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
How much are you resisting what you do?
How many “have-tos” do you have in your life?
Ideally, life is a collection, and series of, “get-tos.”
What do you get to do?
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Gandhi Will, and its more common usage, willpower, is much talked about – and much mis-understood. People think will-power is something they need to get from outside themselves, and once they have it, they need to strengthen it and maintain it. Our…
No one ‘makes us angry.’ We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. – Jim Rohn I have little to add here. Only to ask, perhaps challenge, you to consider this and agree with it (which has tremendous implications for how you live) or to disagree (which too has tremendous implications for…
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby The interesting thing about fear of failure is that it’s just one form of the fear of change. What people really fear is change. Why? Because our emotional brain references ancient programming from early Man that…
[The essence of self-esteem:] “If I’m not on my team, why would anyone else be?” – Robery Downey, Jr. I heard Robert say that while being interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live. It’s sheer frickin’ genius. So simple, yet so profound – and surprisingly, something I’ve never heard anyone say (quite like that… ). I’m not,…
Most of us don’t believe we can ask for what we want – especially if what we want is amazing, even audacious. Well, we can. You can. There are two ways you can ask: 1) create a mind-shift whereby you just decide to; or 2) if that doesn’t seem possible, create the resources required for audacity….
Today’s post is a blatant rip-off of a mentor – but his words are so perfect, his message so on-point, I had to share it in its entirety. In an e-mail from Steve Chandler this morning, I found this gem of a message: If I walked in to your home office today I would find other…