The Life You’re Living

I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…

Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. – John Wooden Your greatest – and longest lasting – growth will come from you regularly examining the gap between what you do and what you were capable of doing. By continually examining your results, your honest-to-goodness output against…

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. – Henry Miller Sometimes we have to surrender. We need to give our selves to what we truly want and what we’re really capable of, to break free of the lives we have created so far. As…

Grown-ups, unlike children, equate being afraid to do something with not being able to do it. – Steve Chandler What a wonderful distinction! What if the only thing that was really holding you back was not knowing how to do something? Not knowing what to do? What if all you needed to do was ask someone…

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Of course it’s easy to be happy and positive when things are good, but what about when things are…

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis I love this quote because it doesn’t make leadership something only CEOs or Presidents do. It democratizes leadership. Leadership is in many ways (merely) a lofty term for goal-setting and goal-achievement. Most people understand leadership as being able to persuade and rally others…