"Don't compromise yourself.

You are all you've got.

-  Janis Joplin

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.  

~  Aart van der Leeuw

When we know deep down that we're acting with integrity despite impulses to do otherwise, we feel gates of higher energy and inspiration open inside of us."  

Dan Millman

“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed in grasp, or what's a heaven for?” 

—Robert Browning

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” 

—Jeremy Kitson

shaping our lives

"Life...It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations."

- Richard M. DeVos

success and failure

"It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done."

- Samuel Smiles

confidence

"Practice the body language of self-confidence. Stand tall and straight with your chin high and walk briskly. You will feel better and act better."

-- Brian Tracy

dreams

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

- Harriet Tubman

Resource for the Week:
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How to Master the Art of Doing it Now and

Eliminate the Dread of Procrastination

Will you complete this new year's resolution?

Did you complete last year's?

Wouldn't it be nice if life came with an instruction book that told us how to overcome this problem? Well - guess what? It does and you are looking at the solution in this innovative online course.

The Procrastinators’ Online Course

clarity

"When you are clear, what you want will show up in your life, and only to the extent you are clear."

Janet Attwood

change

"The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it's something you allow."

-- Will Garcia

keep trying

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

Thomas Edison1847-1931, Inventor and Entrepreneur

success

If you think you are beaten you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

Walter D. Wintle.


Resource for the Week:
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2008 – Your Personal Best!

I wish you the courage and joy to make 2008 a wonderful year – your personal best!

For some thoughts on “making it great in 0-eight”, some gifts and resources, visit my “Happy New Year” page.

persistence

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

Thomas Edison1847-1931, Inventor and Entrepreneur

dream

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. ...I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing."

-- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

wealth

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

Kindness and understanding

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

Og Mandino