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.
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is, it’s how we use it that makes things possible. – Henry Ford I love the reminder this quote offers. In considering this idea, remember that energy – which is what everything is – cannot be created or destroyed,…
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. – Marcus Antonius The quote requires a careful reading. You must be willing to consider that there are things that you think about that cause you anger and grief and things…
Today, and every Monday (at least for a while), I am going to review last week’s posts, choose one and create an action exercise based on some aspect of the post. This week’s Action Exercise (or at least that’s what I’m calling it right now) is investigating what it is we might really want, but…
I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson You should spend four times as much time dreaming as you do looking at the past. Really, it’s true, there have been numerous studies that have shown . . . . I’m kidding, there are no studies. And…
Success is a skill. It’s not something we arrive at, or get, or have bestowed upon us or finally possess. It’s something that must be developed, over time, and continually re-made and renewed. It’s what we choose to think. It’s how we choose to think. Are we choosing useful and constructive thoughts? Are we meditating and…