We Create Our Reality

My well-being is independent of my bank account balance. My sense of what is possible for me is independent of my bank account balance. My willingness to do new things and learn is independent of my bank account balance.   I was inspired to write the above while reading a book written by one of…

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness. – Pat Riley If I can, allow me to add a twist to the above thought. What if the opposite of complacency was engagement, not hard work, or super-focus? Those things are important, to be sure, but what’s more important is to…

Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations. – Cavett Robert In many respects its better to set a goal and fail to achieve it fully, than to accomplish exactly what you set out to do. The latter means you didn’t stretch yourself. And…

“How much larger your life would be if your [Ego] could become smaller in it.” – G.K. Chesterton When we let our Egos run our lives we constrict ourselves, significantly. We miss opportunities to help others, grow (in necessary ways) and connect with people that we might not have otherwise. More importantly, we deny our…

Fortune favors the audacious. – Erasmus Even the smallest audacaities matter. Sometimes just doing something a little daring, a tiny bit bold, is what sets you on a path that changes your life in wonderful and profound ways. Don’t worry that your boldness seems small; all that matters is that you act.

“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.” – Socrates Anything you want to do has been done, and written about… sort of. I believe there are two key things we can learn from those who have gone before: 1) that…