Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt
The best, and often hardest, thing to do is just to start:
where you are;
with what you have;
now.
Your choice is to do your best now or what until things are “just right” or “perfect.”
They will never be either.
Start.
Now.
You’ll be glad you did.
I was listening to a Fresh Air interview with Dean Norris recently when he said something that really struck a chord. He was talking about how he prepared for a shoot-out scene in the (amazingly excellent ) television show Breaking Bad (he portrays a DEA agent). Norris relates that most law enforcement officers do not fire their weapons in…
I watched a video this morning that triggered me. It was one of those I-just-have-a-minute-here-on-vacation videos shot by some self-help-ey kinda people and as far as it went it was okay, I guess. The person was talking about how important it is to shift from “lack” thinking to “abundance” thinking – an attitude of gratitude and…
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. – English proverb Stress gets a bad rap these days. It’s mis-understood and thus, vilified, and, also, in a sense, glorified. Article after article, study after study, TV segment after TV segment and book after book talks about how terrible stress is and the terrible impact it…
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Inertia is the reason I can say the following with absolute certainty about your immediate future: the most reliable predictor of what you will be doing five minutes from now is what you are doing now. – Marshall Goldsmith Inertia can either work for you, or against you. Because of this you must choose your actions, and…
You can do anything once you stop trying to do everything. – Eric Barker Why would anyone try to everything anyways? One possibility: to please. Trying to please others. Trying to please the idea we have in our heads about what people want from us. Trying to do enough and make people happy. Why? Because…