Where Peace Comes From

Are you disaster-tolerant? (Do you have reserves?) This question is well-posed in Seth Godin’s blog post (here it is in its entirety): Not all disasters can be avoided. Not all disasters are fatal. If you accept these two truths, your approach to risk will change. If you build a disaster-tolerant nation or project or lifestyle,…

Picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already achieved your goal. See yourself doing the things you will be doing when you’ve reached your goal. – Earl Nightingale Funny thing about the mind: turns out it can’t really tell the difference between something that has actually happened and something vividly imagined. Studies have shown that…

We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are. – Tobias Wolff I often speak of being grateful for whatever comes your way. “Good” or “bad.” Everything is feedback. Everything is a lesson. Everything is a springboard. Whatever happens, use it. Use “it” to find out what you’re made of, what you…

You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. – Jerry West If you only do things you feel like, you won’t make much progress. You’ll be lucky to “tread water.” That might be okay for some people, but is it for you? When you’re committed…

“You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar This quote resonates for so deeply I am compelled to write another post about it. At times I’ve been frustrated in building my business, in developing relationships and sometimes with life…

Are you (just) getting by, doing what you need to do, or are you moving forward? Has your life been reduced to a series of tasks, appointments and ‘have-tos,’ or are you clear about what you want and how to accomplish your goals? What’s life for? Is it to just get by, or to do what…