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Thinking About Thinking About Starting

by Walt | Mar 21, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

Do you suffer from Smart Person Syndrome (SPS)?

If you do and it persists too long, you should definitely consult your physician.

Because it can lead to regret.

And regret sucks.

Goethe wrote:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back — concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”

What Goethe says.

Start.

Marie Kondo Your Brain

by Walt | Mar 14, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

You need to Marie Kondo your brain.

“Silence is an empty space. Space is the home of the awakened mind,” the Buddha said.

Silence and space renews us.

They allow us to heal… physiologically and spiritually.

Through silence and space, we’re able to re-connect with ourselves; we’re able reclaim our vison, our focus and our creativity.

Silence and space are not options; they’re essential to your wellness and wellbeing.

The spiritual masters have always known it.

Now there’s science to support that.

Did you buy yours yet?

by Walt | Mar 7, 2019 | Success | 1 Comment

It’s easy to imagine some distant destination.

But… what if… what if you absolutely had to get there now?

Well, you’d go online and buy a ticket.

When you buy an airplane ticket, it means you’re going to fly… you’re going somewhere… you’re committed.

Done deal.

The commitment drives us forward.

Unfortunately, most of us don’t confront our lives in the same way. We don’t commit. We don’t invest. We don’t buy the ticket.

Instead, we put things off; we defer, we delay, and we drift along. We tell ourselves that there’s still time, that we’ll get to it… someday.

And then time goes by.

If we’re going to live our dreams, if we’re going to live out what we value most, we must be about it. There is no time to waste.

This means today.

Not “someday;” not “when the kids get out of college;” not “when we retire.”

Today.

The only time we have is now.

Buy the ticket to your life. It’s the greatest show on earth.

Commit. Take action. Make your dreams inevitable.

Alone In The Dark

by Walt | Feb 28, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

“All of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” wrote the French philosopher Blaise Pascal,

Our always on, always connected culture soothes and seduces us.

Being on, being connected feels important.

Necessary.

It makes us feel needed.

Significant.

If we’re always on, we never need to be alone.

Alone we’re confronted with the bigger questions.

Who am I?

What do I really want?

Where am I compromising?

Where am I settling?

Where am I abdicating?

Am I living out my values?

Am I doing work that matters?

Am I aware that the clock is ticking down to zero?

It’s so much easier to check your Facebook feed.

But in the stillness is your power.

Might you spend some time there soon?

10,000 Hours of Rest

by Walt | Feb 21, 2019 | Success | 1 Comment

You’ve heard of the 10,000 hour rule, yes?

You know, the rule – researched by Anders Ericsson and popularized by Malcolm Gladwell – that says that in order to become an expert, you need to devote 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to your discipline.

Well, did you know about the 10,000 hours of rest that goes along with it?

I didn’t think so.