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If anything can go well, it will.
Sure beats the tried and true opposite, doesn’t? Don’t even need to tell you, your mind automatically knows which phrase is exactly opposite.
New studies and evidence discard the old brain thinking dogma. That the brain is hard-wired. It can not be changed or altered.
Sunday’s at Mid Life Celebration are known as “Lorie Sheffer Day”, our faithful, funny, an insightful guest blogger.
She sent me two interesting links that I feel compelled to share with you:
Time marches on.
We ignore this out of fear.
We fear it it because it’s unknown.
It’s unknown because we don’t explore it, don’t study it.
Because we are ignorant, we remain fearful.
And because we’re afraid, we set no lofty goals. No plans to do great work that makes a difference in our world.
It’s like washing our hair.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Like going through the motions.
Then we die.
It all goes by so fast.
“Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still”. — Chinese Proverb
I just wrote a blog post at jeff noel.com about this very subject. About wondering if now is the right time, if the current approach is the right approach.
This type of potential self-doubt and potential fear, can sabatoge us from breaking through to something we can be great at. And something we should be great at. It’s just that we are late bloomers and are playing catch up.
This time delay – from creating a compelling vision – to it actually materializing, takes way longer than most people can comprehend. This is why people give up and stop,
So, be not afraid of going slow. Be afraid of stopping.
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man”. — Elbert Hubbard
What does it take to be extraordinary?
Is it reasonable to expect to become extraordinary?
Is it even worth it to try to become extraordinary?
What would extraordinary people say to these questions?
What would Earth be like without extraordinary people?
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“There is only one success – to be able to spend life in your own way”. — Christopher Morley
Agree to disagree? Good. Because I’m going to do both here.
Sure, it’d be great to do whatever it is you want to do, when you want to do it. And yet, it sounds a bit self-centered to my ear.
What abut sacrifice and service to others less fortunate? Ask Mother Teresa her opinion on Christopher Morley’s quote. Ask Jesus, or Abe Lincoln, or Martin Luther King.
Ask a mother, a father, a school teacher, a doctor or a nurse. Ask a street sweeper, or a cook.
We all should consider where we stand on this issue. And if we like our answer, awesome. If we don’t…..
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