Personal Development

You Are Not Limited By What You Did Yesterday

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
–George Eliot

I love to read, but more than that, I love to share wisdom and inspiration that I find.

When I find something especially good, I can barely contain my excitement. I text entire passages to friends, I call them up and read pages to them over the phone. 

And today, I am excited to share such a passage with you:

How Are You Spending Your Days?

“I have spent my days
stringing and unstringing my instrument
while the song I came to sing
remains unsung.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

Are you spending your days…

  • Doing the things you love…
  • Making progress on projects that matter to you…
  • Enjoying your life…
  • Spending time with friends, family and others that are important to you?
  • “Singing your song” – the song you came to sing, living the life you were born to lead?

Or are you spending your days…

Is This The Moment?

After ninety minutes of play the score is tied, and the yelling from the stands is deafening.

With just seconds remaining in the game he takes possession of the ball and finds himself in shooting distance, with only the goalkeeper to beat.

The crowd is on their feet and all the pressure is on him, on this one last chance to score.

In the cacophony of cheering, Andy Gray’s voice rings out:

“Is this the moment!!!”

The Habit That Guarantees Failure

“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.”
- Nathaniel Emmons

Anywhere from 80 to 95% of our actions every day are controlled or partially based on our habits.   Are your habits helping you…or hurting you?

You may already know this – you brush your teeth (or don’t!) out of habit, you likely react in similar ways to various situations based on your habits – and according to a cell phone tracking study I read, people consistently even go to the same locations at the same times week after week.

But which habits are helping you, and which are hurting you?

We all have a mixture of positive and negative habits – but there’s one habit that absolutely guarantees you will fail.

It has a 100% failure rate – if you fall victim this habit today, I guarantee you that you will fail today.

Today Is All You Have

“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 other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
- Steve Jobs

After hearing about Steve Jobs passing, I dug through my journals looking for the entry I wrote when I watched Steve Jobs 2005 commencement speech for the first time.

Here is part of what I wrote.

Procrastination Kills

Procrastination kills.

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