“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time;
It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”
– Sydney Smith
What do you think goes through people’s minds as they lay on their deathbeds?
What do you think they wish they had done, or hadn’t done?
A nurse who cared for the dying recently shared her experience – and the regrets her patients had during the last few weeks she shared of their lives. It really made me think about my own life, what I might regret in the future – and maybe different actions I could take today.
Here’s a list of the five most common regrets her patients had:
Read the full article: Life Regrets Of The Dying – How To Live Life With No Regrets
“A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow.”
– George Patton
You may be familiar with this old Abraham Lincoln quote: ”If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.”
And for many people, that kind of perspective can be a tremendous life changer.
If you’ve been going through your whole life without regard for any preparation, a little preparation will dramatically improve your productivity.
However, there is a flip side to this.
Get too consumed with planning and preparing, and you risk drowning in metawork: tasks that may make you feel productive, but in the end produce no real results without action to back it up.
Read the full article: Consumed By Metawork: Always Preparing, Never Doing
“Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.”
- Erwin Rommel
Will you live forever? If not, you need to prioritize how you spend your time – and who you spend it with.
Too many people waste their time and lives fighting to change people who don’t actually matter to them.
One of my very strong core beliefs is, I will serve the lovers – not the fighters.
Read the full article: The Lovers and The Fighters
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.”
- Henry Ford
Question: Have you ever been faced with a decision and said to yourself “I can’t do that”?
Stop It.
Read the full article: Why I Hate The Words “I Can’t”
“You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.”
- Tom Hopkins
Question: Do you think that improving yourself is becoming more or less important ?
Which direction do you think the world is going?
Read the full article: The Best Way To Spend Your Time
“I’d rather live life than watch somebody else living it.”
- Al Jourgensen
The average American spends over 30 hours a month online (and I know many people who spend much more than that).
Over a quarter of that time, 8 hours a month on average is spent on Facebook.
What I found fascinating though is I recently read that when you are on Facebook, you are far more likely to comment or like other people’s photos and status updates than to post anything on your own.
The most popular activity on Facebook?
Browsing the newsfeed (mostly looking at pictures) and other people’s profiles.
Many of the other top websites (and apps) – Youtube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram – share this in common with Facebook: they are built for watching.
They want you to sit there and passively read, watch or otherwise absorb whatever they are showing you.
For all those websites, they want to increase how much time you spend on them because you are the product.
Read the full article: Spectator Depression: Killing Your Dreams By Watching Others Live Theirs
