What Are You Doing?
Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing. – Jim Rohn
To get better, you must learn.
To learn you must do (things).
What are you doing?
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. – Eleanor Roosevelt Let’s get clear on a few terms: wishing, wanting, hoping and desiring, planning and intending. They are all thoughts. Thoughts in your head that create emotions in your body. These emotions either create in-action or action (read on and I…
“In the long run, men only hit what they aim at.” – Henry David Thoreau You must have goals. Without goals you’ll live your life by default and circumstance (I like to say you’ll be in a rut, not a groove . . . ). You will merely be reacting to what happens, missing opportunities…
It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts. – Ella Fitzgerald The past is useful as a textbook. Something to review on occasion to learn and grow from, but it’s no where to live. It’s certainly no place to worry about. What matters is where you’re going. * * * Where are…
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….
I found this in my “share-with-others” pile and am pleased to offer it now; it was an e-mail from a mentor, Steve Chandler: Get out of the future, stay in the now. You want to glance into the future when you make your goals, your objectives, your master plan, but then set that aside and…
Do a little more than you’re paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends. – Art Linkletter I am pretty sure that everyone has…