She wasn’t even three feet tall— a little five-year-old toe head leaving the grocery line with her mom. She was carrying a plastic bag full of Fuji apples that were far too heavy for her tiny arms. She walked a few feet, paused, and realized that the bag was too heavy, so she started to [...]
Continue reading...8. September 2010
“I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside. ” Winston Churchill Since the age of five, he knew he would be a doctor. I was there when he opened his [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2010
“You are the leader of your life.” Jonathan Budd Day 20 of a 30-day video challenge arrives. I draw a blank. The fear of limiting beliefs can bring you to a standstill. In the morning emails, there is a video from Jonathan Budd. He shares a heart-to-heart conversation on how he’s changing his life by [...]
Continue reading...14. August 2010
“The critical decisions in life are always the tiny ones.” Jeff Olson Whether we are conscious of it or not, the smallest decisions we make on a daily basis produce our lifetime results. Steve was a struggling English teacher, living paycheck to paycheck. He wrote a 55-page story about a high school girl. Then despondency [...]
Continue reading...29. June 2010
“Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. “ William Shakespeare There are five top reasons I procrastinate. While I originally thought they were listed in the order of importance, it was easy to pluck examples from my life in each one of these categories. This list is directed toward blogging; however, it easily applies to [...]
Continue reading...21. June 2010
The following is an excerpt from a speech by Jim Rohn. After listening to it three times, I typed out the notes to put in the front of my journal as a daily reminder to employ these five steps. They were so powerful I wanted to share them with you. 1. The ability to absorb. [...]
Continue reading...9. June 2010
With more than 20,000 different species, ants are considered to be Earth’s most successful species. They are very social, highly communicative insects who can carry 10 to 50 times their body weight. They are also terribly difficult to get rid of once they invade your space. So what do we have to learn from these [...]
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9. November 2010
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