Category: Leadership

Thoughts From the Trail + Recovery Month Day 12 – Always Climbing

I don't challenge myself to reach some mind-comforting 'mountain top' so I can cruise the rest of my life. I challenge myself to grow into a better person one day at a time. Who wakes up at age 85 and says, 'I'm so happy to be right where I was when I was 55?' Not. Me.

— JMeyer —

I don’t challenge myself to reach some mind-comforting ‘mountain top’ so I can cruise the rest of my life. I challenge myself to grow into a better person one day at a time. Who wakes up at age 85 and says, ‘I’m so happy to be right where I was when I was 55?’ Not. Me.

Change Direction

If you don't change the direction you are going, then you're likely to end up where you're heading.

— John Maxwell —

If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading. ~John Maxwell

Be Wise and Ask

The fool wonders, the wise person asks.

— Disraeli —

“The fool wonders, the wise person asks.” ~Disraeli

Just Do “It”

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

— Frank Tibolt —

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action…

The Wise Know Not

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

— Lao Tzu —

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know…

Problems

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.

— Norman Vincent Peale —

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem…

Journey Matters

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

— Ernest Hemingway —

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

Form

A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.

— Armstrong Williams —

A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives…