The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living
I’m sure you’ve read this quote before: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates said at his trial for heresy. He was on trial for encouraging his students to challenge accepted beliefs of the time and think for themselves. The sentence was death or Socrates had the option of suggesting an alternative punishment. He […]
Nothing Grows in a Straight Line – Even People
No one is surprised when they see that plants don’t grow straight. Plant a squash or a vine and see what it does. If you want it to grow straight, you’ll need to use tent stakes to staple it’s tentacles to the earth. If fact, it’s almost laughable when you see what people do with […]
Understand The Road You’re On
I loved my father. And one of the things I loved the most was his sense of humor. One time we were driving across country from our old home in North Dakota to our new home in Washington State. Alongside the freeway were telephone poles. Mile after mile. Hundreds of miles after hundreds of miles. […]
Sticktoittiveness
I received this in a recent email from Brian Tracy: Calvin Coolidge, a president who was so reluctant to speak in public that he was given the nickname of “Silent Cal,” will go down in history for his simple but memorable words on success. He wrote, “Press on. Nothing in the world can take the […]
Set Yourself Up For Feedback Success
Set Yourself Up For Success When It Comes to Feedback Feedback without A Clear Personal Mission is Just Criticism by Karl W. Palachuk I’m not sure how “accepting feedback from others” became a trait that our society values and encourages. Most of us have some very negative feelings around feedback. Even when we […]
First is First and Second is Nothing
There’s an old movie most people have never heard of called The Big Combo. In this movie, “Mr. Brown” is a big hoodlum. His motto is “First is first and second is nothing.” Mr. Brown expresses that motto again and again and again. Until the time he’s shot dead. Sometimes, our culture beats into us […]
A Busy Mind is not a Disorder
Let me be very clear here: I’m not a doctor. I don’t play one on TV. I don’t hand out medical advice. I just find myself thinking about the world around me and I can’t help “thinking outloud” on the web. I’ve heard the term “ADHD” — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — but I’m not […]
Roles and Activities
Translating your personal mission into your daily life. In earlier posts (December, January), we discussed values and principles. They are literally the foundation for your goals. From this base we built a vision or mission statement. Here’s the hierarchy: The obvious next question is, How do you translate your personal mission into your daily life? […]
You WANT This Lifestyle?
Have you heard the term “lifestyle business?” I’ve heard this used a lot in the last few months. At a conference, someone will ask how many have 2-10 employees, 11-20, 20 or more. Then, invariably, the speaker will say “Oh, how many have a lifestyle business? Nothing wrong with that.” A lifestyle business is one […]
Ghettos of the Internet
One of the newsletters I subscribe to is Perry Marshall’s (www.perrymarshall.com). His specialty is Google AdWords, Guerilla Marketing, and other misc. marketing techniques. Recently, he told the story of an email he recieved. A man wrote to him and said, basically, “I need to make $5,000 real fast.” He promised to buy a $50 book […]
