A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. – Tom Stoppard
The great thing about stepping up and creating a great attitude within yourself, about modeling behavior, is that it confers (at least) two benefits: one you get to feel better and be more effective when you focus on the good and have a healthy attitude and two, you get to uplift others by modeling an attitude that works.
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. – Babe Ruth It’s hard to hit the ball, let alone a home run, if you’re unwilling to strike out. Because, to hit the ball you need to be willing to swing, and swinging means you’re going to miss sometimes, and sometimes you miss…
In an interview with Tim Ferriss I heard Tony Robbins say something very interesting. He mentioned the difference between emotional intelligence and emotional fitness. It was such a powerful distinction for me . . . . * * * Yes, the latter requires the former, but the former is (really) meaningless without the latter. Meaningless…
“The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen Covey The critical bit here is you must know your priorities to schedule them. Not: what’s demanding your attention from moment-to-moment, or the pressing thing, or what you want right now because you think it’ll make you…
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…
I read recently that the Dalai Lama said that enlightenment is love and insight working together, like wings on a bird. I love this idea because it conjures a rich metaphor for understanding our lives. Neither love or insight alone is enough to live well. Both must come together and act in concert for us to to…
Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. – Vida Scudder I offer this for your contemplation. A mentor of mine is a big fan of “creation.” Meaning, it’s better to be creating than anything else. Not the sort of “creativity” that we so…