If you are not reading Seth Godin’s blog, you missing great wisdom:
March 31, 2008 by Gene
Taking care of yourself
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March 26, 2008 by Gene
Can you give it up?
The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.
W.E.B. Du Bois
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March 22, 2008 by Gene
Living up to…
“I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.”
Fritz Perls
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March 18, 2008 by Gene
Getting someone’s attention
This will blow your mind in regards to the power (and limits) of focus.
Seeing is not believing. We see what we believe
[via seth]
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March 17, 2008 by Gene
Greatfulness
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.
–Brother David Steindl-Rast
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March 12, 2008 by Gene
Heroes of New York
We are in NY and the newspapers are filled with the news of the day. Page after page of scandal. I hope people didn’t miss this story. This is the story of 8 Long Island teens who are changing the world for the better.
Do yourself a favor. Read this story and rediscover your faith in your fellow human.
Merrick teens design clothes, jewelry for charity
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March 10, 2008 by Gene
One Corner
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
–Aldous Huxley
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March 10, 2008 by Gene
The Best You Can Do
The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you’ve discovered—and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well.
–Esther Hicks
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March 7, 2008 by Gene
Fear
Everything I’ve ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Chet Atkins
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March 6, 2008 by Gene
Working on Me
Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Jim Rohn
The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, “If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.” Now I say, “I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me”.
Jim Rohn
[via Creating a Better Life]
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They wait for the teacher (hopefully a great one) to give them something of value.
Many employees do the same thing at work. They wait for a boss (hopefully a great one) to give them responsibility or authority or experiences that add up to a career.
A few people, not many, but a few, take. They take the best education they can get, pushing teachers for more, finding things to do, exploring non-defined niches. They take more courses than the minimum, they invent new projects and they show up with questions.
A few people, not many, take opportunities at work. Marketers have the easiest time of this (sort of hard to commandeer the chain saw) but don’t do it nearly as often as they should.
What have you taken today?