Life is filled with lots of sales but how many times are we sold on ourselves? Even more, how often do we sell us to ourselves? At times destiny is best written in pencil, not ink. Humans are creatures of habit, but habits can change. When we need to change things in our life, if…
The Value of One Habit
“I cannot wait to start another habit,” said no one ever. If viewing habits like most people do, they might have associated them with drinking, smoking, gambling, or other harmful addictions known to tear apart families and friendships. If currently lacking any addictions like those, then seeing how harmful they can be can help us…
The Value of One Opportunity
If we want to land the perfect opportunity, it is all about timing and being ready the moment it arrives. If we wait too long, we will miss our chance at the particular opportunity, which may never come around again. Many investors look back in history and think to themselves, “if I had invested in…
Carrying Life’s Baggage
People tend to make a big deal out of decisions. Is it the decisions themselves that are difficult, or rather consequences of those decisions that are hard to live with? Decisions are like the baggage of life that we carry around, while consequences are the contents inside those bags. We tend to spend more time…
The Curse of Won’t
I cannot imagine that anyone wants to be a flop in life. Instead, most of us would like to achieve some level of success. Maybe not climbing the highest peaks, but it is definitely not falling into the lowest depths. Yet the moment we set out to do something big with our lives, we are…
What’s Pulling at you?
When I was growing up, there was a game we used to have so much fun playing called tug of war, where two teams pulled on the same rope but in opposite directions. To make it challenging, we tried to even up each side with similar capabilities. That is when the tug of war started.…
Capture the Memory
Before smart phones, hardly anyone lugged around a camera. The only ones who seemingly did were the tourist type who stood out to the locals like a sore thumb. Since phones with cameras became popular, everywhere you look is a person taking pictures or recording videos now. Some capture and share, while others like me…
Provoked to Awaken
Our enemies provoke us. Something in them calls out to something in us. We may not even realize it, but at the moment of trial, something inside awakens. There is only so much we tolerate. At first it is just uncomfortable but quickly moves to fearful. We want to flee the moment, but our adversary…
Trapped by a Memory
When I hear the word memory, I often jump quickly to a good memory. Of course, I have my share of bad ones too, but I choose not to dwell on them. Some memories were created or heavily influenced by others while the rest were born out of my decisions. We seldom think about it…
Opportunities for Patience
I once boasted of being a man of patience. All that was fine and well until I was put into a situation that required a lot more patience. Then suddenly, I found myself searching frantically for the patience that I so quickly lost. Being from a small town, things were quite different when I moved…