It’s Attitude (not circumstances… )
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs
It’s not what’s around you, but what’s within you.
Time is what we want the most, but what we use the worst. – William Penn It would seem that everybody is “busy” these days. Some folks are even “crazy” busy. It saddens me to hear this. Why? People are using language to 1) weaken themselves and 2) cast themselves as victims. It would be…
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. – Cicero Putting aside whether life is a “race, and what sort of race it is if we see as such, we must believe in ourselves. There’s really not much…
This is so good, I’m just including the entire text so you don’t have to click anything: How do you get to market faster the competition? How do you become more efficient without violating the laws of physics? How do you save time, money and frustration? It all comes down to decision hygiene: 1. Make…
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi An oldie, but a goodie. Another one, that I can’t attribute, but love, is ” . . . it’s like standing in front of a stove, with no wood in it, and expecting heat.”
Sometimes I come across something so useful/compelling/interesting that I need to share it in its entirety. Below is one of those things (and it doesn’t matter if you’re a sales-person or entrepreneur or work in a corporate setting or the non-profit sector, or . . . ): In most of our professional relationships we stay…
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli I often listen to developmental audio programs in the car and my current selection is (a re-listening of) Brian Tracy’s The Psychology of Achievement. One of the key take-ways is that our self-concept matters a great deal. In particular,…