Thoughts

Planning is not doing, but it can feel like it. (Don’t be fooled.)

There is always an excuse to fail.

Changing your mind could show courage and wisdom, or it could just be an excuse to give up.

Discover the balance between being content with what you have and never becoming complacent.

The point at which we fail isn’t when we stop; it’s when we choose not to start again.

Grow up, get old, and die, and do it all as best you can.

Don’t be like most people.

Pretend that we are all just one person living many lives across time, and what we do to each other we only do to ourselves.

The road you take not is the goal or destination, just the direction.

Be whole.

When you’re part of a team, work hard to make other people look good too.

Every now and then, do something for someone else and take no credit for it.

There are no debts between family.

We succeed because we work hard; we thrive because we work together.

The more of yourself you bring out into the world the better the world you create for us all.

The role of art is to inspire; thought, understanding, action…. Live your life as art.

Always be learning.

Nice guys can finish last, but no one else finishes better.

We have done our best if the world goes on well without us.

It’s never too late to go back and change things or to set them right.

Know yourself. It’s what everything in your life will be built from.

Each day strive to be better than you were yesterday.

Look for evidence, and when you find it don’t ignore it.

Everything you are as a person is a choice.

Whatever you are is fine so long as you chose it.

Eat life’s desserts with a small spoon.

Give presents to your future self. Remember, if you started working towards your goal 2 years ago where would you be now?

Make time each day to do something for or with somebody else.

Make time to take care of yourself.

Make time to be with yourself.

Choose silence from time to time, and let others fill the void while you listen and take it in.

Don’t be afraid to question yourself; don’t be afraid to let others question you either.

Most of the things we do to avoid looking bad, make us look bad.

The pursuit of happiness doesn’t always lead to happiness; but the pursuit of fulfillment seldom disappoints.

Learn to see what you get when you give.

Make peace with hard work, then learn to embrace it, and you’ll have most of what you need to get everything you want.

Learning how to learn is the lifelong value of learning skills you might never use.

Set aside your ego so you don’t have to spend all of your energy protecting it.

Allow you and others time to transition and grow.

Make no mistake life is driven by competition, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a zero sum game where one person alone can win.

When you respond with force, you’re telling others that you are scared and weak.

Think before and after you act.

Help others to achieve so you can be challenged and inspired by them.

Everything we need in the world we get from other people.

We are all partly accountable for what happens in our interactions with others.

Don’t blame others for the things you do, especially the things you do to yourself.

Expending energy creates energy. The laws of physics that we are used to don’t apply to our internal universe.

Learn to accept graciously the help and support of others.

You’ll have a hard time convincing anyone that you deserve to be valued and cherished, if you don’t value and cherish yourself.

Life is about doing. It’s death that is about being done.

Don’t regret what you didn’t do in the past, only ever regret what you aren’t doing in the now; when you can do something about it.

Of all the things to be lazy about, one of the best is being too lazy to lie.

We’re all busy, so let’s only make time for the truth.

Your limits usually aren’t what they appear to be

We usually say we can’t when we really mean it’s hard.

Learn the difference between “I can’t,” and “I don’t know how.”

Instincts are meant to guide you, but they were never meant to lead you.

Instincts and emotions propagate themselves when you allow them to control rather than guide you.

Make your own luck by figuring out how to increase the odds in your favor.

Patience with others teaches us how to have patience with ourselves.

Perspective is a powerful tool, so choose yours consciously.

What is there to learn if we already know everything.

Whenever you hear yourself say “I’m just saying,” you’re lying.

Learn what it sounds like when you’re making excuses.

Make it so that an accident cannot happen.

Embrace taking responsibility for things because it means you are powerful enough to change it.

Wisdom is not just learning from your mistakes; it requires doing something about it.

Wisdom is not just learning from your mistakes; it includes learning from the mistakes of others.

If you hide your mistakes (and the lessons they teach) you deny those around you an opportunity to learn.

Sometimes we need to fail before we can understand how to succeed.

Don’t give others the power to determine how you see yourself.

Find a way to move forward, not an excuse to stop.

Spend less and invest more; in yourself, in your dreams, and in others.

in your relationships, in your community… etc.

Even when you are right you can still be wrong to argue.

Treat the little things as if this were your last day on earth; treat the big things as if you will live forever.

Tomorrow is a dream and yesterday is a memory; so now is where all action takes place.

You can’t grow your leaves without growing your roots.

Let little things go, invest in the big things.

Embrace challenges and test yourself often; it is how you nurture strength, competence and confidence.

We spend more time looking for proof that we are right than we spend looking for the truth.

Whether you agree with their conclusions or not, people usually have very valid reasons behind what they believe.

People who make us look bad make us feel bad but that’s our problem, don’t make it theirs.

We tend not to like people who make us feel bad, but sometimes those people push us to be better.

It is often uncomfortable to learn a lesson. Get it over with now and move on.

Avoiding the discomfort now won’t help you avoid the lesson in the future.

You can be anything, but you have to start where you are.

You can change the world but you have to start with what it is now.

Compromise is more about finding a way for everyone to get what they need, than it is about giving up who you are in order to find peace.

Conflict is OK. It can be a healthy part of any relationship, depending on how it is handled.

Putting up with other people’s crap is how we show appreciation for them putting up with ours.

Every morning when you look at the world imagine that you are the world and all the possibilities contained within it.

Yes you can, and if you choose then you absolutely will, don’t ever let anyone convince you otherwise.

Life is short, create.

Look at your body and you can see what shape your heart is in. If you don’t like what you see, it is never too late to start taking better care of it.

Look at your life and you can see what you put your heart into. If you don’t like what you see, it is never too late to start putting yourself into something else.

Sometimes people move to one extreme in order to counterbalance another. Sometimes our beliefs are a response more than a truth.

The truth is usually a middle ground that includes elements from all across the spectrum.

Taking action can change how you feel about something.

You can’t trust someone who’s trying to sell you something. It doesn’t mean they aren’t telling the truth, it just means that you cant trust them to.