The Necessity of Door-Building

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable . . . . Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. – Martin Luther King, Jr. So it is in life. Every step towards the goal of being one who lives with clarity, energy…

“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.” – Zig Ziglar So many people wonder why they don’t advance as quickly as they’d like (or advance at all… ). A likely explanation is they aren’t working very hard, or they are working at the wrong things. Working effectively,…

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. – Kofi Annan Tell me about the classes you took in school about developing an accurate and resourceful self-image, knowing your values and…

You might not want to do everything you imagine, but you can’t do anything you can’t imagine doing. I pondered over the above words a fair amount. I wanted them to be expansive and positive, while still defensible against critics and pessmists. I wanted them to strike a balance between what people often see as…

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. – Bill Bradley I really didn’t feel like writing this post. I’m behind in writing this week; writing each post the night before. Usually I write a week’s posts on Saturday, by Sunday evening at the latest. Not this week. But I’m not…

All you need is to know what you want, and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts. – Wallace Wattles Your thoughts create your emotions. Your emotions create your actions. Your actions create your life. *  *  * Whatever it is you have been thinking about is your life….