If one or two people tell you you’re an ass, you can ignore them. But if three or four people tell you you’re an ass, you might think about putting on a saddle. – Yiddish saying
The inverse is true as well.
If people keep telling you that you have gifts or talents, you must own them.
Hiding your light under a bushel only deprives the world of your light, and stifles your spirit.
“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.” – Jim Rohn The key to making affirmations useful is doing the work, consistently. Otherwise, you’re just fooling yourself.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. – Peter F. Drucker There’s a little saying that I like to remind myself of: How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything. Many may disagree, but it’s very useful for me. It reminds me that when I slack off, or do a…
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. – Ramana Maharshi I have been thinking a lot about how “personal development” works. How do we live a “good” life? How do we achieve our goals? How do we exist in a…
So, I watching the “The Good Wife” the other day and a lawyer who was leaving her current firm and highly-sought-after by many firms meets with Alicia (the main character) and asks: “What do you want?” Alicia’s reply (all the more honest as she had had a couple beers just recently) was: “I want to…
You can do anything once you stop trying to do everything. – Eric Barker Why would anyone try to everything anyways? One possibility: to please. Trying to please others. Trying to please the idea we have in our heads about what people want from us. Trying to do enough and make people happy. Why? Because…
With all the talk lately of win-at-all-costs and a general despair about the lack of character in sport, I am pleased to offer you an antidote. More importantly, I want to ask you what you would do in this situation? Please click here and watch this video. If I am honest I might have run…