Monday, June 16, 2014

Speak No Evil


Before you speak THINK:

T - is it true?
H - is it helpful?
I - is it inspiring?
N - is it necessary?
K - is it kind?


Quotes


To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
- Albert Einstein


Running away from yourself is a race you will never win.

Obsessively specialize, no niche is too small if it is yours.

The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.

All we are is what we have thought. - dhammapada

Peace comes from within so do not seek it without....

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated, day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

Life is for the young.  Later comes the need for reflection and making sense of it all.

Written goals improve your chances of success by a wide margin.

The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
- Socrates

The greatest things on Earth have been accomplished little by little... one step at a time so start putting one foot in front of the other.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it truly is.  - William Blake

It is sometimes necessary to to unravel tangled thoughts to think clearly.

Before you speak THINK:
T - is it true?
H - is it helpful?
I - is it inspiring?
N - is it necessary?
K - is it kind?


It is better to look forward and prepare than to look back and regret,  - Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Learning skills to be sold to the highest bidder is the goal of making a living. To be profitable business is repetitive, you apply your learned skills over and over again, like selling cars or widgets.

Time and health are our greatest assets  Be careful how you spend your time.  Develop healthy habits - good diet and moderate exercise.  Preventive medicine - do not smoke cigarettes nor abuse alcohol and other substances.   Moderation in all things.  Applied intelligence garnered from life experience and constant study.

 We fly by the seat of our pants most of the time.  We are not in control of outcomes but we can influence the direction of our lives.  Decide what you want from life and take actions consistent with your purpose.

Decide what you want to create with your time (life), use your time wisely, set priorities and SMART goals.
Know what you want to know how to get it...

What you want can happen, if you are determined enough.  You can't do anything you want but you can do something within your skill set.  Conceive it, believe it to achieve it.


Set goals to provide direction to your efforts.

Epitaph for Andrew Carnegie:
"Here lies a man who knew how to enlist the service of better men than himself."

Solve a problem, Sell the solution.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. - Teddy Roosevelt

Winning is a habit, unfortunately so is losing.  Vince Lombardi

 Be helpful, be human, be interesting, be everywhere to succeed operating your Internet business