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 could you change to help yourself get up each time? Change a belief? An association? A relationship? Your environment?
Trustworthy. Respectable. Admirable. * * * Leadership, more than anything, is a personal relationship between leader and led. It’s not a hierarchical relationship, where one person has power and the other none. Sure, a leader must be technically savvy and proficient, s/he must know “the business,” but at its core, its most fundamental, leadership is…
“We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.” – Seneca I know that the title of this post is, at best, tortured language. I wanted to get your attention and draw your attention to the Truth that we all will die. Let me…
What happens when we die? I really don’t know. But I do know what happens when we stop living while we’re alive. We enjoy less, accomplish less and regret more. The cure is being present and aware. That’s how to live while you’re alive.
Everyone wants to be able to retire with financial security and peace-of-mind. Most people think they need a financial advisor to do so. In this (what turned out to be a long) post I will lay out the basic formula for retiring with enough, and how some types of financial advisors could leave us with…
I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the eighth one I am going…
High expectations are the key to everything. – Sam Walton What I’m about write may be semantics, but with humans, semantics are everything. Many people have expectations, especially of others. They are often hidden, or veiled and rarely if ever discussed. I want you to consider replacing the word “expectations” with either Agreements or Standards….