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Archive for January, 2009
New Site
Posted in General on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Importance of Having Goals
Posted in Productivity, tagged Adversity, goals on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Right now I have a lot of things going on. These things are on my mind a lot and it is affecting my efforts to get to 30 blog posts. The past few days I have felt more of an obligation to write than in the past. I don’t want to write, I want to [...]
You Know That, But Do You Do That?
Posted in Productivity, tagged action on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Common sense in not so common.” –Voltaire
You know what to do. You don’t need me. You know the things you need to accomplish to make your life better. The question is do you do it? Do you take common sense and turn it into common action?
Education Is Not Learning
Posted in Growth, tagged learning on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Education is about getting a degree, not learning. Learning is about understanding more about yourself and your world. Why are you going to school? ‘To get a degree’ most college kids will answer, I did. Does having gone to school make me any smarter than someone who didn’t? No. Absolutely not, and I can point [...]
Stop Wishing For Luck
Posted in Simplicity, tagged excuses on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Wish in one hand, shit in another. See which one fills up first”-Bad Santa
Luck doesn’t exist. What you perceive to be luck is just you trying to make excuses. Stop it! If you see someone do something wrong and still get ahead, ignore it. You don’t know that person or his life. Focus on [...]
A Life Certainty: Mistakes
Posted in Life Lessons, tagged life certainty, Mistakes on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of life’s certainties is that you will make mistakes. You can’t stop it. If you can’t stop something, then you accept it. But acceptance isn’t enough. What is needed is learning. We need to learn from our mistakes. What went wrong, and why? You should ask yourself those two questions when you err.
One way [...]
404 Item Not Found – Can’t
Posted in Life Lessons, tagged Life Lessons on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t. I have been trying very hard to get this word out of my dictionary. I don’t like it. I don’t want it. It is a silly word that only encourages excuses and negativity. There is nothing you or I can’t do. Can’t limits your potential and your ability. Sometimes other people try to force [...]
Fighting with Myself: Being Nice
Posted in Relationships, tagged nice, proactive on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I have noticed I’m not as nice as I would like to be. While I take full responsibility for being a meanie, I must realize some of the root causes. The major cause is the people I work with. They tend to be not nice to certain people in the office. I’d like to [...]
