It is more important to reach our potential than it is to reach our goals. – Max de Pree
What could be more important than goals?
Becoming who we are truly capable of being.
I remember being asked what my greatest fear was once and all I could come up with is not living up to my (as defined by me) potential.
What’s more important to you?
Goals or Your Potential?
Do you know what either are?
“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs” – James Allen ***** What must I believe about myself to perpetuate my current conditions? What must I believe about myself to create the conditions I desire? What is the disconnect between the conditions I say I want, and…
Choice, not circumstances, determines your success. – Anonymous Every day, minute, second, instant we are at choice. We can choose what is resourceful, what serves our goals and desires, and the development of our best self, or we can choose something else, or we can fail to choose and go with with rote habit. So…
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. – Arthur Rubinstein But you must go first. An amazing life will not come find you. It won’t yank you off the couch and give you the interest, skills and energy to do great, fun, amazing, important things. It will meet you…
“During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.” – Bernard Baruch One of the reasons I chose a liberal education (thank you Hobart College) was my belief that the abilities…
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. – Kofi Annan Tell me about the classes you took in school about developing an accurate and resourceful self-image, knowing your values and…
I watched a video this morning that triggered me. It was one of those I-just-have-a-minute-here-on-vacation videos shot by some self-help-ey kinda people and as far as it went it was okay, I guess. The person was talking about how important it is to shift from “lack” thinking to “abundance” thinking – an attitude of gratitude and…