Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. – Og Mandino
Of course you can never fail, because every action produces a result (even if only to teach you a difficult lesson).
When your determination to succeed is strong enough whatever happens – good or bad – is just part of the journey.
If we don’t start, it’s certain we can’t arrive. – Jim Rohn What stops you from starting? How can you begin? What’s more important than the (false) safety of staying still?
I wanted to pass along a great opportunity to get a neat Kindle (or paperback) book and help save lives in Africa. A few days ago I received an e-mail from Seth Godin about the Malaria No More project: I buy a Kindle book — with neat/cool/provocative/juicy/thought-provoking/useful/inspiring contributions from 61 authors — for $20 and $20 goes…
Do not inflict your will. Just give love. The soul will take that love and put it where it can best be used. – Emmanuel Just serve. Be of service. Discern your gifts, and talents, and strengths and give them to the World. Be careful to notice what works and what reflects back love, and who…
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity.” – Tom Peters A mentor of mine once said that how you do one thing is how you do everything. While I don’t buy into that notion completely (only 99.999%), I do use the idea as a guiding principle — and it informs my…
This week’s external resource is an inspirational video, an excellent reminder that with uncertainty comes opportunity and from challenge comes growth. What we focus on matters. We create our realities by the thoughts we think, and especially, the thoughts we repeat. Enjoy the video, be inspired and take action on your dreams…
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle I am excited to write this post as…