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Life is better with less complaining
“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won’t make us happier.” ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture They’ve raised the price again! What do they think, that we’re made of money? She’s […]
Read MoreBe a better…coach
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano When the team loses, everyone looks to the coach, when kids make mistakes in life, people tend to look to their ‘coach’ (the parents), and when a company is failing everyone looks to the ‘coach’ (the leader). […]
Read More2016, The Year We Became Better!
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ― Ernest Hemingway Everywhere we turn, there seems to be a demand that we be better than everyone else. If you want a promotion, be better than your co-workers, if you want first chair in the […]
Read MoreAppreciating their presence
This was originally posted in December 2014. Thought it worth sharing for the holidays. “I wear the chain I forged in life….I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.” ― Jacob Marley’s ghost; Charles Dickens, […]
Read MoreSuccess Often Born from Failure
“To be successful, one has to be one of three bees — the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in.” Suzy Kassem, “Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem” School is back in session and it’s one of my favorite times of year. I […]
Read MoreLife, It is Too Short and It is Too Long
“The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little.” Michel de Montaigne Looking at the picture on my computer monitor, the silly face reminded of how much fun my friend’s son was. Another picture popped onto the screen, […]
Read MoreThe Price of Fear
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.”–Yoda One of the greatest lessons to be learned in life is that we have little control over what goes on in our lives, other than the choices we make for ourselves. As much as you […]
Read MoreThe Future is Ours, and It is Theirs
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ― Warren Buffett They said it had to be done, and we did it. Removing those three wonderful trees from the front yard was painful, on the pocketbook and on the heart. Roots that had been exposed in the eroding […]
Read MoreShow Up
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Woody Allen Young parents are often surprised by how quickly life changes when a baby joins the family. There is a perceived (and somewhat real) loss of freedom, and for a new mother, this is especially true if she is staying home for any length of time. The laundry piles […]
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Thoughts to Encourage
Nothing helps like a good nap…
Birds are Beautiful
A Dog is Faithful…
