Do not count the days; make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
Counting the days is splitting your time between the past and the future.
Usually it’s wishing the days gone by were different and hoping the days to come are better.
Living well and achieving is all about being-in-the-moment and making each moment – each instant – count.
By creating the day.
By being in intentional, authentic action.
That’s how to live: like the Champ.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson Yes, the past is a good teacher . . . just don’t spend all your time in that classroom.
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. – Mohandas Gandhi Not much…
If you have more than three priorities, you don’t have any. – Darren Hardy Priorities are a combination of goals and what matters to you now – right now, today, this week and this month. When you prioritize something you make something more than just a goal, more than something you will work on if you…
“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.” – Dale Carnegie This quote was a bit revelatory for me. It shouldn’t have been, but it was. It makes sense though, when I work hard, at something worthwhile and authentic I am often energized (not fatigued… ). How often do…
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. – Henry Stimson Who do you wish you could trust? Trust them. Go ahead, it will be okay. * * * But, “What if they abuse that trust!?” you object? Create a life impervious to the actions of others – a life free of attachments,…
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. – Buddha Your experience of life, and your results, come from your thoughts. For the great majority of us, our thoughts are sometimes scattered, occasionally chaotic and insistent, and often rapid-fire. How can…