"Never measure the height of the mountain until you are at the top. Then you will see how low it really was."~Dag Hammarskjold
Are you letting the height of the mountain hold you back? Why?
Are you afraid of starting what you are want to do but are being held back by the size of the mountain? Why? It is just a story that you are telling yourself, that it's too big, that you can't do it. You know that when you tell yourself those stories, you make them come true.
Start telling yourself NEW stories! Create the future that you want by creating the stories that show you doing and achieving everything that you ever wanted do achieve. When you create the stories that you want and now the ones other people have told you, you can do anything!
When was the last time you told yourself that you couldn't do something? Why? What led you to that story? Re-examine your thought process and you will find out why you thought that.
Henry Ford said "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
Think about that for a while.
"Never measure the height of the mountain until you are at the top. Then you will see how low it really was."
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Are You A Prisoner?
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind."~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Are you a prisoner of your own mind? Do you believe the stories that you mind is telling you? Why? Do you believe that those stories are 'truth.?' How come? Because you been told so?
Your mind is while the greatest computer you will ever use but is limited because you limit it! Do you realize that you are the only one holding you back? No one else is. Not your boss, your family, your friends. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE HOLDING YOU BACK!
Break out of you own mind. Start asking yourself questions about everything that you think. Challenge yourself on what you are thinking, why you do the things you do and why you think the things that you think.
Allow the questioning to let you see with new eyes.
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind."
Are you a prisoner of your own mind? Do you believe the stories that you mind is telling you? Why? Do you believe that those stories are 'truth.?' How come? Because you been told so?
Your mind is while the greatest computer you will ever use but is limited because you limit it! Do you realize that you are the only one holding you back? No one else is. Not your boss, your family, your friends. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE HOLDING YOU BACK!
Break out of you own mind. Start asking yourself questions about everything that you think. Challenge yourself on what you are thinking, why you do the things you do and why you think the things that you think.
Allow the questioning to let you see with new eyes.
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind."
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
What Are You Waiting For?
"If not now, when?"~Hillel
What are you waiting for? Everything to be just right? Till all the ducks are lined up? Till the cows come home? Are you waiting for perfection?
QUIT WAITING AND START DOING!
Everything will not ever be 'just right.' The ducks will never all get line up. The cows might come home...Do it anyway! There is boldness in action. Start now, stop waiting.
"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you could only do a little. Do what you can."~Sydney Smith
Do what you can. When? Right now!
"If not now, when?"
What are you waiting for? Everything to be just right? Till all the ducks are lined up? Till the cows come home? Are you waiting for perfection?
QUIT WAITING AND START DOING!
Everything will not ever be 'just right.' The ducks will never all get line up. The cows might come home...Do it anyway! There is boldness in action. Start now, stop waiting.
"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you could only do a little. Do what you can."~Sydney Smith
Do what you can. When? Right now!
"If not now, when?"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Be Present Now
"Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have-so spend it wisely."~Kay Lyon
Be here NOW. Be present in this moment. Stop worrying about yesterday, you can't do anything about it. Don't concern yourself with worries about tomorrow. Be here NOW.
That wise philosopher of the 21st century, Jim Carrey, said "If you aren't in the moment, you're either looking forward to uncertainty or back to pain and regret."
Are you looking forward to uncertainty or back to pain and regret? Why? What good does it do you? do you feel better when you do that? Or is it like hitting your head against the wall so that you feel better when you stop???
The more you are present, the more the world will open up to you. Be here NOW.
"Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have-so spend it wisely."
Be here NOW. Be present in this moment. Stop worrying about yesterday, you can't do anything about it. Don't concern yourself with worries about tomorrow. Be here NOW.
That wise philosopher of the 21st century, Jim Carrey, said "If you aren't in the moment, you're either looking forward to uncertainty or back to pain and regret."
Are you looking forward to uncertainty or back to pain and regret? Why? What good does it do you? do you feel better when you do that? Or is it like hitting your head against the wall so that you feel better when you stop???
The more you are present, the more the world will open up to you. Be here NOW.
"Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have-so spend it wisely."
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Person You'd Like to Be?
"How would the person I'd like to be... do the things I'm about to do?"~Jim Cathcart
How would that thought change your actions? Ever had that thought? Why not?
Who is the person you would like to be, or are you perfect the way that you are? What would you do differently? Would you be kinder, more thoughtful, listen better,work harder, what???
I would hope that we all are striving to improve on who we are, but my guess is that we have become to busy with trying to get stuff that we haven't spent enough time working on who we are.
I ask everybody I meet at events "Who are you?" Most people start telling me what they do and I have to stop them and say 'that's what you do, but who are you' and they are stumped. Have we moved that far away from who we are that that we can't tell others?
Find out who you are, so when I ask you, you will be able to tell me, with confidence, who you are or who you are striving to be.
"How would the person I'd like to be... do the things I'm about to do?"
How would that thought change your actions? Ever had that thought? Why not?
Who is the person you would like to be, or are you perfect the way that you are? What would you do differently? Would you be kinder, more thoughtful, listen better,work harder, what???
I would hope that we all are striving to improve on who we are, but my guess is that we have become to busy with trying to get stuff that we haven't spent enough time working on who we are.
I ask everybody I meet at events "Who are you?" Most people start telling me what they do and I have to stop them and say 'that's what you do, but who are you' and they are stumped. Have we moved that far away from who we are that that we can't tell others?
Find out who you are, so when I ask you, you will be able to tell me, with confidence, who you are or who you are striving to be.
"How would the person I'd like to be... do the things I'm about to do?"
Sunday, October 25, 2009
There Is No Tomorrow
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Means "Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow."~Horace
We've all heard "Seize the day," but most people don't include the rest...which might be even more important. For several reasons.
"Put no trust in the morrow." Here's the deal. Tomorrow is promised to no one! But most of the time, we proceed as if we are going to live forever and never think about it. There's another quote that says "Put off until tomorrow only what you want to leave unfinished if you die tonight." (Or something like that) We are mortal beings and we can go at any time. Kind of makes you at some things differently, doesn't it.
"Seize the day." Be present now. Be in the moment, only in this moment and your world will expand exponentially. Most of us find it difficult to be in the moment, we are either thinking about what has already happened (and we can't do anything out) or thinking about what's to come (which we can only prepare for). When you are in the moment, you are truly living.
"Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow."
We've all heard "Seize the day," but most people don't include the rest...which might be even more important. For several reasons.
"Put no trust in the morrow." Here's the deal. Tomorrow is promised to no one! But most of the time, we proceed as if we are going to live forever and never think about it. There's another quote that says "Put off until tomorrow only what you want to leave unfinished if you die tonight." (Or something like that) We are mortal beings and we can go at any time. Kind of makes you at some things differently, doesn't it.
"Seize the day." Be present now. Be in the moment, only in this moment and your world will expand exponentially. Most of us find it difficult to be in the moment, we are either thinking about what has already happened (and we can't do anything out) or thinking about what's to come (which we can only prepare for). When you are in the moment, you are truly living.
"Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow."
Saturday, October 24, 2009
What Are You Investing In?
"An Investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."~Benjamin Franklin
Are you investing in knowledge, in yourself, in learning, in being better? Why not?
In this new economy, your investments should be in creating a better you, a better business person, a better person, in becoming the best that you can be!
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence!
If you aren't doing excellent work yet, get someone to help you. Learn. Invest om yourself! Be a beginner again and start from scratch. Don't use those deadly words "I already know that." Clear you mind of what you know (or what you think you know) and let everything be new to you again.
Too many people shut off their learning when they get out of school (and some even before they get out of school). Don't allow that to be you. If it has been you, start NOW, change your thinking NOW. Realize that life expands with learning. Allow it to happen NOW.
"An Investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
Are you investing in knowledge, in yourself, in learning, in being better? Why not?
In this new economy, your investments should be in creating a better you, a better business person, a better person, in becoming the best that you can be!
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence!
If you aren't doing excellent work yet, get someone to help you. Learn. Invest om yourself! Be a beginner again and start from scratch. Don't use those deadly words "I already know that." Clear you mind of what you know (or what you think you know) and let everything be new to you again.
Too many people shut off their learning when they get out of school (and some even before they get out of school). Don't allow that to be you. If it has been you, start NOW, change your thinking NOW. Realize that life expands with learning. Allow it to happen NOW.
"An Investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
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