There are many people who have interests that they call hobbies. They spend time tinkering with these interests, but it sits as a “weekend warrior” type committment. These days you can not have that kind of mentality about your life or your pursuits. In the deep recesses of your mind, you know the ideas you [...]
Archive for the ‘Belief’ category
Don’t Be an Amateur – Be a Pro
October 3, 2010The Amazing “IF”
July 11, 2010Words have extraordinary power. Each day we speak thousands and hardly give them a thought. Our mouths open and out comes a flow of words which may, or may not, make sense. The words that come forth can bring hope to another or they can crush dreams. Our words can excite unknown emotions or rekindle [...]
Grow your Dreams
May 20, 2010Dreams are great, but they have to grow. Dreams are OK, but there has to be some “doing” integrated along with the dreaming. Dreams aren’t like magic beans that grow overnight into an incredible reality, they take work. If allowed, dreams will just sit and do nothing. They will become cowards and selfish. Harsh words? I [...]
Ali and Change
April 6, 2010Make room for changing opinions and views for yourself and for others. Muhammad Ali once said, “the man who views the world at fifty, the same as he did at twenty, has wasted thirty years of his life”. He could not be more true. Our minds should always be seeking to learn and expand our [...]
Never Quit
October 7, 2009In life there is and will be pain. This pain will be experienced in physical, psychological and relational ways, but we must push on. Pain, even in its most sever, is a temporary feeling. Quitting is something entirely different. Quitting is a choice we have and it lasts forever.
Hope
September 22, 2009Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope”. For me, this encapsulates the entirety of human experience. We each know and have known disappointment, but we also know that it lasts for a moment and time allows it to dim in the fog of the past. The [...]
Excellence vs. Perfection
August 19, 2009As long as I have worked, I ahve seen plenty of people (bosses) who say that their goal for the organization is excellence. This sounds good until it is put into practice using the commonly available maps to excellence. There is usually a great beginning push toward excellence, but soon the map calls for a [...]
Look
May 7, 2009One of the most important action steps that we can take when improving our lives is to Look at the life we want to improve. It may seem like a simple task, but you would be surprised at how many people do not take time to Look at their own lives. It is an easy [...]
Success Question Pt 9
May 2, 2009This is the last question, and I hope that these past few posts have been helpful to you in your search to become a better more accomplished individual. This answer, like the previous on, should be written down in the present tense. Take a minute and answer this last question about your desires and aspirations: “What [...]
Success Question Pt 8
April 30, 2009This post goes right along with the last one, and I feel it is the most important of all in terms of your personal future success. It isn’t really a question, but it does cause you to ask some questions about yourself and what you want to achieve in life. “Write down ten things you want [...]
