What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock
There’s so much “out there,” but what you see is depends on what you look for.
It also depends on what you’re willing to see.
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What do you look for?
What are you willing to see?
The answer to those questions is what you think is “out there.”
I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful. – Johann Sebastian Bach Even Bach had to work his butt off. Our bodies and minds are made for work, hard work, and creativity, and sometimes making the impossible real. Do the work. Earn the rewards. For Bach it was…
At the risk of shameless self-promotion, here is a post on why coaching is a powerful way to create authentic and lasting change: Who you hang out with matters. (The right coach is a wonderful person to “hang out” with once a week or so, and will challenge you to upgrade your associations if necessary.) What…
I was reading a great article from Mark Manson wherein he introduces a Law. He calls it Manson’s Law of Avoidance and it goes as follows: The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it. This is such a valuable thought and insight. It explains why we so often don’t do…
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. – Nancy Astor We begin life as babies with no sense of separation, later we learn that there’s “me” and everyone else. If we’re lucky we feel connected to everyone else, but so often…
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. – William Ralph Inge To echo Inge’s brilliant sentiment, (I’ve often said:) worry is a prayer for what you don’t want. Focus on what you want. (Don’t know what you want? Figure it out. And then… yeah, you guessed it: focus on it.)
Just a quick post to share this quote which came “through” today: “There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and having to say something.” – John Dewey Self-explanatory, really.