“Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, “Good luck!” and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.”–J. Z. Knight Continue reading
Personal Development
Silence is a place of great power and healing
“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. Continue reading
Random Quotes
“Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”
John Maxwell
“In this life we cannot always do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”
Mother Teresa
“A person that values it’s privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
Dwight Eisenhower Continue reading
Everybody can be Great…
.. If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. (Amen) That’s a new definition of greatness. Continue reading
Don’t Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Continue reading
The Eagle Story: Be Who You were Meant to Be
When someone mentions an eagle, what do you think of in your mind?
Many people imagine a big bird, flying high up in the air, with its wings spread out, moving around gracefully with so little effort. Continue reading
When is experience most positive?
“As our studies have suggested, the phenomenology of enjoyment has eight major components. Continue reading
Life is always under construction..
“…One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned in life is that success is neither the destination nor the journey, but a way of travelling. Destinations and journeys inevitably involve arrivals and endings. I have always felt the word retired, for example was misspelled. The word should be retried or maybe, reinspired. Retired implies tired again or perhaps tired for the final time… Life is not something to step back from and admire when completed. It is an ongoing process of design, laying the foundations, forming, erecting, bonding, changing, detailing, refining and renovating… It is always under construction.. It calls for us to gain hindsight from all that went before… It calls for us to gain foresight by imagining a better world ahead for all by passing on our trials, errors, and achievements as lessons in leadership. It calls for us to live in the present, longing for neither yesterday nor tomorrow, but rather facing what today offers, boldly, optimistically and flexibly…”
– Denis Waitley – Empires of the Mind : Lessons to Lead and Succeed in a Knowledge-Based World
Never, never, give up!
“Nine Famous Irishmen – In the Young Irish Disorders of 1848, nine men were captured, tried and convicted of treason against Queen Victoria and were sentenced to death. Their names were: Duffy, Meagher, McManus, Donahue, O’Gorman, Lyene, Ireland, McGee and Mitchell. Continue reading
Don’t Leave it till its too late….
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Continue reading
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