Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is alway nice when we read a piece of wisdom or a saying that stirs up something inside us. Sometimes we need to be reminded because we can quickly fall back to our old ways of thinking. And no one wants to experience the feeling of being stuck. And […]
Month: April 2016
Loss and Gain with Change
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Don’t be afraid of change. You may lose something good, but you may gain something better. —Unknown Change is a loss and gain at the same time. When we graduate with our class, we move on and gradually lose touch with our friends we’ve developed over the course of fours or […]
Doing Your Best
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Excellence isn’t being the best; it’s doing your best. — Unknown If we’re trying to be the best, then we’re comparing ourselves with others. However, if we’re doing our best we’re competing with ourselves and not others. We’re more ourselves when we’re doing our best. We don’t worry what others say about us when we’re focusing on how can […]
Prepare To Succeed
Post Written By Eugene Morgan By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. — Benjamin Franklin If we fail to prepare, we presuppose to fail. Therefore, we fail. However, if we prepare ourselves to do the work that’s required of us, then we presuppose to succeed. By what we do, our actions are demonstrating […]
Contentment
Post Written By Eugene Morgan He who is contented is rich. — Lao Tzu Society has sold us on the idea that to being rich will lead us to contentment. External things are not enough to satisfy us. Sure, we will be comfortable and have some freedom, but we still feel a longing in our hearts. Contentment […]
Extraordinary Things
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. — Paulo Coelho If we’re more present with our lives, we’ll begin to see simple things as extraordinary. It is where we place our attention. The simple things in life are extraordinary if we just […]
The Inner Critic
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. — African proverb Why are we so concern about critics when we want to do something out of the ordinary? The critics aren’t holding us back; it is our inner critic that keeps us from going the extra mile to […]
Doing, Being and Becoming
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.— Mike Dooley Wishing for something tells us we have a desire. Hoping for something tells us we’re looking into the future for something good to happen. Expecting says we want something to happen sooner than in the future. […]
It Matters With Time
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It’s not about ‘having’ time. It’s about making time. If it matters, you will make time. — Unknown If it matters to us the things we do, then we will make time to pursue them. We can never get back time. Time is our most precious resource that we have an opportunity to […]
Designing Your Life Plan
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. Jim Rohn As an adult, it is up to us to design our life than letting some one else create it for us. If we see […]
In Peace
] Post Written By Eugene Morgan You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Peace comes from within not from external events. We don’t need to be in control of external things for us to be peaceful. Sometimes we inadvertently control things and others with our fears. What will […]
Set Goals
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. — Zig Ziglar It is a time waster when we don’t have a direction in our lives. It is important to aim at something that’s in the future so we can do what’s necessary today. A goal is something we […]
Character, Commitment and Discipline
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. — Zig Ziglar Character, commitment, and discipline are elements for a successful life. Most of us know this. However, it is important to be reminded. When we […]
Life Happens
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always. —Rainer Maria Rilke We’re here to experience life as it is. We don’t have to distort reality for us to live life. We’re all in this together. Life is not a vacuum we will be affected by […]
A Good Plan Will Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. — Proverb In other words, we don’t have to make our plan perfect before we start. We won’t ever start if try to make a perfect plan. However, we can start with a good plan and make the plan better as […]
The Most Effective Way
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The most effective way to do it, is to do it. — Amelia Earhart If we want to get better at something, we have to do it over and over. Doing something once or twice will not cut it. If we do something that makes us uncomfortable enough times, then […]
When We Make Time
Post Written By Eugene Morgan You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. — Charles Buxton The quote above is an old cliche, but it is also a truism. It can still apply to our lives especially when we say to ourselves that we don’t have the time or […]
Momentum Builds Confidence
Post Written By Eugene Morgan One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. — Michael Korda It is important to have momentum in what we do because it keeps us on track. Momentum is the energy we need to complete our goals. Why should we stop when we have the momentum, […]
Passionately Curious
Post Written By Eugene Morgan I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. — Albert Einstein We’re instinctually curious about the world around us and the world inside us. We’re born to want to know about things. Curiosity stimulates the mind, or we stimulated our mind when we ask a question. We want […]
Our Story Is Not Over
Post Written By Eugene Morgan One bad chapter doesn’t mean your story’s over. — Unknown We all have bad chapters in our lives, and we also have good ones as well. Not only we are stronger when we go through difficulties, but we also have a better understanding of things that we didn’t have before. Our future […]