Tag: greatness

  • Politeness or procrastination?

    “If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking permission.” – various sources Too often our desire for permission is founded on fear, not the need to be considerate.  Too often our stated desire for protocol and politeness are a pretext to procrastinate. What possibilities, what opportunities pass by when you define fear as courtesy?

  • 3 Stages of Excitement

    The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?– Kahlil Gibran For me the cup…