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.
On page 74 on Kevin Cashman’s excellent book, Leadership From The Inside Out, he tells the story of being asked by a Tibetan monk how many days he has to live. After gathering himself, he thought for minute and answered “Six thousand.” The monk replied: “So, if you have 6,000 days, do you want to…
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. – Albert Einstein Attachments, as any Buddhist will tell you, are – at the very least – problematic. So, if you’re going to hang your “future hat” on anything, hang it on a goal. (Not people as they are…
There are seven days in a week and Someday isn’t one of them. – Unknown Whatever you want to do. Whatever you want to create. Whatever you want to become. Whatever relationship you want to start or repair. Begin now. Take some action now. The first step though, often isn’t the first step (at least…
Whatever is incomplete in your life is a drain on your energy. Incompletes are open cognitive loops that demand constant mental energy (whether conscious or not). I am not suggesting that you’ll never has incomplete things in your life. You will. But it matters what “form” they’re in. I recently realized that there are three…
Fear comes from the future, and discouragement comes from the past. Both obsessions are linear mistakes. – Steve Chandler The mistake we make with time is that we think it’s a linear progression, with a now and two “thens” (past and future) and all the points in-between. It’s not that. It’s just not. There is…
“Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” – Robert Orben [Warning: edginess ahead… ] Implicit in the above is having a plan for the flight of of your time. Otherwise, all you have is the best seat in the house for the level of mediocrity you’ve cultivated thus far.