“Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” – William James
While the author of that quote may not have used the salty language in the title, I hope it got your attention.
If I do have your attention, please allow me to invite you to get off your back-side in regards to something that needs action in your life.
Go ahead… trust your gut on what to do – it’ll be okay.
Are you disaster-tolerant? (Do you have reserves?) This question is well-posed in Seth Godin’s blog post (here it is in its entirety): Not all disasters can be avoided. Not all disasters are fatal. If you accept these two truths, your approach to risk will change. If you build a disaster-tolerant nation or project or lifestyle,…
You are what you think you are. What do you think you are? * * * You are who you think you are. Who do you think you are? * * * The answers determine what you’re willing to try, what you think you can do and what you deserve. What are your answers? Do they support…
Huh? What’s Matt on about now? A “one-footer?” I was watching a Brendon Burchard video where he was talking about limiting beliefs and how they don’t really limit us, unless we focus on them to the exclusion of other thoughts. It got to me to thinking. There are people that drive their cars with one…
What if there was one thing you could do that make every area of your life better? What if you could improve your mood, your attitude and approach to any – and every – situation just by changing one thing? What if you could earn more money, accomplish more, have more fun, enjoy your relationships…
I was reading a great article from Mark Manson wherein he introduces a Law. He calls it Manson’s Law of Avoidance and it goes as follows: The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it. This is such a valuable thought and insight. It explains why we so often don’t do…
I have long held humans are meaning-seeking and meaning-creating creatures. Language is our primary tool of meaning creation and transmission. The words we use create our lives, both individually and organizationally. If you work in an organization (of any sort, or size) the words that are chosen, and repeated, make a huge difference. Take a…