I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Excellence is doing the right things.
Wisdom is doing them them at the right time.
Practice is how both happen.
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The little things are what makes up practice.
And the little things are what make big things.
There is the timeless, changeless core: our humanity — that which we truly ARE, what we have always been (regardless of our (sometimes) behavior to the contrary). And then there is the external: behavior — that which must interact and adapt, this is what leaders DO. The core is who they are, behavior is what they do….
I am trying something different on Fridays: I am going to offer an external resource for your education and evolution. I imagine most of these offerings will be videos and may require you to set aside a bit of time to view (like when you have your coffee on Saturday morning… ). The inaugural offering…
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius Arguing is generally a waste of time (but only 99% of the time) (better to have an actual conversation, where real listening takes place and ideas get exchanged and considered). There’s no point in debating what it is to be…
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. – Josh Billings Life is perfect. “Perfect” in the sense that everything happens because of the choices each of us makes, and the combination and accumulation of all of our choices. Things are perfect because they cannot be any other way….
A man who wants to do something will find a way; A man who doesn’t will find an excuse. – Stephen Dolley, Jr. It matters less what the ultimate result is; only that one has started, and worked, and learned, and adapted, and finished “something.” Or we can make up a story about why we can’t…
Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. – Gloria Steinem I’m single and looking. Or at least I used to be. A very good friend of mine has long advocated that the best way to find a compatible, and quality, mate is do the things…