Mar
30
Jacob A. Riis said, “Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know…
Mar
29
Bruce Lee said, “If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.” This is a great quote from Bruce Lee that can be applied to…
Mar
29
I just had a chat with a young guy this morning, who is definitely a guy on the up and up, and part of our conversation was about a sales guy who worked for him. He is a top athlete…
Mar
29
Mar
26
Henry Ward Beecher said, “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” Have you ever been in a job, or relationship, where you want to really move…
Mar
25
Admiral Grace Hopper said, “If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” This of course depends on what you are about to do but in many…
Mar
24
Robert Southey said,” It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.” I like the image those words create. Words so condensed they leave burn marks on you and your soul. There is…
Mar
23
Carl Lewis said, “Life is about timing.” Timing can be a pain or it can be the golden apple. When you are waiting for things to happen and they aren’t happening quick enough the timing isn’t good. But when that…
Mar
22
Josh Billings said, “Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” We all say yes to often. It is engrained into us because we like to help…
Mar
22
Yesterday my bride and I were discussing values and it begged the question, “What are values?”. If you go to a coach or a counselor you will always be asked about your values and maybe have to write them down….