2.3.2012

Hope Makes the Difference.

The best plans in the world fall flat without purpose and passion. Just going through the motions might end you up headed towards the finish line, but you won’t find yourself competing for the prize. It takes more than a

1.31.2012

12 Ways To Beat Your Critics.

Everybody has an opinion. Sometimes you wish other people kept their opinion to themselves. Criticism hurts. No matter how thick a skin you have, it’s hard not to get worn down by other people’s negative opinions. You can spend weeks, months, even years

1.30.2012

“No” Focus.

We are reluctant to say “no”. It’s abrupt. It’s final. It seems like the end of possibilities. But maybe that’s just because of how we’ve come to understand the word. Growing up, when you wanted something really badly, the last

1.25.2012

Avoiding Accidental Awfulness.

It’s easy to excuse away mistakes that you make. Especially when someone gets hurt. “It was an accident” you find yourself saying. And magically, because you claim that it was an accident, everybody around you is supposed to be okay.

1.24.2012

Better Than Them.

You’re already better than them. You are. They try a little and you try more. They win sometimes and you win more. They’re smart, but you’re clearly smarter. It’s clear. You’re better than them. Which brings up a bigger question: Who

1.16.2012

Ending the Conversation.

You can end the conversation anytime you want. It’s your decision. You can let everyone around you know that your critics are wrong, unhappy customers just don’t “get it” and that your advisors don’t understand. All you have to do

1.13.2012

Comparativity.

Staying focused requires that you keep life in perspective. There is no up without a down. There is no happy without a sad. There is no more without less. There is no satisfied without confusion. There is no inspiration without

1.11.2012

Divine Rights.

There are rights that we argue to be so important that they are owed to us not as constituents of a government but as creations of a divine creator. Freedom. The pursuit of self-interests. Fairness. These rights wise man have

1.10.2012

The Difference Love Makes.

A deaf and blind Helen Keller made the ironically insightful observation that: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” Which somehow we inherently know. We

1.4.2012

Soul Listening.

It’s not good enough to care about what you do. Being passionate will help you overcome a lot of the obstacles in your way. But it also creates another problems for you. You become a jerk. You’re so busy talking