This video is longer than most that I’ve posted here, but well worth your time.
I draw on Tony’s work in my coaching all the time: work intensely, with no distractions and then rest; eat well; sleep enough…
The key take-away from Tony’s work is that (more) time cannot be created, but energy can be, if only we manage it well enough.
Watch, take notes, make changes in your life.
In the spirit of a koan, I offer the following: We seem to be in mode where we (think we) need more than ourselves to be somebody. Is this true? Is this true for you? If it’s true, is it accurate? Is it helpful? Is it constructive? Is it… ? You. Are. Enough. (More than, actually……
The first part of success is “Get-to-it-iveness”; the second part of success is “Stick-to-it-iveness.” – Orison Swett Marden Success isn’t complicated, but it’s (sometimes, often) hard. Just get started, and keep going. Simple, but . . .
It seems as many of us act as if death is the greatest tragedy. It’s a mistaken view. The greatest tragedy is not living while you’re alive. So many of us, myself included at times, “half” live in a state of muted fear. We live in a smaller, chastened way that keeps us from many…
Our mindset is everything. How and what we think about everything matters. It’s not enough to say that mindset creates our lives (although it does), it’s more accurate to say that mindset is our lives. To help understand mindset I want to share an idea I had the other day. I want to share a progression…
Are you disaster-tolerant? (Do you have reserves?) This question is well-posed in Seth Godin’s blog post (here it is in its entirety): Not all disasters can be avoided. Not all disasters are fatal. If you accept these two truths, your approach to risk will change. If you build a disaster-tolerant nation or project or lifestyle,…
I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. – Mike Ditka Let’s get real. Let’s put aside fantasies about what we think we want. Let’s put aside marketing-fueled thoughts of how you might feel if you bought such-and-such thing or traveled to some far-off place, or whatever is being sold…