ANSWERS REMINDER #4: IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO SOMETHING

ANSWERS REMINDER #4: IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO SOMETHING

Procrastination and fear are two enemies of motivation that will cause a person to not take needed action. Living your life and fulfilling your dreams is what you should be doing, not worrying about whether the wrong decision will destroy you. Problems from making the wrong decision can usually be recovered from. Indecision can leave you completely in the cold.

THIS WEEK’S TIP: Don’t just sit there…do something! Even if you’re not sure what to do, that is really when it is important to do something. Even if you wind up doing the wrong thing, sometimes it’s the only way you can figure out what is the right thing to do. Take a page in your daily journal every day to write down all the things you took a chance on, even if it is a small as trying a new dish at your favorite restaurant. Very soon, you will have a long list of new accomplishments.

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/21/09

Today’s Quote: “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” – Anna Quindlen

Today’s Question: Are you the person who defines your personal standard?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/20/09

Today’s Quote: “Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.” – Piero Ferrucci

Today’s Question: How often do you step out of your comfort zone?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/19/09

Today’s Quote: “Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership – it’s bookkeeping.” – Dee Hock

Today’s Question: What are you waiting for?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/18/09

Today’s Quote: “The wisest men follow their own direction.” – Euripides

Today’s Question: Do you give advice good enough to follow it yourself?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/17/09

Today’s Quote: “Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” – Frederick Wilcox

Today’s Question: How would you fare in a personal risk assessment?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/16/09

Today’s Quote: “We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact.” – Charles M. Schwab

Today’s Question: How well have you crafted your sales pitch for your life?

ANSWERS REMINDER #3: KNOW YOUR LIMITS

ANSWERS REMINDER #3: KNOW YOUR LIMITS

I read an article once on people who do extreme-type outdoors sports—mountain climbers and white water rafters and the like—having what they call a ‘bad pain memory’. When at their limits, they will push themselves just a little harder to go a little further, and end up paying the consequences in longer recovery time, and sometimes, with the loss of their life. They usually swear they will never to do it again, but just a few hours later, they’re planning their next excursion—or maybe or just heading straight to the trail with no plan whatsoever.

THIS WEEK’S TIP: There is a point of excess and exhaustion to every activity, and a good part of being responsible for yourself is to know your personal limits, and then actually stopping well before you have reached dangerous levels. Overextending your time, money and obligations are just as bad as overextending your body, for whatever reason.

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/15/09

Today’s Quote: “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy

Today’s Question: Are you willing to lead and ready to learn?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/14/09

Today’s Quote: “When you are in any contest you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Today’s Question: Have you been known to coast to the finish when you near the completion of a task?