Earl Nightingale wrote about The Strangest Secret ( full audio version) and how you can become part of the top 5% through your thinking and fully realizing that the best things in life truly are free. The message about the importance of your thoughts is also made in the book As a Man Thinketh by …
Minimalism seems to be gaining momentum in some circles as people yearn for a simpler life and want to get off the consumer treadmill and declutter their house. This year there is a lot of commentary about applying minimalist principles to the most marketed consumer holidays of all – Christmas. Here is a sampling of …
Attitude Most Important More important than: the past education money circumstances failures success what people say or do appearance giftedness or skill It will make or break a company, a church, a home, a club. A Remarkable Thing Each day we have a choice of the attitude we will embrace for that day. We Cannot …
In addition to a funny cartoon on the cubicle life Scott Adams is also quite insightful on his blog. I like articles that re-examine everyday life and provide a perspective for improvement. Scott Adams recommends the Dale Carnegie course. The Art of Conversation Active Listening
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 …
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 …