What You Have

We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. – Joseph Campbell But remember, you can cure your world of some sorrows. And you can always choose joy. If sorrow creeps in, as it will, meet it with humanity, let it visit for a time and choose again. Choose joy.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci Thought is so vitally important to the quality and content of our lives, but thinking is over-rated. What we think creates our emotions and our emotions create…

Which one is stronger? Either can overpower the other. This afternoon I didn’t feel like going to the gym. But I hadn’t been since Saturday and my commitment to going three-to-four days per week was in serious jeopardy of being violated. So I went to the gym and worked out. Commitment > Mood.

“In absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia, until we ultimately become enslaved by it.” – Robert Heinlein How do you decide what you are going to do each day? The better, more relevant, useful question is do you decide what to do each day? Few people do. Decide what…

You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar Zig’s down-home (often ‘aww-shucks’) words are f’ing genius. So often he can say in a sentence (and not a long one at that) what others take paragraphs or pages to say. His words above are your…

Habits are powerful, generally hidden, drivers of behavior. My basic understanding of habits is that there’s a cue, a response and a reward (or result) (that is seen as desirable and/or functional). Many habits are not, actually, good for us, and/or those around us. *  *  * A question some coaches (myself included) like to ask…