Why writing down your goals and creating a plan separates hope from achievement. This week’s impactful action is to plan your work and work your plan. I’ve seen this phrase attributed to a wide variety of people, so as far as I can tell, there’s no definitive agreement as to its origin, but the message…
Category: Inspiration
If It’s Lonely at the Top, You’re Doing It Wrong
“If you help someone up a mountain, you’re closer to the top yourself.” The exact source of this quote is unclear, even though a similar version has been attributed to General Norman Schwarzkopf. Earlier versions of this quote have also been found in various cultures around the world, but the message is the same: when…
Get It Out of Your Head: Build a System Your Brain Will Thank You For
This week’s action is to get stuff out of your head. I want you to develop a system for freeing up your mind so you can spend more time dreaming and planning and less time remembering. Believe me, your brain works a lot better when you use it for creativity instead of storage. When your brain…
You Already Know What to Do. So Why Aren’t You Doing It?
This week’s quote is “Most people know what to do, they just don’t do what they know.” I was unable to find the source of this quote, but American actor Sylvester Stallone and self-help guru Tony Robbins have both been given credit for similar thoughts. If you talk to enough people, you’ll realize fairly quickly how true…
I Started Writing Down Every Good Thing That Happened. Here’s What I Learned.
A couple of years ago, I came across a Facebook post that suggested a simple but powerful idea: write down every positive thing that happens in your life and save those notes to read at the end of the year. It sounded interesting, so my wife and I decided to give it a try. If…
My Favorite Quote
My all-time favorite quote is from May Sarton, an American novelist and poet, who once wrote, “Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.” This is another way of saying “All work and no play makes Jack a…