What Will You Choose?

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become. – Jim Rohn Trying to be “successful” is like trying be at your destination while on the journey. You can’t be anywhere other than where you are. You don’t get to successful, you do the things that create success. And…

As is our confidence, so is our capacity. – William Hazlitt Henry Ford said that if you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. But what is one of the keys to creating the mindset of “I can?” It’s confidence. How do you create confidence? Develop clarity – know your Why. Practice the…

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance. – Goethe When you’re dreaming, musing, formulating the future, choosing from amazing possibility . . . be enthusiastic. Let your imagination run wild. Many have said there is nothing you can conceive that you can’t achieve. It’s true….

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw The only thing you’ll “find” when you look for yourself is who you were. That kind of thinking puts you, and points towards, the past. Nothing can be done, or made, or created, in the past.* Look to create yourself. That happens in…

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better. – Wendell Phillips “Boy, after that banana, you’re really screwed.” “How are you ever going to come back from that banana?” Defeat is just a word, like banana is just a word. I hope my silly example showed you that words…

Character is much easier kept than recovered. – Thomas Paine Whatever it takes to earn the esteem and trust is but a fraction of what it takes to rebuild yourself in the eyes of others. And that’s assuming it’s even possible. Sometimes, once you lose the confidence of people it can be impossible to get…