The usual culprits… Day after day, I see people who are tired of their current situation and think that they need to change something and they are looking for real change. They find themselves in a state of discontent and we have been conditioned to think that contentment will be found by making a changeContinue reading “3 steps to see real change…”
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Top Five Presidential Biographies…
Why Biographies? I have always been a huge fan of history in any form but specifically when it comes to books. Leadership and business books have been a choice I have made to add value to my life so when I can find a book or a genre of books that combines both categories IContinue reading “Top Five Presidential Biographies…”
Change your thoughts change yourself…
Roald Dahl has been my favorite author since childhood. The above quote can be found in his book “The Twits.” It is a perfect example of how important the thoughts that we allow in our heads can affect how people perceive us. Psychology, science, religion, and sports, most areas of life have long taught usContinue reading “Change your thoughts change yourself…”
Less research more action please
I find myself really enjoying the above ad because I believe it sums up our human nature so well. So often we are a bunch of people sitting around discussing the best way to do things, the newest advancements in diets, researching the best daily habits to improve our lives etc all the while thereContinue reading “Less research more action please”
Life rules…#1
Life rule #1 – Don’t share your opinion unless asked…Live a life that people ask I was out to dinner with a few friends the other day at a restaurant, I frequent probably too much. I have formed a pretty good relationship with a few of the waiters and waitresses and at this particular timeContinue reading “Life rules…#1”
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M. Pirsig
Favorite Quote We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it’s all gone. – Page 7 The journey to reading theContinue reading “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M. Pirsig”
Self-discipline
Sometimes I wonder why self-discipline is so hard. An ancient writer who wrote a letter to some people in Rome says that he can’t do the things he wants to do and things he doesn’t want to do he can’t stop doing. I can totally relate to him. The human race for some reason findsContinue reading “Self-discipline”
Sometime Never – Roald Dahl
This is my most treasured book in my collection. Matilda has always been my favorite book but that is a very easy book to get your hands on. This book, Sometime Never by Roald Dahl, is very hard to get a hold of. I was able to get a copy and read it instantly. ThisContinue reading “Sometime Never – Roald Dahl”
What’s your greatest fear?
Charles munger argues, in his book poor Charlie’s Almanack, that jealousy/envy is a major contributing factor in the lives of most people. I can see where he is coming from but I would argue that even more than that is fear/regret. I talk to so many people and the choices they make in life andContinue reading “What’s your greatest fear?”
Letters to a young poet – Rainer Marie Rilke
There is no measuring by time there, a year there has no meaning, and ten years are nothing. To be an artist means: not to reckon and count; to ripen like the tree which does not force its sap and stands confident in the storms of spring without fear lest no summer might come after.Continue reading “Letters to a young poet – Rainer Marie Rilke”