Clarity
To bridge the gap between a goal/dream and your current reality, you must be clear on both. How did you get here? What did you think and do or not do to create your current reality? (Most people will blame someone or something else.) What do you want exactly? (Most…
You did this
Look at your life. This is what your thinking, actions, and habits were perfectly set up to produce. Cause and effect. If you want something different or better, you have to change how you are thinking and what you are doing.
Adversity builds strength
The schools around here closed for a few half days because it was "too hot". Our kids are learning that when it gets tough, fold your cards and go home. Of course, there will be challenges to come far, far more difficult than that. "It is in the most difficult…
You gotta do what you gotta do…
You gotta do what you gotta do, until you can do what you want to do. You'll never be able to do what you want to do, unless you do what you gotta do really well.
Be tough on you.
For many years, and even now, each day I made sure I did what I had to to get better, not mess up, and live up to my commitments, and more. I learned how to do this better and better, especially by making mistakes. I made it a habit. Then…
Independence
"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: it vexes me to choose another guide." - Emily Bronte "The first of earthly blessings, independence." - Edward Glenn "If you are not your own agent, you are someone else's." - Alice E. Molley "There is no support so strong as…
Notes on High School
"I have a friend whose theory is that you're from wherever you went to high school. I think that is mostly true." - Steven Soderbergh "High school - those are your prime suffering years. They don't get better suffering than that." - Steve Carrell "In high school, my desire for…
Standing on the backs of giants
"A wise man can learn from the mistakes of others; a fool can't learn from his own." -Will Durant If you are to get ahead you must learn from others - from what they have learned the hard way, the expensive way, and the long way. By doing this you…
Quit drinking sugar
(The war on sugar continues...) You may eat well, but do you drink well? Soda, fruit juice, beer, wine, gatorade, iced tea.... it's all loaded with sugar. Best to drink water most of the time - don't you think?
Changing your life
How you see changing your life makes a huge difference. You can see it as a chore you have to go through, or as a gift you are giving yourself. Do you prefer chores or opening gifts?
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Great picture and great reminder, Larry! Thanks as always!!
14! Thank you!