Here’s a short, but oh so sweet, post from Seth Godin:
Hope is fuel, it moves us forward and it amplifies our best work.
Expectation is the killer of joy, the shortest route to disappointment. When we expect that something will happen, we can’t help but be let down…
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When we understand and respect the difference between hope and expectation, our work, and lives, transform.
We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are. – Jim Rohn What do you think of this? Your belief on this idea is one of the most important determinants to your level of peace, happiness, fulfillment and achievement.
“Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” – William James While the author of that quote may not have used the salty language in the title, I hope it got your attention. If I do have your attention, please allow me to invite you to get off your back-side in…
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle I am excited to write this post as…
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross For so many of us, this concept is foreign. What’s more, for those folks to be confronted with this truth, great upset would likely ensue. But…
I am reading Clayton Christensen’s (excellent) book How Will You Measure Your Life? (expect more posts inspired by this powerful book… ). On page 72, he says “Unless you manage it mindfully, your personal resource allocation process will decide investments for you according to the “default” criteria that essentially are wired into your brain and your…
If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. – Zig Ziglar If we’re not growing we’re dying (we’re dying anyway, but don’t let that get in my way here… ). When we seek and surmount challenges we get better. We become more confident and sure of ourselves. Isn’t that what we want? Is that…