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?
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber Thurber’s words are so profound, so amazing, so perfect . . . all I am going to is reiterate his message: What are you running from? What are you running to? Why
The genesis of this post was wanting to sketch where I keep my “Cash & Equivalents.” Meaning: the money I want to keep as safe as possible, while earning the best yield, that I will need in two years or less. Before I get to the nitty-gritty on that, I want to begin by laying…
People like to play with the letters of “fear” and make them into cute little acronyms. Some of them are actually useful, one comes to mind: False Evidence Appearing Real. Fear stops so many people from doing what they want to do that I feel compelled to introduce my own little riff on the four…
It’s “interesting” how some people just don’t understand how mortgage rates work. There’s a train of thought that says: “as the Fed lowers interest rates mortgage rates will come down.” That’s just not so. The Fed only controls the Fed Funds Rate, which does impact floating rate instruments, like, say, credit cards and high-yield savings…
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. – Ancient Chinese Proverb As a coach this is something that I occasionally encounter: working with a client who says they want to change, but doesn’t take action (or takes incomplete action). It’s important to understand that change is hard. We are genetically programmed to avoid…
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock There’s so much “out there,” but what you see is depends on what you look for. It also depends on what you’re willing to see. * * * What do you look for? What are you willing to see? The answer to those…