To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone. – Reba McEntire
I love this one.
You need to dream because without dreams life is small and sad.
You need a backbone because you’ll have to work hard, and sometimes need to stand up for yourself.
And of course, you need to be able to laugh at life – and yourself – because sometimes it’s just not that serious.
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. – Rene Descartes Anthony Robbins would call the above “chunking.” He would say we should chunk everything down to whatever size necessary to take action on something and complete it. There’s a lot to what he, and Descartes, say. *…
Here’s some ancient wisdom: “To do two things at once is to do neither.” – Publius Syrus And some modern “validation:” People confuse “rapid-switching” with multi-tasking [NPR article] And Peter Bregman explains that trying to multi-task makes us less-smart, less-productive and less-competent [HBR Blogs] I’m convinced (of course I already knew that trying to multi-task was…
Are you making a “living” with some life thrown in here-and-there, when possible? Or, are you making a “life,” with some work thrown in? * * * I understand that I might be mis-stating the proportions a bit, but the point is worth considering. * * * When we “make a living,” at least in…
Belief creates the actual fact. – William James What you believe you create. How? Simple. You act in accordance with your beliefs. Your beliefs are the thoughts you no longer question. They are unlike the myriad thoughts you have forgotten or dismissed. Your beliefs are the thoughts that have hooked your attention, are sufficiently congenial…
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) You can never love anyone more than you love yourself. You can never be happier than you think you deserve. You can never earn more than you think you’re worth. Whatever…
I recently read a (nother) brilliant post by Seth Godin, one piece of which was about resilience. It got me to thinking: is better to have ultra smooth roads and cars with no suspension, no shock absorbers, or to build cars with resilience? Which would be a more intelligent use of resources? Living in the…