Beatles, Disney and Honda
“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” ~ Rumi The Beatles started in smokey, cramped clubs. Disney’s first sketches were simple little doodles. Soichiro Honda began with a tiny garage, adding motors to bicycles. All of these legends have something in common — they took the first step in imperfect conditions. […]
Priorities
“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” ~ Henry David Thoreau How many times have you watched someone play guitar and whispered, “I want to learn that”? Or scrolled past a friend’s hiking photo, thinking, “I want to hike Mount Fuji too”? But […]
Re-DIE-rement
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman “I’m 65 years old and I can finally do anything I want with my life!” Yikes. To live 6 ½ decades of your life doing […]
Chapter 1
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Michael McMillan If your life is a book, what kind of book are you writing? Is it filled with action and adventure? Unexpected twists, turns, and thrills? Or blank pages and redundancy? Dispassionate prose and lackluster climaxes? We […]
6 Simple Little Mindset Shifts That Can Change Your Life Forever
You’re busy, so I’ll keep this quick. Following are 6 simple little mindset shifts that have changed my life… and can change yours, too. 1. Why Am I Doing This? -> What’s The Alternative When you’re doing something hard, you probably think to yourself, “Why am I doing this?” That’s okay. We all do. In […]
How to Learn 100x Faster
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ― Marcel Proust I think there’s a downside to getting inspired all the time. You’re super excited… And then realise you’ve got SO MUCH to learn before learning the new skill, hitting the new goal or launching the new […]
Tomorrow will be better.
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” — Ralph Waldo […]
Fate be Damned
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell “Who am I?” It’s a question that you’ve probably asked yourselves many times. You believe there is a definite version of yourself waiting to be unlocked. You think… “There’s […]
Exception vs. Norm
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle A few weeks ago I went to France on vacation and let loose. Workouts? Nope. Meditating? Didn’t happen. Reading? Who had time for that? I was all about those croissants, pastries & lazing around. But when I got […]
You Wouldn’t Yell at a Caterpillar
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” – Arnold H. Glasow Evolving into the person you want to become is tough. Our culture bombards us with “overnight success” stories. But the truth? The truth is that anyone who is impressive in their accomplishments… probably […]