Knowing vs. Learning

I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. – Andrew Carnegie Recently I wrote: Talk is cheap, but action is priceless. What we say (/think) matters to what we do, but what do is what really matters. What are you doing, that doesn’t serve you?…

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprise are built from the ground up. – Lou Gerstner The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small…

If you fail to prepare you are preparing to fail. – John Wooden How prepared are you for today? For tomorrow? For the inevitable challenges of life? For the inevitable opportunities of life? Search your self, your soul, and answer the question truthfully. And then get busy . . .

The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled…

When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you. – Walter Payton Let people tell you how good you are. Don’t expect it, or hope for it, or seek it. Just be so good that people can’t help but notice.