Tag: work

  • Sometimes more is less

    “Doing more of what doesn’t work won’t make it work any better.” – Charles Givens Persistence isn’t about jamming the square peg in the round hole.  It’s about finding, and pursuing, the best path to get where you want to go, to reach your goals and grab hold of your dreams. There is no shame,…

  • Consciousness | Growing, Pain, Healing and Joy

    “We cannot go back. We can only go forward.” -M. Scott Peck, M.D. Here in-lies a bittersweet truth of evolving into consciousness. Once we see, we can never unsee. We can never go back. Find comfort in knowing that ignorance is, in fact, not bliss. Since we cannot go back, we must grow up. Growing…

  • 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.

  • Favorable Conditions Never Come

    “If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.” -C.S. Lewis

  • Success vs Dreams | The Problems of Success | Neil Gaiman

    In Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech, he discusses problems of success. One of Gaiman’s problems has stuck in my mind. This is the maintenance of success and the resulting increasing inability to chase dreams. This is the battle of Success vs Dreams.

  • 10 Sure Ways To Achieve Unhappiness

    Unfortunately and sadly, unhappiness seems far more widespread, accessible and achievable than it’s positive counterpart, happiness. We are told that happiness is a choice; that we have the power to simply make the choice to be happy and live a happy life. Why does this seem so difficult for most? Do you know how to…