-
To deliberately change
Why not change? We spend too much time justifying, rationalizing and excusing our behaviors. That time should be better spent making changes – home improvement. The most amazing thing about the human condition is that we can change. The ability to deliberately change our minds, our hearts and our actions distinguishes us from the animal…
-
Let go
How to make life easier: Accept the apology you never got. Then let go. Let go because it’s exhausting to hold on to anger. It’s debilitating to let resentment escalate into the fury that grows into free-floating rage. Getting mad can just be a reaction, but staying mad is the slippery slope to the life…
-
There’s always someone out there…
“What I don’t understand, Stevie,” she said, “is why you write junk like this in the first place.” – Ms. Hisler, Stephen King’s high school principal (from King’s book: On Writing; A Memoir of the Craft) Stephen King’s career as a best-selling author might have never taken off if he paid serious attention to the…
-
Get out there
Why focus on the competition? Focus on you, and what you do. Know your competition. Know how you’re different. Know why it matters. The story you’re creating is not about them; it’s about you. Be disciplined, but take time to dream. Do your work; do it well. Refuse to get sidetracked by the noise and…
-
The power to figure it out
Make my mind adaptable to any circumstance. – Epictetus We need not await orders from others on what they think we should do. We can think for ourselves. We can figure out the right path to pursue. It comes down to being adaptable. To think with a curious and creative mindset. To become aware of what’s…
-
Never underestimate your power
The power of one Sixty-two years ago today, Rosa Parks, a 42 year-old African-American seamstress, was seated on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was in the row behind seats reserved for white people. When her row was needed to accommodate an additional white passenger, she was asked to move to the back…