We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are. – Tobias Wolff
I often speak of being grateful for whatever comes your way.
“Good” or “bad.”
Everything is feedback.
Everything is a lesson.
Everything is a springboard.
Whatever happens, use it.
Use “it” to find out what you’re made of, what you really want.
Persist.
So many people say they can’t “get inspired” when they need or want to. Doing anything from a “place” of inspiration is a merely a function of using your body and mind in a particular way. Not feeling inspired? You’re using your body and mind in a certain way (i.e. you are maintaining a certain physiology and…
I’ve included a blog post from Seth Godin (in its entirety, at the bottom) to get you thinking. Please read Seth’s words below and rejoin me for a couple questions. * * * You’re back? Great! If you invoke the Platinum Rule (treat others as they would like to be treated… ), which approach (or…
If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprise are built from the ground up. – Lou Gerstner The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small…
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 . . .
A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) I heard someone say that one of the hallmarks of a good life is to be immune from both the good and bad…
Hope isn’t a strategy, but it is an awfully good tactic. – Seth Godin The above is from a short, but sweet, blog post. So many people think that because most of the things that are achieved are small, that small goals are the only ones that are realistic – the only ones worth pursuing. Wrong. That’s…
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Just keep swimming!
Indeed, and, as Churchill said: if you find yourself in Hell, keep going.