No one can lift a one-ton boulder.
Anyone can lift a one-pound rock.
But no one is going to bother to move 2,000 rocks, unless they have a goal of moving a ton of stone.
That’s why we create big, seemingly unattainable, goals.
Because the only way we’ll move 2,000 stones is with a big goals.
And the only way to move a ton of rock is stone by stone.
Picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already achieved your goal. See yourself doing the things you will be doing when you’ve reached your goal. – Earl Nightingale Funny thing about the mind: turns out it can’t really tell the difference between something that has actually happened and something vividly imagined. Studies have shown that…
I subscribe to one of Brian Tracy’s newsletters and in just the first paragraph of his latest missive I was inspired to write a blog post. The line that got me thinking was: “When Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” he was saying that the emotion of…
According to Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary (Unabridged, Second Edition) there are 16 definitions of character; I will list those relevant here: 7. an individual’s pattern of behavior or personality; moral constitution; 8. moral strength, self-discipline, fortitude, etc.; 9. reputation; 12. a statement about the behavior, qualities, etc. of a person; recommendation. What character does is…
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…
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. – John Wooden Your greatest – and longest lasting – growth will come from you regularly examining the gap between what you do and what you were capable of doing. By continually examining your results, your honest-to-goodness output against…
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. – Japanese Proverb You have a wonderful dream. A magnificent vision of the future. A future filled with joy, service and fulfillment. We all do. Without action however it is meaningless. You must act. You must take steps, both small and large – all the time….