With all the negative news and the common tendency to turn activities into drudgery of shoulds instead of thinking of them opportunities to work (play?) at making a difference, Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman is a book that more people should know about and read. If you can allocate the time you should really read …
Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. – John Wooden 1910-2010 Legendary basketball (10 NCAA championships in 12 years) and life coach Larger version of the Wooden Pyramid of Success
“Some people say they haven’t yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.” – Thomas Szasz 1920- Psychiatrist, academic, social critic, author
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. Aristotle – Greek philosopher 384-322 BC
Quote from a Scott Belsky interview in the Happiness Project blog. 1. People who change the world are people who master what they love. 2. Don’t be ambitious to be successful, be ambitious to be happy. 3. The point of life is to have fun and deserve it. Scott Belsky – author of Making Ideas …
“My experience is what I agree to attend to.” – William James 1842-1910 noted Psychologist, author, Philosopher
I learned from Steve Jobs that people can change the world. Maybe we didn’t get 95 percent market share, but we did make the world a better place. I learned from Steve that some things need to be believed to be seen. These are powerful lessons. – Guy Kawasaki former Apple evangelist, Venture Capitalist, author, …
Zig Ziglar is famous as an author (he has written 119 books) and inspirational speaker. I have a few of his books including Success for Dummies (hate the title but a very good book nonetheless). He is most well known for his sales training seminars but before you dismiss him for being a salesman consider …
A project is a problem scheduled for solution. – J.M. Juran (originator of quality by design)
Too much optimism (?) has been compared to a cult where you “drink the Koolaid”. Would you like a glass or two? Oprah source on learning optimism Bounce Back I particularly like the first bounce back point about keep moving forward. Just like in Meet the Robinsons.