Get On A Bus!
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming. – Richard Branson
But if you never get on one you’ll never go anywhere.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw The only thing you’ll “find” when you look for yourself is who you were. That kind of thinking puts you, and points towards, the past. Nothing can be done, or made, or created, in the past.* Look to create yourself. That happens in…
Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people. – Zig Ziglar . . . is to learn from the mistakes of other people. And, to learn from the successes of other people. Every day we have the choice to be learners, and doers. Or we…
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – William Shedd Of course we cannot spend all our time in the “harbor.” A boat is for sailing, and fulfilling the intent of the boat; it might be a fishing boat, or a container ship, or a kayak… Every boat has…
Are you a manager of your circumstances or a creator of your life? Do you (merely) react to what happens and “make the best of it?” Or are you clear about what you want your life to be about and are actively implementing a plan to create what you want? Are you a manager or…
“In absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia, until we ultimately become enslaved by it.” – Robert Heinlein How do you decide what you are going to do each day? The better, more relevant, useful question is do you decide what to do each day? Few people do. Decide what…
. . . make any New Year’s Resolutions. They. Don’t. Work. The whole thing is an artificial construct that only makes you feel about yourself (and gives you a bad impression of goal-setting and achievement). What should you do instead? Well, you shouldn’t do anything. (Do things because you clearly and authentically want to do them.)…