The Truth About Perspective

This is a post from a mentor of mine that I had to share. I don’t gamble because I don’t want to start thinking I can get something for nothing – everything is earned. Here is Steve’s post in its entirety: The whole concept of the lottery is based on what Gandhi insisted was one…

Huh? What’s Matt on about now? A “one-footer?” I was watching a Brendon Burchard video where he was talking about limiting beliefs and how they don’t really limit us, unless we focus on them to the exclusion of other thoughts. It got to me to thinking. There are people that drive their cars with one…

Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life. – Lawrence K. Fish Live while you’re alive. When you’re dead it’ll be too late.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. – C.S. Lewis So many people (or at least the ones with enough self-awareness) get this wrong. They think, consciously or otherwise, that they need to make themselves smaller, or lesser, to be “humble.” It’s a mistake of thinking. You’re amazing. You have…

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…

In a video Marshall Goldsmith (a respected and sought-after executive coach) talks about what he learned in regards to what truly matters in life. I am going to briefly summarize the six things Goldsmith says are necessary for a “good” life. *  *  * 1) Health I’ve often told myself the best investment I can make…