How To “Fail” Without Trying

Imagine I offered to give you $5 each day, for a year, beginning on January 1. The 1st comes and I give you five dollars, and the next day, and the next and I was consistent in giving you the five dollars for say, three weeks. But ’round the 20th of the month I miss…

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely* try to help another without helping himself. – Emerson Everything is sticky, whether you’re generous or stingy, helpful and conniving, thoughtful or selfish, . . .  everything rubs off on you. Be very careful what you rub up against – whether it’s…

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. – Jonas Salk We are made to love, to create, to work and toil and then recover, recharge and appreciate and begin again. The only way we get to begin again is to finish what we start. So, work hard, finish,…

Everyone wants to be appreciated.  So if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret. – Mary Kay Ash Is it a wonderful, great, generous idea and practice to acknowledge and appreciate others? Absolutely. But you can’t give what you don’t see in yourself. What can you appreciate about you today? Take a minute and, sincerely,…

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin Today is Labor Day here in the United States (of America). I am thinking this week would be a good one for some thoughts and questions on work and purpose. Today, before heading…

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but also the parent of all the others. – Cicero When we are grateful we create constructive, useful and, yes, positive, emotions. It is with these constructive emotions that we can move forward and take action. When we are grateful we focus on what we have already…