can. When we have ideas about what we want and…
Rather than blather on about why mindfulness is so important and what you can do to increase your ability to act in the moment with awareness, compassion and intelligence, I am going to send you to an article: click here to read what a search engine company teaches more and more of its employees.