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.
“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” – William James Achieving a goal, making a change or completing a transition is gradual. It’s not (anything) like flipping a light switch. Sometimes it may seem like all of a sudden things are different, but such is an illusion. There may be a decisive event…
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson You can’t eliminate thought. Thought can be quieted and calmed, made more orderly and useful, but it can’t be turned off. Understanding this a key to using thought more resourcefully. I say that because when people hear about “positive…
I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful. – Johann Sebastian Bach Even Bach had to work his butt off. Our bodies and minds are made for work, hard work, and creativity, and sometimes making the impossible real. Do the work. Earn the rewards. For Bach it was…
If you want something you’ve never had, then you need to do something you’ve never done. – Ian Knabel This is true because what you’ve been “getting” is perfectly in-line with what you’ve been doing. Even if it’s just a slight tweak, you must adapt and learn and do new things if you want your…
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” – Ludwig Börne Sometimes the most powerful skill is knowing what to take away, what not to do. We tend to focus on what we must do,or add or expand. But what if the best thing we can do is stop doing something, or delete…
You may find the title of this blog post curious. How can being overweight be perfect? Because there’s no mystery about how one becomes overweight. Every person who isn’t at their Ideal Weight made a series of decisions that created their “overweight-ness.” Granted it’s a long series of small choices, but no one becomes overweight overnight….