A quote from a recent addition of Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo caught my attention. The quote was from Steve Jobs and it went, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of…
There’s no time like the present to be happy because the present is all we have. Furthermore, self-indulgent things and experiences don’t make us happy. Rather, our happiness is the byproduct of the actions we take to make others happy. These can be simple little things like complementing people on what they’re wearing of something…
The above quote is from the 95 year old actor, Kirk Douglas. What this means is that if you’re lucky enough to live to be 95, most of what you’re going to accomplish in life has already happened and this is the time when you reflect on those accomplishments. If you’ve done something with your…
I read an article recently about a very successful hamburger chain called Five Guys. It opened 25 years ago with one store and today is has more than 1,000. The chain’s strategy for success is simple: serve a good product at a reasonable price and have a clean and friendly atmosphere. In addition, treat your…
The above is a quote from Golda Meir, the form Prime Minister of Israel. What this quote is telling us is that nothing better prepares us to deal with life than overcoming adversity. Doing so makes us stronger, builds our confidence and makes us eager to take on new challenges. These are the building block…
The above phrase describes how a lot of unhappy people view the world. They’re unhappy with their current situation and they think others have it better. In reality, the grass isn’t always greener; it only looks that way. I remember looking at a cartoon in the Farm Journal magazine when I was in elementary school…
Sometimes, when you’re pursuing your dream, the going gets tough. When this happens, it’s very tempting to say something like, “This is way too hard; maybe I should give up.” The problem with giving up is that achieving your dream might be just around the corner, but you’ll never know if you throw in the…
Whenever I ask people how they are going to deal with a particular problem if it were ever to occur in the future, the response you often hear is, “I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.” In other words, I’ll deal with that problem if it occurs, but I don’t want to be…
The other night, I was watching a major league baseball player being interviewed on television after he had pitched a particularly good game. Early in his career, he had not pitched well and now he is pitching very well. When the interviewer asked him what it was that caused the change in his performance, he…
The above is a quote from Art Fettig, my 80-plus year old friend who is a motivational speaker, author, philosopher and actor: www.artfetig.com. I think his quote makes an excellent point. Having something on our horizon that’s going to stretch us and make us grow is one of the things that makes getting out of bed…