Category

Inspiration

• 09.03.07
  Positive Thinking Day   Attitude, Inspiration (2)

  September 13, 2007 is Positive Thinking Day.
  Here is a positive thought (quotation) from Winston Chuchill and Quote of the Day:
  The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.  The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
  - Winston Churchill

• 08.21.07
  My Connection Addiction   Connections, Inspiration (6)

  I can’t begin to tell you how the Internet would have changed my life, had it been around when I was a kid.
  In my own home town, I was considered a bit of a freak by almost every other kid in school. Worse, any freakishness that went unnoticed was only spared me because I hid [...]

• 07.28.07
  The Choice is the Spark   Change, Growth, Inspiration, Success (2)

  All to often we get frustrated when we feel uninspired, get writers block, can’t decide on a college major, etc.  Sometimes it’s the simple movement of chosing something that enables us to get fired up and inspired to do other things.  Yes, often our choices are the wrong one and life has a way of [...]

• 06.25.07
  Maximizing Your Ideas as You Embrace Change   Change, Inspiration (0)

  Every concept can be turned into reality. Over the past couple of months, I have been working on what I call the IDEA matrix, a tool that allows you to maximize your ideas and embrace change. The processes outlined below interact at so many levels and the lines are not clear-cut between them. It is possible [...]

• 06.10.07
  How to be a Sure Champion   Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (2)

  Yesterday I had the chance to watch the final game of the much anticipated rematch at French Open Tennis Championship between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. It was a very hot day outside and my wife and I decided to play scrabble while we watched the championship. Our 16-month old son was right in the mix as he ran [...]

• 06.05.07
  Affirmation   Inspiration (1)

  I will remain calm in all that I do today, seeking balance and understanding, letting any chaos or any discontinuity that I encounter wash over me and away.
  I am calm, deeply relaxed, and focused on the path before me.  I am where I am, absorbing each moment, present in the present, delighting in the serenity.
  Spun [...]

• 06.03.07
  Courage, Wisdom and Vision   Attitude, Inspiration, Success (2)

  Courage, Wisdom
  and Vision
  Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal.
  - Harold E. Stassen

• 05.26.07
  The Secret to Blossoming in Life   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (0)

  This month’s theme was “Stop and Smell the Flowers”. Earlier in the month I posted on High Velocity Culture and the Future of Slowness. My inspiration for that post was the fact that we can not stop and smell the flowers unless we are deliberately going slow in life. Today I’d like to explore the [...]

• 05.20.07
  Kids Rule!   Attitude, Blogging, Inspiration (0)

  Hey let me introduce myself here since I am one of the new guys.  My name is Paul and I have a real passion for family, kids, anything nerd related, and my savior Jesus Christ (not in thst order Lord)!  I write quite a few blogs as I am a blog strategist by profession, but [...]

• 04.19.07
  Nurturing your Ideas Tree   Inspiration (2)

  Herman Najoli and I (though continents apart) seem to have been on the same wavelength this week. I too have been thinking about ideas. In particular, how to cultivate them.
  Do you know the frustration of sitting down to write a blog post, an article, a seminar, a sermon, a love letter, a song … and nothing comes [...]

• 04.09.07
  The Care and Feeding of Writers and Finches   Inspiration, Productivity (2)

  Have you ever had a great idea for a book and then tried not to write it?
  Assuming you’ll answer me honestly in a minute, I have to say I can’t really understand this phenomenon. More accurately, I don’t want to. I just want to write.
  I am writing a book. Did I say that? I love [...]

• 03.20.07
  L-U-C-K   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Success (1)

  What is “luck” anyway? I have been taught a few ways to look at luck that have served me well. Perhaps they will serve you as well.
  First is as an acronym, Living Under Correct Knowledge. What most people perceive as chance some others feel as if it should be expected. This latter group [...]

• 02.22.07
  What Gift Would You Give If You Knew You Could Not Fail?   Growth, Inspiration (0)

  We’ve all heard the old question: “What would you DO if you knew you could not fail?” How many of us have answered it, without making a commitment to doing anything about it?
  Yeah, me too.
  Recently, Liz Strauss blogged about giving when no one notices. That got me wondering. If we give with [...]

• 02.20.07
  That Wonderful, Terrible Word   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Productivity, Success (6)

  [The scene fades-in, accompanied by the sound of old door hinges creaking] We see a dim, high-ceilinged, stone-walled room. An ancient wooden writing desk in the foreground has a corroded brass candlestick with a nearly exhausted, sputtering candle that glows feebly, providing just enough light to see. All visible walls are covered by tall carved [...]

• 02.09.07
  Because I Can   Growth, Inspiration (0)

  In the spirit of love and commitment I offer this by my favorite poet….
   
   Because I Can
  My adversary
  Stood over me,
  A countenance of
  Malice and menace.
  “Get up!” he challenged
  And I’d try,
  But he’d make me fall
  Again and again
  Before I could get to my feet.
  “Why do you keep on
  Knocking me down?”
  “Because I can,”
  Said my enemy.
  Frustration multiplied
  Each nuisance and
  Every annoyance until
  One [...]

search