March 2010
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The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.
– Maxwell Maltz
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The core thing would be just do something awesome. Try not to get caught up in...
– Evan Williams (Founder of Blogger and Twitter)
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Passion
The following is a great description of passion taken from Seth Godin’s latest book Linchpin:
Passion is a desire, insistence, and willingness to give a gift. The artist is relentless. She says, “I will not feel complete until I give a gift.” This is more than refusing to do lousy work. It’s an insistence on doing important work. The relentless passion leads to persistence...
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The New American Dream
The following is an excerpt from Seth Godin’s latest book Linchpin:
Do you remember the old American Dream? It struck a cord with millions of people (in the United States and in the rest of the world, too). Here’s how it goes: Keep your head down Follow instructions Show up on time Work hard Suck it up …you will be rewarded. As we’ve seen, that dream is over. The new...
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft...
– Woodrow Wilson (via Jammin’ Says)
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A Wishing Star
Choose a wish, find a dream Pick a wishing star Let your hopes and spirits soar High and free and far.
Reach for the unreachable Stretch to touch the sky Know no dream you treasure Is too far away or high.
Believe in the impossible Then work and try and do For only those who dare to dream Can make a dream come true!
Author Unknown
(via xqlim)
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More Real Men
(photos via deekaytee)
I’d like to know…
What do you believe to be the characteristics of a “real man?”
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If you’re crazy enough to do what you love for a living then you’re bound to...
– Herb Kelleher (via Chief Happiness Officer) (via newcoventry)
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I’d rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have...
– Lucille Ball
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We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all...
– Thomas Edison
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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
– Charles F. Kettering
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Success is 99% failure.
– Soichiro Honda
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Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.
– Charles Stanley
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If you want to make a difference, but are afraid to be different then you...
– Orrin Woodward
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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An unused life is an early death.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and...
– William Shakespeare (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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Winning big is usually preceded by failing big and often more than once.
– Mark Sanborn
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Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing...
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via mserika)
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The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are...
– Charles Du Bos
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A golden opportunity tends to reveal itself when you boldly pursue your genuine...
– Scott Belsky
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Do, or do not. There is no try.
– Yoda
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You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.
– Henry Ford
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Better than TV →
Though TV is entertaining, hours spent in front of it rarely move you in the direction of your dream and the purpose for which you were created.
Click on the link above to read a great blog post by Seth Godin about activities that are, in his opinion, much better than TV.
I’d like to know…
What activities do you think are better than TV?
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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
– E.M. Forster
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...
– Thomas Edison
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Follow your passion, and success will follow you.
– Arthur Buddhold
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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it
– Halford E Luccock
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties...
– John Quincy Adams
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It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish.
– J.R.R. Tolkien
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The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not...
– Arnold H. Glasgow
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You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
– Irish Proverb