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 . . . ).
Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead. – Tom Peters The only job security, if there is such a thing, is intelligently growing your skills and abilities to meet future challenges and opportunities with ambition, capability and capacity. What your learning plan? How are you growing?
I really like the show Hard Knocks (HK) on HBO. I enjoy watching (American) football on Sundays, but HK gives a level of access and insight that is very interesting. I take a number of lessons from my interests (I’ve learned a lot about life from the lyrics of Neil Peart and John Hiatt… )…
I subscribe to the Early to Rise daily newsletter and I don’t think I’ve read one that wasn’t useful in one way or another. Some are particularly good. Every once in a while, I want to share something from one I’ve read. Today’s (I am writing this on 2/6/13) main article was Mark Ford listing…
Are you disaster-tolerant? (Do you have reserves?) This question is well-posed in Seth Godin’s blog post (here it is in its entirety): Not all disasters can be avoided. Not all disasters are fatal. If you accept these two truths, your approach to risk will change. If you build a disaster-tolerant nation or project or lifestyle,…
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. – Henry Miller Sometimes we have to surrender. We need to give our selves to what we truly want and what we’re really capable of, to break free of the lives we have created so far. As…
It’s better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. – Jacki Joyner-Kersee This quote has me thinking about planning, and about how people misunderstand planning. A couple things I’ve noticed: either people don’t see any value in planning or they worry that it will hinder their spontaneity. There’s not much one…