Author: Bob Riding

Pursue what’s meaningful. Not what’s easy. What’s meaningful is harder.  It involves difficulty, pain, and sacrifice.  It involves risk of failure. Anyone can follow the easy impulses – pursuit of pleasure, immediate selfish gratification, whatever is expedient. Few take the more difficult path, the road less traveled.  It’s only for those willing to forgo expediency…

Live up to your magnificence You were born to be remarkable.  But are you living it?   If not, why not? Are you letting go of anything that gets in the way of living to your potential?  Abandoning the toxic patterns and habits that accumulate and obscure your greatness. Choose to live up to your magnificence. …

Indulgence or addiction? The innocent becomes the harmful when it clouds our clarity, and starts to run our lives. Not just alcohol, tobacco and substances.  What about the lower profile habits that over time become higher profile addictions?  What about email, social media, gossip? We must self-monitor our habits.   We must insist on, or reclaim, the freedom to…

The timeline fallacy Creating the vision, and getting it done, travel on different timelines.  When we underestimate the effort required and time needed to achieve our vision, we too often give up. Commitment to our vision is only as durable as the planning completed, and persistence applied. Vision requires not only the view of the…

If everything seems to be under control, you’re probably going too slow. Control is not your friend. Control tells you to slow down to a “safe” speed.  “Safe” is another name for average.  You’re not average. When you shift gears and step on the accelerator, you’re no longer in the safety zone. You’re taking risks…

Read Read a lot. Stir your imagination, expand your knowledge, grow your awareness of people and places. Read fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, biographies and more.  Spend your time on quality, not trash. Set a goal, make a plan. A book a month is a good start; two books a month even better. Buy online.  Head…