Live Before You Die

It’s better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. – Jacki Joyner-Kersee This quote has me thinking about planning, and about how people misunderstand planning. A couple things I’ve noticed: either people don’t see any value in planning or they worry that it will hinder their spontaneity. There’s not much one…

You may delay, but time will not. – Benjamin Franklin Time marches on, with you or without you. If I can add another “quote:” The future is no place to place your better days – “Cry Freedom” – Dave Matthews Band Whatever it is you want to do, get started. If you’re not sure what that…

Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts.  It’s what you do with what you have left. – Hubert Humphrey People discount themselves all the time. Unfortunately many focus on what’s gone wrong or what they don’t have or what seems out-of-reach. It’s the focus that causes the problem. We have…

“Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.” – Stephen R. Covey Something that has been coming up for me a lot lately is the idea of honoring our gifts. What does it mean…

“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” – Jim Rohn The simple fact is if you don’t develop yourself over time you’ll fall behind. And, if all you do is develop yourself for your current position, you’ll soon find yourself well equipped for a job that no longer exists (to inelegantly paraphrase…

I have a theory about where much of our behavior comes from. I trot it out often, maybe too often . . . . But this theory does have value, even if seen again as an abstraction. What I mean is that if I distill this theory and its “implications” I can arrive at something useful,…