Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s said, “Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” Kroc was worth a real US$500,000,000 fortune by the time he passed away in 1984 and attributed his success…
Confucius said, “It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.” Like the Hare learnt from the Tortoise speed is not always essential to win the race. A friend of mine Lisa Tamati is…
Henry David Thoreau said, “I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.” Tomorrow is ANZAC Day and I would like you to think about trust.We trusted our soldiers to stand up for what we thought…
Seth Godin said, “Remarkable, something worth making a remark about”. Remarkable is my newest word that I like and it makes me ask the question, what am I doing or what are you doing today that is worth making a…
Relationships count. They count for more than what we are willing to give them most of the time. Margaret Mead said, “Having someone wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night is a very old human need.”…
Annie Dillard said, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Is Annie right? Sometimes I think a day of slacking can be productive because you give your brain a rest. This allows the ideas…
Chungliang Al Huang said, “Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz — something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.” Chungliang has hit the nail on the head….
Benjamin Franklin said, “Lost time is never found again.” This week I’ve felt a bit lost. However, I realised that apart from putting a few things off I came up with some answers while my mind meandered. Sometimes it’s good…
There is an Ancient Persian saying, “I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.” Some days it’s nice to just remember how good you’ve got it.
Stanislaw J. Lec said, “If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?” Is he? I don’t think so because he wouldn’t know it was lucky. Are you missing opportunities because you can’t count? That is…
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