Posted in Simplicity, tagged Creed, John Wooden, Simplicity on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You want a recipe on how to be successful? Here is John Wooden’s seven point creed:
Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece
Help others
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible
Make friendship a fine art
Build a shelter against a rainy day
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.
Wow. You know a man [...]
Posted in Growth, tagged attitude on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You need to have attitude. ‘I don’t think I can’ means you can’t. ‘I think I can’ puts you in the game. Don’t ever count yourself out. You want a free ticket to the front of the line? Make your attitude your ally and you put yourself on a whole other level.
Posted in Productivity, tagged Life, Productivity, reward on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chiseling Stone
“What we do in life, echoes in eternity” – Gladiator
A masterpiece isn’t created by hacking away at a stone. It takes time and energy. One tap of the chisel does not create the fracture. A constant tapping is needed.
Such is our daily existence. Small, daily actions create tremendous rewards. You wouldn’t think reading daily [...]
Posted in Life Lessons, Simplicity, tagged Dream, reality on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a teenager, I enjoyed watching 7th Heaven. I still like to watch it. It has good story lines without being cheesy. Eric Camden was the father, and notorious for pearls of wisdom. One of his tenets was to never play the ‘what if’ game.
“We can’t afford to play what if. We have [...]
Posted in Productivity, tagged brainstorm, Productivity on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love to brainstorm. There is nothing like sitting down for 20 minutes and a goldmine of ideas down pour onto paper. I get a good feeling after I brainstorm on something. Here are a few basic rules I follow when I am Brainstorming.
Schedule a separate time
Brainstorming should not be on your to do list. [...]
Posted in Money, tagged economic crisis, knight kiplinger on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A while ago, there was an editorial from Knight Kiplinger addressing his take on how to fix America’s problem, including the economic crisis. He provides a sound layout and foundation for how we can get America back on track. We need more people like him to lay out these types of options for the layperson. [...]
Posted in Simplicity, tagged now, Peace on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not a gift, but a present. A here and now present.
When was the last time you were truly in the moment?
When was the last time you walked down the street without going over the things you had to get done?
When was your last ‘now’?
We’re so wrapped up in worries that we miss out on life. [...]
Posted in Blogging, Life Lessons, tagged Blogging, Lessons on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my article on October 27th, I set a goal to have 30 articles written before I started to post. This post is the half way point. It’s article #16. And I wanted to write an article about it, even though, by the time it is posted, I will already have reached my goal. It’s [...]
Posted in Relationships, tagged love on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A favorite book of mine is “The Servant” by James C. Hunter. It is a book about leadership. One of the qualities he talks about is love. This is where I discovered the Greek’s had different words for different types of love. Unlike English, where love for ice cream is the same word as love [...]
Posted in Growth, tagged Life, Struggle, tough times on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I feel a bit down. I feel as if everyone is messing with me. Everyone is testing me, to see how I react. It’s frustrating. Maybe it’s one of life’s tests. No one can be up all the time. It’s impossible no matter how hard I try. What do we do when life pushes us [...]
