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.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trial. – Confucius If everything is easy, nothing is valued. If nothing is valued, life has little meaning. A life without meaning is the greatest misery a human can know. * * * Work hard. Get your hands dirty. Fail,* regularly. Fall down and…
Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit. – Edward Abbey You are not made of metal or plastic. You are made of nature. You must regularly, and consciously, return to nature to renew your connection to what you are. Nurture your spirit with what it is – be in nature.
Everyone (in self-help and related fields), it seems, talks about “loving-what-you-do.” And how they have the formula/process/program/book to help you do it. It’s bad advice and a disservice to promise such. Putting aside my theory about how purpose is not outside us and nothing we need discover or create (it’s within and covered by by “crap”)…
I’m in the Transformation Story business – to go from where you are to who you want to be. I help my clients to create transformations in their lives. In Life we’re in one of three modes: Stagnation, Transformation or Evolution. Stagnation is where most people are. They’re stuck (but don’t know it). They’re reacting to life. Worst…
If you’re even willing to believe it’s possible, how do you transform negative interpretations about a situation, that you seem to keep holding? The answer, or at least part of the answer, is to uncover the story you have about how, somehow or another, holding on to that interpretation serves you (generally, serves your emotions)….
The root of all health is in the brain. The trunk of it is in emotion. The branches and leaves are the body. The flower of health blooms when all parts work together. – Kurdish saying Your thoughts create your emotions and your emotions fuel your actions. Good health begins with healthy thoughts. What do…