How To Live (not merely exist . . . )

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein The idea that our language creates our world (each of our worlds… ) is very compelling for me. I have long said that humans are meaning-seeking and meaning-creating creatures. We must not only understand our world, but make sense of it,…

“You are the way you are because that’s the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now.” – Fred Smith Do you embrace the above statement? Seeing it as an opportunity to tell yourself the Truth and begin the process…

With all the talk lately of win-at-all-costs and a general despair about the lack of character in sport, I am pleased to offer you an antidote. More importantly, I want to ask you what you would do in this situation? Please click here and watch this video. If I am honest I might have run…

“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.” – Stephen Covey When we learn that what we do matters, we more carefully – and intentionally – do what we do. When we learn to do…

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.” – Jonathan Swift This reminds me of an oft-quoted line: when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Both are excellent reminders that our perceptions and ways of seeing things are habits (that…

It just occurred to me that maybe I’ve never really understood “motivation.” Oh sure, I’ve learned that it’s better to be inspired than motivated and better to motivated than coerced. But what is motivation, really? Motivation isn’t something real or actual. It’s a word that describes what happens when one puts a motive into action….