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 a good man; just pick something that will improve your character – your way-of-being – and do it.
Waste no more time: act.
The most important person you can keep your word to is yourself. I had a thought the other day, and didn’t capture it at the time (bad Matt . . . !), but want to (try to) re-construct it now. The gist was that we have many of the troubles we do in life because we…
We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are. – Jim Rohn What do you think of this? Your belief on this idea is one of the most important determinants to your level of peace, happiness, fulfillment and achievement.
“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau People say they’re so busy, so stressed, that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it, that there aren’t enough hours in the day, if I could just…
“You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar This quote resonates for so deeply I am compelled to write another post about it. At times I’ve been frustrated in building my business, in developing relationships and sometimes with life…
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do. – Buddha This reminds me of one of my favorite questions. When I find myself annoyed/bothered by, or otherwise resisting, someone, I ask myself: “What is it about you that I don’t…
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. – Mark Twain Of course, not lying is the easiest and best way to not get caught lying, but what if you need some incentive? Huh? Honesty is definitely the best policy, and being honest is honorable and in-sync with the better aspect of our…