If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. – Zig Ziglar
If we’re not growing we’re dying (we’re dying anyway, but don’t let that get in my way here… ).
When we seek and surmount challenges we get better.
We become more confident and sure of ourselves.
Isn’t that what we want?
Is that what you want?
This week’s external resource isn’t what I set out to find. After checking Wharton’s Knowledge@Wharton, I went to my trusty stand-by: the HBR Blogs. But even there I didn’t find what I had initially sought: something by Umair Haque or Tony Schwartz. Instead, I found this great article by Judith Glaser. As soon as she mentioned cortisol…
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. – Og Mandino Everybody notices the big successes and the epic failures, but few recognize that both are made of myriad choices and non-choices, things you do and don’t do. Though it might seem it, life is not a smattering of resolutions, it…
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with…
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is, it’s how we use it that makes things possible. – Henry Ford I love the reminder this quote offers. In considering this idea, remember that energy – which is what everything is – cannot be created or destroyed,…
If one or two people tell you you’re an ass, you can ignore them. But if three or four people tell you you’re an ass, you might think about putting on a saddle. – Yiddish saying The inverse is true as well. If people keep telling you that you have gifts or talents, you must…
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) You can never love anyone more than you love yourself. You can never be happier than you think you deserve. You can never earn more than you think you’re worth. Whatever…