It’s autumn. For some, a joyful time as the overwhelming heat of summer turns into cool, crisp and cozy autumn days. For others, it’s a time that veers off into darkness and windy and rainy days on end as your energy and motivation falls. No matter what of these groups you belong to – or …
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”Ralph Waldo Emerson Fear. It’s so easy to get stuck in …
What you’re paying attention to directly influences what you’re investing your life in. Could you be making more beneficial investments?Attention uses time, attention provides perspective, and attention drives effort. These factors significantly impact the quality of your life and your world.If you allow, your attention can be hijacked by trivial or even nefarious matters. Yet …
Speed matters, but direction matters more. In most cases, getting there faster is not as important as getting there well.The value embedded in your chosen destination is not in merely arriving. You can also gain great value in the journey.Rushing through that journey not only produces needless anxiety, it forces you to bypass opportunities. Choose …
Dismay gets your attention. But if you let it continue beyond that, it gets you nothing.Actually, what you end up with is worse than nothing. Because dismay, more often than not, serves as an excuse for inaction and resignation.Sure, it’s important to accept the reality of whatever you cannot change, and that certainly includes discouraging …
The imitation is cheaper, quicker, very convenient. And that’s why the real thing is infinitely more satisfying.An experience that demands nothing from you cannot convey anything worthwhile to you. Satisfaction does not reside in what you get unless it is rooted in what you give.You might feel clever when you can check off the box …
An intuition is nothing particularly mysterious. It’s a thought that has more depth than you’re able to recognize.Much of your thinking is explicit and intentional. Yet a good portion of your best thinking occurs beneath your level of awareness, where valuable intuitions come from.It can be frustrating when you’re trying too hard to think through …
A habit is something you do almost without thinking. Even so, in order to make sure you maintain the habit, it’s good to regularly think about it.You get yourself into a good habit, to the point where it becomes second nature. Yet when anything becomes second nature, it can be all to easy to take …
If you allow the little things to get you down, then you give the big things the power to overwhelm you. By constantly complaining about minor problems, you compromise your ability to deal with the major problems.Whenever you’re interrupted by an unexpected annoyance you have a choice to make. You can let it poison your …
Every action has consequences. To improve your consequences, adjust your actions.Sometimes it’s obvious what results your actions will cause. Other times, it can be more difficult to know in advance.But almost always, after you take each action you will know its consequences. Learn from that experience, each time you have it.Whenever something goes right, and …