Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought. – Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
I love how this sentiment democratizes discovery.
It becomes something anyone can do, in regards to anything.
You could be a discoverer.
Anyone can.
How does that shift you?
How does change how you look at the world?
At yourself?
Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. – Brian Tracy The rudder of a sailboat doesn’t control the sea, but it does make a huge difference in where the boat goes. Goals are much the same. Without goals, one is rudder-less, blown about by the sea. But, with goals, one…
When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you. – Walter Payton What are you great at? What have you put the time in to be masterful at? If it’s something great, or even just pretty good, quite likely people are talking to you about it – about your talents,…
The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. – Marianne Williamson What is the purpose of a seed? To germinate and grow into something; a mighty oak for example. What is the purpose of your life? Well, you’ve already germinated, what are you growing into? Are you…
The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up. – Seth Godin But you’ve got to make the first move. You need to be creative. Otherwise…
There’s a place between not taking consistent action on a goal and being unable or unwilling to release said goal. I call this place the Nasty Middle. If I can get real with you for a minute I find myself in the “nasty middle” on something. My weight. I say I want to weigh less… that…
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…