Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. – Napoleon Hill
You have more at your command than you relaize.
You’re more skilled than you think.
You. Are. Ready.
Start.
Now.
It will all work out just fine.
I found this in my “share-with-others” pile and am pleased to offer it now; it was an e-mail from a mentor, Steve Chandler: Get out of the future, stay in the now. You want to glance into the future when you make your goals, your objectives, your master plan, but then set that aside and…
You can do anything once you stop trying to do everything. – Eric Barker Why would anyone try to everything anyways? One possibility: to please. Trying to please others. Trying to please the idea we have in our heads about what people want from us. Trying to do enough and make people happy. Why? Because…
and they are yours,” as Stephen Covey so accurately points out. Hugh MacLeod, on his amazing blog, Gaping Void (please subscribe to his blog updates, seriously, he’s amazing . . . ), offers us the following business-card art (clicking the image makes it bigger): What…
“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…
“I’m a failure.” I failed. Things didn’t turn out exactly like I thought at the outset. I learned something about my goal and my choices along the way. There is no such thing as “failure;” everything produces results. I have examined my inputs (thoughts, beliefs, exclusions, inclusions, emotions, moods, choices and non-choices) and results. I…
How you see yourself determines what you’ll do. How clearly you see what you want to do determines what you’ll accomplish. Your self-concept and beliefs about what you think you can and can’t do and so important to what you’ll even attempt. If you don’t think you’re worthy or capable you won’t even start. And,…