One of the Most Important Skills
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie
One of the most important skills in life is knowing the difference.
And knowing the difference for you.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill What’s more, and perhaps more important, is: whatever the mind can conceive, but can’t believe, will never be attempted.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci Thought is so vitally important to the quality and content of our lives, but thinking is over-rated. What we think creates our emotions and our emotions create…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King * * * “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi * * * “Forgiveness is the final form of love.” – Reinhold Niebuhr…
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. – Og Mandino Everybody notices the big successes and the epic failures, but few recognize that both are made of myriad choices and non-choices, things you do and don’t do. Though it might seem it, life is not a smattering of resolutions, it…
If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. – Marie Osmond Or you can: worry about it; stress about it; ruminate about it; wish it were different; let it make you feel powerless, afraid, lonely, . . . . *…
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy You must be pro-active. Waiting for problems to occur is what many do. The vast majority of difficulties we have are days/weeks/months, or even years, in the making. When something goes wrong, we feel bad because we know, deep-down,…