Don’t Give Up on Your Dreams
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
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Create Oneself
“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
Motto’s to live by
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
“My experience is what I agree to attend to.” – William James 1842-1910 noted Psychologist, author, Philosopher
Powerful Life Lessons
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, …
What is a Project?
A project is a problem scheduled for solution. – J.M. Juran (originator of quality by design)
Experience
“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” – Aldous Huxley (Writer 1864-1963)
Do Great Work
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with …
Finish the projects you have started
Finish the projects you have started or put an end to them. – Gretchen Rubin The Happiness Project This is a bit reminiscent of a science fiction movie where people find out that living forever (be careful what you wish for) maybe isn’t so great after all and that lives like projects have a beginning …
Believing in Action
I think there is something more important than believing: action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision. —W. Clement Stone