People die of fright and live of confidence. – Henry David Thoreau
Fright, dread, (dis)stress, angst, anxiety . . . fear is caustic, it’s poisonous, it’s not good for your soul.
Confidence, hope, joy, determination, self-assurance, faith . . . love is life-giving, it’s what feeds your soul.
What matters here is focus.
What you focus on expands.
Focus on the good.
Focus on confidence.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry? – Zig Ziglar But your mind does “growl” when it’s hungry. It does by creating thoughts like: “I’m bored,” or “I don’t know how,” or “I don’t know what to do.” The key is to feed it resourceful and…
We hear a lot about soft skills (emotional intelligence (EI) and the like). I’ve always been a bit bothered by the characterization of such vital skills as “soft.” With the exception of such things as pillows and the like, “soft” is a pejorative – especially for men. I’m here to shift that. From now on, let’s…
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,…
I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. – Jim Rohn Sometimes people get confused about how to be successful. They think it takes something they don’t have, things others were born with. It’s just not so. First, success is an individual thing and second it’s a process. Success is what you decide it be (even if…
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby Why? Because you are going to “fail” along the way . . . . But, of course, there’s nothing wrong with failure. Failure is just a concept. It’s a word that we imbue with meaning, and…