Live the Breadth of Life

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
— Diane Ackerman
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]

Live and Love Passionately

“There are too many mediocre things in life. Love should not be one of them”.— David to Frankie in the movie “Dream for an Insomniac”
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OH NO … this is not as simple a thought as you are nodding your head in agreement with right now! Let’s not stop our thoughts [...]

Are you REALLY happy?

(older lady) — “But are you happy?  Are you really happy with your life, with your profession …  right now?”
(younger man)— “Well, I AM working TOWARD that.”
— Chicago Hope (TV Show)
“Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all occupied with the past and the future.  We scarcely ever think of the [...]

Rewards are worth the risks

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storms terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Everything that I ever truly WANTED seemed risky in some way! And at times, I have chosen not to do what I wanted because of the perceived risk. I [...]

Do it for YOU

What could you accomplish if you did it all for yourself? Don’t be selfish. Be self-full. Admit it. How hard would you work if it was all for yourself? How much fun would that work be? How would you and your life be different?
OK, now … How much fun [...]

Become Alexander the Great

” … guided by our parents, by our teachers, by our managers and by our psychologist’s fascination with pathology, we become experts in our weaknesses and spend our lives trying to repair these flaws, while our strengths lie dormant and neglected.” - Marcus Buckingham - in “Now Discover Your Strengths”
Set goals that maximize your strengths. [...]

Be Passionate About Your Goals

“Follow your passion, and success will follow you.” - Arthur Buddhold
Set goals and steps that make you want to jump out of bed in the morning! Or, find a reason to become on fire for them.
Oprah recently presented a show several people who had lost over 150 pounds. They ALL said the [...]

Be True to Yourself (When Setting Goals)

“Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes to someone else’s projects. You can only get ahead with your desired lifestyle if you are focused on the things that will produce that lifestyle.” - Jack Canfield
You will never achieve the [...]

Who Will You Be (After You Achieve Your Goals)

A goal will help you BE someone more than you are now.
Who will you be when you achieve your goal? Are you passionate about becoming this new person? And please, be TRUE TO YOURSELF.
The 1st step toward achieving your goals is to determine who you are passionate about becoming. Who [...]

Self Confidence Nurtures Happiness

“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” ~ Henry C. Link
We just don’t seem to get it. We know the stories of tremendously successful people who had many failures on their way to success. They had the confidence to plow ahead and do what they [...]