Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do. – Buddha
This reminds me of one of my favorite questions.
When I find myself annoyed/bothered by, or otherwise resisting, someone, I ask myself:
“What is it about you that I don’t like about me?”
That usually does the trick . . . .
One of the hardest things we could ever do is meet the expectation we hold of others, ourselves. That thought occurred to me this morning as I was driving to Starbucks for my morning coffee today. I was noticing that I was (allowing myself to) get annoyed with the driver in front of me. I…
I recently read an article by Brian Tracy in which he makes a point of asking three questions in regards to time. Putting aside the idea that time “management” is impossible (one cannot manage time, only themselves and their choices), I wanted to share these questions here: #1 – What are my highest-value activities? #2…
Once again a post is inspired by something from Seth Godin. Here is another excellent post that got me thinking (click here to read the post at his blog): “I’m under a lot of pressure…” The ellipsis hides the most important part of this sentence: “I’m under a lot of pressure from myself.” When you…
I have never known a really successful man who deep in his heart did not understand the grind, the discipline it takes to win. – Vince Lombardi There are no over-night-success-stories. (Media just makes it seem that way… ) There are only every-night-success-stories. As in: working hard, night after night, day after day. So choose your work…
“Huh? What the heck is he talking about?” Excellent question. Allow me to explain: Human beings do some interesting things, some great, some good, some not-so-much. One of the things that we do that falls in the not-so-much category is dissonance resolution. First (an attempt at), a definition; Dissonance Resolution: in relation to people, ideas…
“Do you have habits, or do your habits have you?” – Brian Tracy I heard that this morning while listening to his audio program “Focal Point” (one of my favorite programs of his) in the car. It hit me particularly hard as I know, deep-down, that many of my habits don’t serve me, and they…