“You won’t be successful until you want it as bad as you want to breathe.” For most of my life, I’ve had asthma. I didn’t know I had asthma. I thought everyone was like me. I was forty when I found out I had asthma. This year, for some unknown reason, my asthma is mostly…
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Focusing on 6 things brings success
I was listening to Jim Rohn‘s The Challenge to Succeed last night. Among the many, many inspirational gems, Rohn states that there are only about a half dozen things when, if focused on, will bring you success. If you spend 80% of your time focusing on these 6 things, you will be successful. So I…
Trust thyself
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson I had a BIG lesson in this last weekend. A certain business situation was presented as an opportunity but it felt funny. I checked it out with someone I trust. Turns out it was a funny situation. I hope you trust yourself this…
Writer's Wednesday: My favorite writing advice
I recently read a blog post giving 54 tips for writers and was surprised that my favorite bits of advice weren’t there. I thought I might compile my own list. So here goes: PROMOTION 1. “Think really hard before you spend a year trying to please one person in New York to get your book published by…
True Perfection = 2% of your lifetime
“The moments when you attain a goal and realize true perfection probably account for less than 2 percent of your lifetime, while the process of living and working toward your goals occupies the rest. If you look to perfection to supply your sense of success, you are discounting the other 98 percent of your life.”…
Success
Here’s two videos, by the Richard St. John, about Success. They were both taken at a Ted conference. I’ve posted this first video before. It’s a quirky little 3 minute piece on how to be successful. Created in 2005, it’s very inspirational. This year’s video, is a follow up. What happens after you reach success?…
Our birth right.
“Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.” – Seth Godin Happy Monday!
Somebody helped you.
“I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it’s half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me. No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you.” –Athea Gibson, first African American…