Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. – William Ralph Inge
To echo Inge’s brilliant sentiment, (I’ve often said:) worry is a prayer for what you don’t want.
Focus on what you want.
(Don’t know what you want? Figure it out. And then… yeah, you guessed it: focus on it.)
There are seven days in a week and Someday isn’t one of them. – Unknown Whatever you want to do. Whatever you want to create. Whatever you want to become. Whatever relationship you want to start or repair. Begin now. Take some action now. The first step though, often isn’t the first step (at least…
Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint. – Emerson Yes, I am riffing off the recent political meme in the post title. (“Never let a crisis go to waste.” (Attributed, I believe, to Rahm Emanuel).) That aside, Emerson’s words are an extremely valuable reminder. We ignore “failures” and “calamities” at our peril. Every…
The mind is everything. What you think, you become. – Buddha I’ll keep posting stuff like this until I get it.* * * * * I’m working on it, but it make take a while . . . .
A Goal Without a Plan is Only a Dream… – Brian Tracy Dreams are nice. They are wonderful. They are absolutely necessary. Without dreams the world wouldn’t change for the better. With dreams your life won’t change for the better. * * * But dreams are not enough. You must create, deploy and update a…
Does the way you use language build you up, does it remind you of your strengths and potential, or does it subtly, gradually, break you down? Do you say “Sorry,” “It’s no big deal,” or any number of subtle ‘diminshers?’ Don’t think it matters? Don’t think the words you speak, internally and externally, impact your…
I watched this story on ESPN (watch the video, go ahead… it’s amazing) and was moved. “Moved” really doesn’t cover it though. Matt’s story penetrated to my core and helped me ask myself what am I allowing to get in my way. When I was real with myself about the things that I let stop me,…