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?
The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price. – Vince Lombardi Despite what you may have heard, you must do the work to have the reward. But the cool thing…
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein The idea that our language creates our world (each of our worlds… ) is very compelling for me. I have long said that humans are meaning-seeking and meaning-creating creatures. We must not only understand our world, but make sense of it,…
People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take. – Emma Goldman As we pause in the United States to have cook-outs and watch fireworks, let’s take a moment to reflect on what our Independence Day is all about. Back in 1776 Thomas Jefferson gave us…
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin Today is Labor Day here in the United States (of America). I am thinking this week would be a good one for some thoughts and questions on work and purpose. Today, before heading…
The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, ‘If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.’ Now I say, ‘I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.’ – Jim Rohn Is this…
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little ‘extra’. – Jimmy Johnson Just as no achievement is created with one act, neither is there a tremendous gulf between decent and great. At least not in each act along the way. Sure, the difference between doing nothing and something is great, but it’s generally not…