Hope isn’t a strategy, but it is an awfully good tactic. – Seth Godin
The above is from a short, but sweet, blog post.
So many people think that because most of the things that are achieved are small, that small goals are the only ones that are realistic – the only ones worth pursuing.
Wrong.
That’s just the way it appears.
The determining factor is the quality of (overall) strategy, execution and adjustment over time.
“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs In a way, what Steve is talking about is whether one is on authentically chosen path, and is part of something larger than one’s self – or something else. The “something…
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. – Benjamin Disraeli This is why I am a coach. What are your riches? What are your talents, skills and strengths? Look for them and they are there. Find them – use them – and…
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. – Pablo Picasso Some people have a vague sense that we can play a role in how things seem. But this sense is – generally – woefully incomplete, and below (our) consciousness. We do play a role in how things…
Positive Thinking, by itself, isn’t much, and it’s certainly not sufficient. Positive thinking without constructive visualization and consistent action/adaptation is like pizza without sauce, and cheese, and toppings, and an oven, and someone skilled to make the pizza and bake, and slice, it — it’s just dough. Positive thinking when combined with vivid and emotionally charged…
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. – Henry Miller Sometimes we have to surrender. We need to give our selves to what we truly want and what we’re really capable of, to break free of the lives we have created so far. As…
Well, I hope that headline got your attention. I’m working on SEO-friendly post titles and thought, no wait, I’m not doing that . . . . But these six things will indeed get in your way every time and you need to read this article by (one of) the grand-fathers of personal development, Jim Rohn….