The Discipline of Perception (how we see and perceive the world around us) The Discipline of Action (the decisions and actions we take—and to what end) The Discipline of Will (how we deal with the thi...
A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strongest. If you want their property, take it—take also their staff, profession, and body. But you will never c...
Adults create perennial sellers—and adults take responsibility for themselves. Children expect opportunities to be handed to them; maturity is understanding you have to go out and make them.
Most trouble is temporary… unless you make that not so. Recovery is not grand, it’s one step in front of the other. Unless your cure is more of the disease. Only
The only relationship between work and chatter is that one kills the other. Let
There is a balance. Soccer coach Tony Adams expresses it well. Play for the name on the front of the jersey, he says, and they’ll remember the name on the back. When
With one approach you took advantage; with the other you succumbed to anger or fear.
With accomplishment comes a growing pressure to pretend that we know more than we do. To pretend we already know everything.
You will come across obstacles in life -- fair and unfair. And you will discover, time and time again, that what matters most is not what these obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them,...
We decide what we will make of each and every situation. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist. We decide whether we’ll assent or reject. No one can force us to give up or to believe s...
People claim to want to do something that matters, yet they measure themselves against things that don’t, and track their progress not in years but in microseconds. They want to make something timeles...
Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder. —SHAKESPEARE
Sometimes ego is suppressed on the ascent. Sometimes an idea is so powerful or timing is so perfect (or one is born into wealth or power) that it can temporarily support or even compensate for a massi...
We’ve all done it. Said: I am so [overwhelmed, tired, stressed, busy, blocked, outmatched]. And then what do we do about it? Go out and party. Or treat ourselves. Or sleep in. Or wait. It feels better...
It is essential for you to remember that the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion to its worth, for then you won’t tire and give up, if you aren’t busying yourself with lesser...
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
Since the vast majority of our words and actions are unnecessary, corralling them will create an abundance of leisure and tranquility.
Great commanders look for decision points. For it is bursts of energy directed at decisive points that break things wide open. They
He says the best way out is always through And I agree to that, or in so far As I can see no way out but through. —ROBERT FROST
In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business. —MA...
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