What is the secret behind every tragic misstep on the path to success? It happens right here: People believe their emotions have an external cause. That’s it. That’s the only real problem. – Steve Chandler * * * Your emotions create your experience, the visceral, palpable real part of your experience. You create your emotions. (By…
Each one has to find his peace from within. And for peace to be real it must be unaffected by outside circumstances. – Mahatma Gandhi This reminds me of something I heard in the past: real peace-of-mind is being unaffected by both the bad and good opinion of others. So, cultivate and nurture a peace that…
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. – Walter H. Cottingham Intelligence by itself does nothing. Ambition by itself doesn’t, usually, do anything well, or useful. Combined, they can do just about anything.
You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader. – Henry Ford Well, leadership requires a great many things as it happens. But one thing not required is a title, or a “leadership position.” Anyone can lead. They may not be “in charge,” but anyone can step up and make things better,…
The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results. – Norman Vincent Peale Call it reciprocity, karma, whatever . . . what you put out into the world comes back to you. I can’t convince you if you aren’t convinced. But I’ll guarantee you: if…