Listen More Than You Speak

“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” – William James Achieving a goal, making a change or completing a transition is gradual. It’s not (anything) like flipping a light switch. Sometimes it may seem like all of a sudden things are different, but such is an illusion. There may be a decisive event…

Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day. – Gary Vaynerchuk So many people think “legacy” is just something to worry about when you’re “old.” This is unfortunate on two counts: 1) Worrying is just a misuse of one’s imagination. The best thing to do is decide what you want to create…

I was having a conversation with a friend who I hadn’t seen in a while. As I’m wont to do, I started offering my thoughts on living well, how our lives work and all that. He listened patiently, and might even have gleaned something useful from my blabbering. Something I mentioned, that seemed to pique…

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot What we can do and what we think we can do are so often far apart. The problem is 1) we are (generally/overwhelmingly) so wrong about what we’re truly capable of and 2) we take our…

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein Whatever you focus on, with emotional intensity, comes into being. Let’s dissect that a bit: “Whatever you focus on,” the thoughts and images you repeatedly create in your mind; “with emotional intensity,” whether you feel or generate positive or negative emotions around something,…

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. – Etty Hillesum The only thing that will change the world are the…