Kindness is Never Wasted

When is the best time to build a roof on your house ? When it’s raining? Of course not. You put the roof on as soon as you can, when it’s sunny. Meditation is the same way: you meditate before the storms of stress and change come. Does it take a while to build an…

When I look at the kids training today… I can tell which ones are going to do well. It’s not necessarily the ones who have the most natural talent or who fall the least. Sometimes it’s the kids who fall the most, and keep pulling themselves up and trying again. – Michelle Kwan If you…

What keeps so many employees back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort. – Orison Swett Marden You’re not lazy. You’re not scared (not really… ). You’e not a bad person in any way (not really… ) So what stops you from paying…

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch – Ivern Ball Yes, knowledge is important, but it is not sufficient. One must act. Ideally, with enthusiasm.* *  *  * The Universe loves enthusiasm.

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…

This above all – to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as night follows day, thou canst not then be false to any man. – William Shakespeare We’ve all heard the first part of this quote, but rarely is the rest of it mentioned. Pity. Because as important as it is to be…