When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing t...
What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind by Norman Fischer.
WHEN 99% OF PEOPLE DOUBT YOU, YOU’RE EITHER GRAVELY WRONG OR ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY.
To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.
To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.—Elbert Hubbard
Tim’s TED Talk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator,
Things are never as good or as bad as they seem.
The options are limitless, but each path begins with the same first step: replacing assumptions.
The disease of our times is that we live on the surface.
The commonsense rules of the real world are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.
The World Doesn’t Need Your Explanation. On Saying No:
The Meaning of Culture by John Cowper Powys,
THE BEST PLAN IS THE ONE THAT LETS YOU CHANGE YOUR PLANS.
TF: Lack of time is lack of priorities. If I’m busy, it is because I’ve made choices that put me in that position, so I’ve forbidden myself to reply to How are you? with Busy. I have no right to compl...
Stop wishing and start doing.
Sports evolve when sacred cows are killed, when basic assumptions are tested. The same is true in life and in lifestyles.
Somewhere between college graduation and your second job, a chorus enters your internal dialogue: Be realistic and stop pretending. Life isn’t like the movies.
Sometimes, the clues that you put outwardly are too subtle to be heard, or someone is just talking louder than you.
Sometimes, You Just Need a Vibrator Coach Sommer introduced me to a Russian medical massage specialist who recommended I use the plug-in (not cordless) model of the Hitachi Magic Wand on its high sett...