I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy. – Marie Curie
Success is simple, but hard work.
There are no over-night successes or easy paths to riches.
Whether it’s the “larger” progress Curie speaks of, or personal success, the truth is that the time must be devoted and the price paid.
So. Here I am, in the final month of the first quarter of 2024, wondering what to do with my (“un-invested”) retirement savings. (In a nutshell: believing the markets to be over-valued in 2020, I got out and went to cash… ) The S&P 500 and NASDAQ are at all-time highs, recession is (supposedly) nowhere…
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. – Robert Louis Stevenson . . . because it has two important benefits: 1) you get to be happy 2) you serve as a living, breathing model of what to do….
“The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen Covey The critical bit here is you must know your priorities to schedule them. Not: what’s demanding your attention from moment-to-moment, or the pressing thing, or what you want right now because you think it’ll make you…
Do you need a coach? Yes. I believe that, deeply. And, Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt believes it too. Why do we think you need a coach? Because you could be more, have more, do more, serve more and enjoy more, if you grow yourself. But, “I can do that on my own!” you object. I…
There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems. – Henry Ford So it is in life. We have no big problems, only lots of little problems that combine and feel like big problems. * * * The only thing between a fulfilled, authentic life is the solving of these little problems….
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