1. Follow Your Curiosity “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Continue reading
Month: March 2012
Authenticity
“There is nothing that makes me prouder than to be regarded by intelligent people
as ‘authentic.’ A name I have coveted so long – & secured at last! I don’t care
anything about being humorous, or poetical, or eloquent, or anything of that kind
– the end & aim of my ambition is to be authentic – is to be considered
authentic.”
– Mark Twain
Loneliness: Living in the Prison of Me
There is the sorrow of loneliness. I do not know if you have ever been lonely: when you suddenly realize that you have no relationship with anybody. Continue reading
Persistence
“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter
hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as
much as a crack showing in it. Continue reading
Age
In a letter to Edward Dimmitt dated July 19, 1901, Mark Twain wrote:
The whole scheme of things is turned wrong end to. Continue reading
If there is no struggle there is no progress
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. Continue reading
Commitment (1)
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Continue reading
Three Kinds of People
Those who let things happen, those who make things happen and those who wonder what happened.
– Anonymous
Kaizen is about how to achieve big leaps through small steps
When you improve a little bit each day, eventually big things occur. Don’t look for big, quick improvement. Instead, seek small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens, it lasts.
– Jon Wooden
Commitment (2)
If you don’t make a total commitment to whatever you’re doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. Continue reading
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