Every man dies, not every man REALLY lives. -William Wallace, Braveheart So what does it take to get so fired up that you do the extraordinary? How does the underdog overcome great odds to achieve the greatest of feats? All those obstacles. Abilities pushed to the limits of the inconceivable. Yet in spite of the ...…
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. -Winston Churhill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister. Teleological. Goal seeking organism. According to Aristotle, that’s what we all are. Some call it go-getters, others refer to it as survival of the fittest. Kill or be killed. Only the strong survive. ...…
When you feel lost maybe it’s because you lost your mojo, but what is your mojo and how do you find it once it’s lost. We could make the argument that your mojo is that personal swagger, not necessarily your ego, rather a simple confidence that makes you feel good. In the context of your ...…
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fail. -Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) Irish poet, writer and physician. Chest pumped up. Head held high. Come and go as you please. Get paid well. Spend it freely. Plenty of friends. Who cares about the haters? If anybody gets too close for comfort, bite them. ...…
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. -Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), German philosopher. My word is my bond. My name is everything. ...…
Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three more. Roberto Duran (1951-) One of the greatest fighters of all time known as Manos de Piedra (Hands of Stone). So many ups and downs in life. The tide rises and carries us to the ...…
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. -Suzanne Somers, Actress. So you’ve done something wrong. It keeps gnawing away at you. You keep burying it deeper. You rationalize why you did what you did but it keeps poking away. It wakes you up in the middle of a deep sleep. It invades your peace of ...…
Your brain is involved in everything you do. -Daniel Amen, M.D. and author. Negative Attack So who questions you? Your teacher? Your parents? Your spouse? Your kids? Probably all of them on a regular basis and then some. Maybe they don’t do it out loud, but rest assured they do it, especially when they don’t ...…
Thankfulness…the attitude of gratitude. For what? The good things only? How about the tough times and the trip-ups that teach us too? Why aren’t we thankful for all of it? Just up the road a bit from where I live, the Pilgrims gave thanks. They had plenty of ups and downs, especially in the first ...…
No man means all he says and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought it vicious. -Henry B. Adams (1838-1913) Journalist and member of the Adams political family. My mother was always threatening to wash my mouth out with soap when I was a kid…so I challenged her with ...…
