Author Archive: Bob Riding
Why sell yourself short?
“I am enough.” You sell yourself short. Not only to others, but to yourself.. You follow the advice of others, yet mistrust your own gut feelings and considerations. You hold back on your ideas, your creative desires and passions, and let others take the lead. It’s time to change. It’s time [...]
Vulnerability as empowerment
“To feel vulnerable is to feel alive.” - Brene Brown Surfers know that each time they ride the wave it will end in a fall or a fizzle. They embrace that fact, they see it as a source of power, and not pain. They’re ready to go out again to ride the next wave. Failure is a frame [...]
Face to face with failure
“Visualize failure.” – Peter Bregman We like being perfect. We like winning, and hate losing. We hate being disappointed. We like winning so much that we nurture a fear of losing. We flee from the possibility of failure, and that fear holds us back. The irony is that until you can visualize failure, you cannot [...]
The books you read
“There are essentially two things that will make you wise – the books you read and the people you meet.” – Jack Canfield Earlier this week I suggested that you “Stop reading and start doing.” That was in the context of becoming so focused, so absorbed in reading and collecting information, that you fail to [...]
Step back to the future
“Sometimes you have to give up to grow up.” – John Maxwell What changes are you willing to make to move to a better place in your life? Sometimes the way forward starts with a step backward. Sometimes the way forward means changing direction. The life of excellence is about making choices. It’s about discovering [...]
Put down the book
“Stop reading and start doing.” We are blessed. We live in an age where books are readily accessible, where important research is available at our fingertips. But information can sometimes mutate into too much information, and too much information can confuse and paralyze us. We can become so obsessed with the search for one more [...]
Know where you are
“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment you first find yourself in.” - Mark Caine Being at the head of the class is not always a predictor of success. You could be in the wrong class. Sometimes you need to change your environment, your circumstances, [...]
Why obsess?
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” – Gandhi Stop the cycle. It’s easy to get caught up in retribution – to become obsessed with fairness, and be the dispenser of karmic consequences for the actions of others. But the desire to create some self-induced balance just depletes your energy [...]
The intensity of desire
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.” – Napoleon Hill Dreams wither without desire. The intensity of your desire governs the power to reach your goals, realize your vision, get what you want. It’s like the dimmer control on a [...]
No regrets
“Regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.” You still have a chance. But you can’t live, fully live, in the present with your head stuck in the past. Get out of the past. You can briefly pause to regret, and note the lessons learned, but get out of the past. Regrets are [...]
