What You Didn’t Do
Mark Twain said, “20 years from now you will be more disappointed over the things you did not do than by the things you did which failed.” Many of us …
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Examing Your Habits
A man watched as two workers made their way down the street. One would dig a hole and the other would follow a few minutes later filling dirt right back …
Read More Starting Something
A man wanted to eat at an exclusive restaurant but was stopped at the door and told he had to have a necktie. He went back to his car but …
Read More Doing What You’ve Always Done
If you want something you’ve never had, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done. Nearly all of us say we want some things we’ve never had. They …
Read More Improve Your Reading Speed
In 1992, Lou Scripa performed a record setting 70,715 sit-ups in 24 hours. I am sure Lou pushed himself very hard for a long time to achieve that record and …
Read More Rationalization
Perhaps you heard about the dieter who rationalized it would be OK to eat broken cookies because all the calories would have leaked out. It’s easy to rationalize what we …
Read More Make a New Ending
A wise person said, “Though you cannot go back and make a brand-new start, you can start now and make a brand new end.” Most of us can look back …
Read More Living vs. Dead
Sun and rain are the two main sources of growth and nutrition for a tree. But once a tree has fallen, those same natural elements of sun and rain will …
Read More Green Bananas- Planning
Did you hear about the man who was so old he no longer bought green bananas? Well if that joke were true, we could at least say he took into …
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