Never confuse movement with action. – Ernest Hemingway We’ve all had a nice three-day weekend (well, most of us, here in the USA) and we’re headed back to “work” today. * * * As you do so, regularly ask yourself if what you’re doing is useful? Valuable? Building your skills and abilities? Bringing value to…
One’s first step in wisdom is to question everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything. – George C. Lichtenberg These are not steps, in the traditional sense, to be taken in sequence. Ideally one takes both steps simultaneously, throughout their lives. I don’t mean to say you question “everything” in the…
In Life there’s what we (really) want and what we do to keep it out of our lives. Yes, you read that correctly. We keep what we want out of our lives by what we do. And what we have in our lives is a perfect reflection of what we’ve done. * * * It’s…
Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. – Denis Waitley Without belief nothing happens. If you don’t believe, you won’t start. And if you don’t start, well . . . .
“I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also…
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. – Epictetus One of the most powerful things I’ve ever done is start, and continue – no matter what – a gratitude practice. Every day I write down five things I’m grateful for….