Momma always said “Be careful who you make friends with.” As I grow older I find more and more Mom is a wise woman. If you are to grow as a person you have to be careful of the company you keep.
There is a story I can use to illustrate this.
If you put a crab [...]
Archive for April, 2008
The Hardest Part Of Self Growth
Posted in General, tagged Choice, Friends, Growth on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Deadly Disease That Kills Self Growth
Posted in General, tagged Excuse, Grow on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Exusitis.
Excusitis is a disease. I think it’s widely becoming a pandemic, and I’m guessing you’ve probably never heard of it. That’s because it is a socially acceptable disease. It is the disease of constantly making excuses. and it is a self growth killer.
I was busy.
I couldn’t get out of bed.
I was stuck in traffic
I’ll do [...]
Orlando Magic Advance!
Posted in General, tagged caring, NBA, Orlando Magic on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am a HUGE Orlando Magic Fan. So I’d like to take a second and congratulate my boys in blue for winning their first round series against Toronto.
Orlando Magic’s star player is Dwight Howard. You all may hear about the bad guys in basketball and think they’re all thugs, but one look at Dwight Howard, [...]
Demons, Battles, Adventures, and Forces
Posted in General, tagged Demons, Growth on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This quote came from J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly.
“What impresses me most, though, are not my own accomplishments, but what they represent. When people overcome huge obstacles, they often say, “If I can do it, anyone can.” It’s a cliché — and never literally true — but I think there’s something very real to [...]
Esse Quam Videri
Posted in General, tagged Quotes, Self on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Esse Quam Videri. That is my motto. It means “To be rather than to be appear.” To put it another way, be what you pretend to be.
So many people spend there days trying to be what they think other people want them to be. Often times, what other people think isn’t close to what you [...]
Self Growth, NOT Self Improvement
Posted in Growth, tagged Growth, Life, Self on April 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Nate? Why self growth? Why not say self improvement? When I finally decided on a theme I am passionate about, self improvement, and I was looking to name the blog accordingly, I couldn’t use self improvement. Improvement just seems the wrong concept. Let’s go to the dictionary:
Improvement
1. an act of improving or [...]
It Doesn’t Matter What Anyone Else Thinks
Posted in General, tagged Belief, Thinking on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
To quote myself “It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.”
I said this to a friend of mine who has been doing some soul searching. She’s pregnant and has extra time on her hands, I guess with that time she is trying to find out who she is. So we got into a discussion, and toward [...]
“Grab Life By the Horns”
Posted in General, tagged Adversity, Life, Preseverence on April 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Grab life by the Horns” QUICK what company’s slogan is that? I use that phrase when I talk about adversity. Life has a tendancy of throwing a wrench in the best laid plans.
Example: November 2006, everything is going fabulous. I had a decent job, I had been with the company for 4+ years. I had [...]
Contentment vs. Happiness
Posted in General, tagged Contentment, Happiness on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend and I got into a discussion on the difference between happiness and contentment. I won’t bore you with the details, but the long and short of it was can you be happy but not content? And can you be content but not happy? And which is better? I believe you can be both. [...]
Happy Earth Day
Posted in General, tagged Earth Day on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Earth Day.
Ironically, I’ve only seen one of the blogs I read mention Earth Day. I must admit the blogs I read tend to support environmentally friendly practices, but only 1 mention of Earth Day. Surprising.
I wanted to make sure to mention it. “Why Nate? Why mention the environment in a self growth blog?” Simple, [...]
