"Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought in to focus." Alexander Graham Bell How many of us live our lives feeling: Scattered? Rushed? Stretched? Distracted? Overextended? Unfocused? We are constantly "doing," yet seem to get nothing done! This state of...
"Waiting always seems longer when you are relying on someone to do something you can do for yourself." Enzo D'Alimonte A lot of us are waiting. We are waiting for people at home to notice how much we do, and how much we give. We are waiting for people at work to...
"Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make." Sarah Ban Breathnach If you never push yourself, you're never know what you're capable of doing. You've played it safe, for a long time, in so many areas of your life. Playing it safe means you aren't really playing at...
"I always tell the kids, 'you know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.' " Jim Larrangaga It is often acceptable to be good enough. A lot of people do just what they need to do to get by...
"Each moment is a place you've never been." mark strand Does this help? Does this give the permission (and the freedom) to being open to learning? Does this hold the potential, the promise, and the possibility for growth? If each moment is a place you have never been, could that make...
"Think you can't change the world? Too late, you already have. It was changed for the better the minute you were born. There are more people than you can imagine who will never be the same because they came in contact with you...
"The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives." Louise Hay More and more we are shining a light on the significance of our thoughts, and how those thoughts ultimately shape, guide and define our lives. Who is in control of your...
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." Harriet Tubman I was asked what I think made some people so successful, and what my advice would be to those...
"Live up to YOUR potential, instead of imitating someone else's." Martha Burgess She wanted her daughter to be her own person. She wanted her daughter to listen to her own voice, not the incessant clamoring of mass media, to determine her path. She begged her daughter to believe that...
"You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are." Herb Cohen Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, is an amazing framework for assessing the most important factor in your personal and professional life...