Practical wisdom for leadership and life: a collection of original thoughts combined with sayings from the sages.

USA
Joined November 2009
Fulfilling #relationships are grounded in reciprocal devotion, not in accommodation.
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Being #guarded doesn't change reality; it just affects the way you approach life's challenges.
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Full #healing eventually requires that a wound be exposed to the air.
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You need to thank people, even when they disappoint you. #Gratitude
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The spiritually wise person can separate the wheat from the chaff from within the soul as well as from within the world. #SpiritualWisdom
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Life is like a hologram: continuously shifting circumstances perpetually create distinct, new patterns. #Change
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Creating opportunities without taking effective action offers only the illusion of #progress.
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To be effective, #boundaries must be created at the right time, in the right place & in harmony with the larger plan.
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The power of #ideologues derives from the reality that, more often than not, passion feels more forceful than fact.
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The secret isn't a great new pitch or a new pair of shoes. The secret is showing up. Seth Godin
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#Happiness is not a state of being; it is a perishable experience that requires continual renewal.
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Take care that your adaptive strengths don't overpower your core strengths. You want to be the driver, not the passenger. #Life
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The primary purpose of asking a rhetorical #question is to show others that you already know the answer.
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If you live fully in the here and now, the future will take care of itself. #Life
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#Information can either illuminate or obscure. Don't decide outcomes unless you can discern the difference.
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Unrealized #potential is a disappointment, but not a loss. You can't lose what was never achieved.
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Stubbornness is #persistence taken to the extreme. Be aware of the continuum!
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The sure sign of an amateur is that he has a million #plans and they all start tomorrow. Steven Pressfield
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Death doesn't require #courage; eventually, everyone succeeds in dying. Life, on the other hand, is another matter.
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There are people who make it possible and people who make it happen. Value both. #Success
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