You don’t start something new, you don’t take excess amounts of risk, with the idea that someday it will fail. The reason you do your work, the reason you take on resistance, is to succeed. What is the point of doing so much, taking on potential ridicule, quitting a stable job, risking your reputation, without […]
You dream about changing your life in some way for the better. But have you ever asked yourself if you have fallen in love with the right dream? We dream about having written a New York Times bestseller. We imagine winning an Academy Award and making an acceptance speech and going to parties. We picture […]
The Unlived Life You let go of your dreams, not because you are afraid of the dream. The dream itself is beautiful. Instead, you settle for less because of the work needed to attain it. Dreams are not handed to you in a gift wrapped box, at least not ones that are worth pursuing. You […]
You are capable of great ideas that can change the world. You have to develop your ideas so that they can mature into books or gadgets or companies or charities, and this requires work and organization. But you are capable. The best ideas are not ones that pop into our minds all at once. Brilliance […]
We are always making excuses for ourselves. We rationalize not pursuing our dreams, and one of our most common excuses is ignorance. I don’t know how to do that. I could never become that person. That seems too complicated and too hard. Does this sound familiar? We fail to begin because we feel that we […]
Setting goals is an important step toward living a better story. Through goal setting we are trying to become better people and to accomplish greater things. New Year is the perfect time to make a fresh start. Goals are critical to success for several reasons. They provide clarity about where we are going. They give […]
