Kindness is Never Wasted

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. – Vince Lombardi Clarity. That’s where will, and its power, comes from. When you’re clear on what you want, and why you want it, there’s little-to-nothing that can stop you.

If it strengthens you, embrace it. If it challenges you, solve it. If it weakens you, replace it. Who said that? That was me. I have a couple more: If it repeats, question it (deeply, truly investigate it). If it hurts you, love it (and let it go).

This post has been hanging around in my “Drafts” folder and I (just) wanted to get it out to you. Hopefully you can forgive the lack of insightful and entertaining commentary and enjoy the video. Click here to watch Derek Siver’s excellent video on creativity, and how we often sell ourselves short.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” I love waking up to those two choices I have. I can get ready to live, or I can…

We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree—deeply rooted to withstand all life’s upheavals. – Dodinsky When the winds of change and challenge blow, remember you are the tree. The strong, flexible tree, able to bend and not break, to both sway with…

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…