The Only Way We See

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…

“The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen Covey The critical bit here is you must know your priorities to schedule them. Not: what’s demanding your attention from moment-to-moment, or the pressing thing, or what you want right now because you think it’ll make you…

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori proverb Do you, typically, move away from what you don’t want, or towards what you do? The latter is always preferable. I know there are times when moving away is necessary. Just make sure as you’re backing away you turn around…

Something just occurred to me: “What about all the folks that say they want to do X, or be better at Y or stop doing Z? They all say they want to change but complain it’s too hard, or they can change for a while, but eventually “slip.” The truth is that the “how” is easy when…

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – William Shedd Of course we cannot spend all our time in the “harbor.” A boat is for sailing, and fulfilling the intent of the boat; it might be a fishing boat, or a container ship, or a kayak… Every boat has…

I am a BIG believer in the idea that language, and it’s result, meaning, make SO much difference in and to our lives. I’ve said to people in the past: “What if you got to do that? Instead of having to do that?” Here is one of mentors making his case for this idea: People whose repeated…