The Truth About Perspective

Are our lives the result of fate or do we choose our lives? Are we consigned to what our circumstances (/our pasts) allow for in the unfolding of our lives, or can we create our lives, can we be willful? I just watched an interesting video from Marshall Goldsmith that offers a (hybrid) answer: Yes. I…

Which one is stronger? Either can overpower the other. This afternoon I didn’t feel like going to the gym. But I hadn’t been since Saturday and my commitment to going three-to-four days per week was in serious jeopardy of being violated. So I went to the gym and worked out. Commitment > Mood.

By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it. – Wallace Wattles I would tweak Wattles’ language to the following: By thought, the thing you want is brought close to you. By acting you bring it into your life. Maybe that’s what Wattles meant, and we’re (or just me…

“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” – William James Pessimism is like asking yourself “How can I fail? How can I connect with, and strengthen, my not-being-able-to-do-it thoughts?” Optimism is asking yourself, “How can I succeed? How can I call the best of me, of others and what’s around to create the best result…

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. – Josephus Daniels . . . when you give up. When you stop learning and trying. When you decide that (the illusion of) safety and stagnation is better than intelligent risks and action. Losing is not defeat. “Failure” is not defeat. Not-getting-what-you-want is not defeat….

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.” – Jonathan Swift This reminds me of an oft-quoted line: when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Both are excellent reminders that our perceptions and ways of seeing things are habits (that…