If you don’t know when it’s time to quit, you never will. Keep on keeping on.
If we let tomatoes hang on the plant, they’ll eventually rot if we don’t pick them. It’s the same way with problems, if we don’t address them head on, they’ll only become worse. Face problems head on, You’ll feel better when you’ve knocked them on their butt.
Mistakes are an important part of life when we choose to learn from them. When we don’t learn from them, we repeat them. Learn from your mistakes, they are life’s tuition.
Want to be successful? Make treating everyone you know with dignity and respect the most important task you do each day. When you do, you will be repaid ten-fold.
Today! Today is your day. It’s a big piece of granite waiting for you to work on it with your hammer and chisel. What are you waiting for? One last cup of coffee, then start chiseling away.
Every doctoral student I guided toward their successful writing and defense of their dissertation was willing to pay the price. They worked hard. When it seemed impossible, they kept working. When the concepts seemed to hard to grasp, they kept working for understanding. They paid the price. It’s true in athletics. The champions and the championship teams pay the price. They put the work and discipline in to achieve success. It’s the same with relationships. The partners in the best relationships pay the price by putting in the hard work to make the relationship successful.
There is no easy way. The easy way is usually a downhill slide. Be like the salmon and swim upstream. We gain strength going agains the current. The tougher the go, the greater the prize.
When we conquer our fears, biases, and blindnesses, we acquire the strength to face any challenge.
No one knows where their road will lead. Every once in a while insight grabs holds and challenges us to turn away from from the safe path and choose a more adventurous path. When did you say a hearty YES to the more adventurous path?
One of the most powerful gifts you can give another is hope. Not false hope, but real hope that tomorrow will be better than today. Maybe they need a hand or perhaps a push. Let them see the light that you see. If you do, you’ll make someone’s tomorrow brighter.
