Dreams and History
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson
Yes, the past is a good teacher . . . just don’t spend all your time in that classroom.
What do you believe in? How is you’re life right now? What is your life right now? THAT is what you believe in.
I have long thought about, and emphasized the importance of, understanding how the three sub-systems of our brain (reptilian, limbic and cortex) work together (and sometimes don’t) in creating our experience of life. Our experience can be made better, optimized even, if we bring sufficient understanding of how our brain works and awareness to our…
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It’s the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer The only thing that matters is what you do. To yourself: Yes, you are watching what you do all the time. To extent that you act in accordance with your Truth, you will build your self-esteem and respect. To the…
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry? – Zig Ziglar But your mind does “growl” when it’s hungry. It does by creating thoughts like: “I’m bored,” or “I don’t know how,” or “I don’t know what to do.” The key is to feed it resourceful and…
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill is a giant in the self-development canon. He is revered, and oft-quoted, by many. But many mis-understand – and un-duly dismiss – one of his more famous quotes. When Hill says anything we can conceive and believe, we can achieve, people scoff…
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…