No great thing is created suddenly. – Epictetus
It can seem that way, but that’s not how it works.
Anything takes time, great or not.
To paraphrase Earl Nightingale, the time is going to pass anyway, why not do something towards greatness – it takes time after all.
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi This is such a vital, critical truth. It’s true in two ways: First, our results – what we have created as a result of our actions – are 100%, no-exceptions, a mirror of our priorities. What we have or don’t have (good/bad relationships, healthy or un-healthy weight, sound finances or crushing…
If we don’t start, it’s certain we can’t arrive. – Jim Rohn What stops you from starting? How can you begin? What’s more important than the (false) safety of staying still?
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. – W. Somerset Maugham I said “money” in the title because I think that’s the key factor at play. One of my limiting beliefs about…
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu How much peace do you feel? You can feel more . . . . Get present. Be where you are.
“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” – Marshall McLuhan As a crew-member, are you pulling-your-own-weight? I’m not sure I always am, as much as I could . . . .
Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for only that falls within your control. – Epictetus One of the biggest realizations one can have is that focusing on what you control, to the exclusion of that which you can’t, is the best thing you can do to be productive, well-compensated, peaceful…