Tag: progress

  • What’s holding you back?

    “Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There is nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.”  – William James Procrastination is based on fear and ignorance.  Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of confronting your reality.  Ignorance of how to connect a task or decision to a desired outcome – to prioritize, to break down the…

  • Delayed gratification and happiness

    “High performers delay gratification, but not happiness.” – Bob Riding, Design happiness A very successful friend of mine has talked to me at length about delayed gratification. I find hope in the recognition of similarities in our approach to life. There is something deeply satisfying, undeniably exciting about working for a better future, about knowing…

  • It’s Never Too Late

    “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope…

  • The Greatest Speech Ever Made | Charlie Chaplin

    This touching, inspiring and sometimes shocking speech is an excerpt from the controversial film, The Great Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin, released in October, 1940. Please enjoy, share and take its timeless messages to heart.

  • Evolve

    “…no one comes up from the basement playing perfectly.” – David Byrne, musician, artist Mastery is a process, not an event.  It’s about day-in and day-out efforts – the practice, the honing of knowledge and skills, the trials, errors, and eventually getting it right. You have to start – somewhere, somehow – to reach that…

  • Patience | Enjoy The Ride

    “Patience child, patience. Remember, life is a journey. If you got everything you wanted all at once there’d be no point to living. Enjoy the ride, and in the end you’ll see these “set backs” as giant leaps forward, only you couldn’t see the bigger picture in the moment. Remain calm, all is within reach;…