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.
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…
I just listened to a great edition of the Good Life Project podcast. I highly recommend the conversation Jonathan has with Laura Vanderkam. My key takeaway was something that I’ve thought and kind of believed, but hadn’t yet really come to full realize: time is a choice. If that’s true though, that how we use…
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. – Vincent van Gogh Greatness is lasting. Greatness is intentional. Greatness is important. * * * The things that last take: time, and effort, and planning, and adjusting along-the-way, and sacrifice. The things that aren’t easy come from deep…
How you see yourself determines what you’ll do. How clearly you see what you want to do determines what you’ll accomplish. Your self-concept and beliefs about what you think you can and can’t do and so important to what you’ll even attempt. If you don’t think you’re worthy or capable you won’t even start. And,…
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“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.” – Dale Carnegie This quote was a bit revelatory for me. It shouldn’t have been, but it was. It makes sense though, when I work hard, at something worthwhile and authentic I am often energized (not fatigued… ). How often do…