A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. – Howard Schultz
People who really, truly, believe in luck think they don’t get any.
People who are happy, productive and content know there’s no such thing as “luck.”
Luck is preparedness meeting opportunity (and some clarity, passion and non-attachment doesn’t hurt either . . . ).
This week is the week of unwitting guest bloggers (i.e. where I blatantly rip off other people’s content because I’m too lazy to write my own stuff). Today I steal from one of the greats, Seth Godin: Turning passion on its head Instead of, “do what you love,” perhaps the more effective mantra for the…
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…
“You are the way you are because that’s the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now.” – Fred Smith Do you embrace the above statement? Seeing it as an opportunity to tell yourself the Truth and begin the process…
If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprise are built from the ground up. – Lou Gerstner The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small…
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man’s wisdom even if he associates with a sage. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) I don’t want to comment too much on this one, other than to say you must be open to learning…
If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough. – Vince Lombardi If you’re not making mistakes: you’re playing it safe; you’re playing small; you’re not using all your talents and abilities; you’re wasting the gift that is your life; you’re living in a way that you’ll feel guilty about later; you’re . ….