When we put off until tomorrow what we can do today, we are putting off our potential and growth, and we are putting off the rewards of positive action. And in their place we invite stress, needless delays, frustration, regrets, and a host of negative feelings and experiences, not to mention our health. For example,
An aquarium tank was divided in half by placing a see-through, glass partition in the middle. One side of the tank housed a school of small fish, the other, a single, hungry piranha. After countless attempts by the piranha to attack and eat the fish on the other side of the partition, it eventually learned
Don’t Overlook Oversight If we have a sudden lapse of attention while we’re engaged in an activity, we’re apt to make an oversight. An oversight is a mistake we make when we’re not paying full attention. Just because it’s an innocent mistake doesn’t mean there aren’t serious consequences. An oversight by an airplane pilot, for
You would have no chance of reaching your destination if the gas tank of your car was empty. Similarly, you cannot reach your goals if you lack motivation, for it is the fuel that drives us. What do we mean by motivation? It is simply the desire to act. And where does that desire come
Although the focus of this article may be on business relationships, much of what follows applies to all relationships. The subject is an important one; after all, if we treasure our possessions, job, reputation, or power more than our relationships, all will suffer. In fact, the quality of our lives will be determined by the
New Beginnings: “You raze the old to raise the new.” -(Justina Chen Headley) Don’t you love New Year’s? I love its promise of new beginnings and its hint of things that have never been. Of course, every day marks a new beginning, but they pass so closely together that we soon forget their promise, take
