Wealth’s Source
“He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.” – Henry Ward Beecher
How rich, or poor, are you? According to what measure(s)?
Are you doing what really matters? And that really matters to you? If not, you must do two things: 1) do the job right in front of you the absolute best you can; and 2) create and work a plan to get you the work you want. I know what you’re saying: “I can’t do…
Either what happens changes our mood… or our mood changes the way we narrate what happens. – Seth Godin People don’t seem to understand that we can either be blown about by the winds of circumstance or we can feel the winds of life, know that it’s sometimes windy and figure out how to use…
Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint….
Whatever it is you have, or don’t have, in your life is your responsibility. Your life is the way it is because of the choices you made. Most people would resist what I say in the title of this post: you chose this. it might be more palatable for me to say: your life is the…
As we learn in the Zen philosophy, when you learn to “let go” of problems instead of resisting with all your might, your life will begin to flow. – Richard Carlson Does a drop of water struggle to get to the ocean, or stay in a particular spot in a stream? Of course not. Water goes…
In today’s economy, and the economy of the future, it is not enough to work harder — or smarter. What’s needed is being willing to serve more. And to fail* more (*to imagine, design, create, make excellent but not perfect, ship v. 1.0, gather feed-forward, improve . . . and ship v. 2.0, and so…