Anyone ever said to you, “Watch out, quotes are dangerous”?
No, right?
Same here.
And then yesterday, an epiphany.
The reason quotes are dangerous is that they postpone action.
Quotes makes us feel good. Inspired even.
And this inspirational feel-good feeling masks the pain of not moving forward with our dream.
Quotes are intended to be a call to action, but we spend a lifetime squandering our efforts in exchange for short term pleasure – a pressure release so to speak from all our fear and self-doubt.
Magic happened when i began thinking for myself, and stopped using quotes as a shot of whiskey to dull the anxiety of my unlived dreams.
The marketing battle that takes place in our head between confidence and arrogance is brutal. It never ends.
On one hand, confidence is essential for great things to happen.
On the other hand, arrogance is like drinking poison.
The catch 22 is that the two can look like twins, even though they’re not.
And here’s what i’m learning as an entrepreneur: You have to constantly move forward. Success will not come to you. You have to (repeat, have to) go and get it.
Successful, optimistic people easily recognize confidence.
Unsuccessful, jealous people see arrogance, because it justifies their lack of courage.
i pray for both groups.
It is difficult to leave people behind.
Be confident in knowing that you are not hurting the ones left behind. They have already committed themselves to that position. It’s not your fault.
Does anyone else get a surreal feeling while on Facebook? Facebook is really getting weird for me. It runs hot and cold. People tend to share their very best and their very worst, with a little plain vanilla.
What about the women who will never be Mothers?
What about the women who used to be Mothers, but no longer are?
What about the midlifer’s who grew up without a Mother?
What about those with Mothers they aren’t close to?
So, for everyone who was reminded that yesterday was Mother’s Day…
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
— Rudyard Kipling