A Quick Thought That Deserves Lots of Thought
“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” – Albert Einstein
Steve Jobs Failures On the Road To Success
Much has been written recently about Steve Jobs. He has been lauded for being a visionary by creating products that we didn’t know we needed and an entrepreneur. Much less has been written about his numerous failures. Was he successful, despite his failures or were they necessary? With the eye of the tiger, he saw the failures as lessons to be learned.
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill
Thomas Edison tested over 3000 filaments before he came up with his version of a practical light bulb.
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
part of Eye Of The Tiger series
Precision Of Purpose
Everything we do is connected to everything we do. Everything we do connects us to whom and what we become. Many of our life’s activities while seemingly routine are not. From the most seemingly mundane to the most obviously lofty, when all is done with purpose it will lead us to our goal. The athlete in a competition takes nothing for granted. Every step, tennis swing, pedal stroke is executed with the precision of purpose. Our goal is to discover our full potential as the human we were uniquely created to become. To do this we infuse everything we do with the precision of purpose.
“Excellence is a habit.” – Aristotle
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” – Unattributed
A Quick Thought That Deserves Lots of Thought
Things to remember:
1) The worth of character;
2) The improvement of talent;
3) The influence of example;
4) The joy of origination;
5) The dignity of simplicity;
6) The success of perseverance.” – Marshall Field
Who Is Wise?
How can we profit from the “mean” person who might be making marginally more? Leaving aside for the moment that the kinder boss might inspire others to do their jobs more productively, then the business will have a larger profit and then everyone can earn more. If everyone we meet is for a reason, then we can profit even from meeting the meanie.
“Who is wise? He who learns from every person.” – Mishnah
“When one meets someone who conducts himself properly, the smart one should learn from him how to behave. And when one encounters someone who is the opposite of righteous, he or she must learn from that person how not to behave.” – The Baal Shem Tov
Does It Pay To Be Mean?
A recent study shows that mean people earn more, as in “The Devil Wears Prada.” They may earn more, but are they happier? Is their life one of joy?
“The takers of the world may eat better, but the givers sleep better.” – Unattributed
“A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.” – Unattributed
A Healthy Heart
A cardiologist in checking a patient’s heart asks to see his hand to which the patient replies,
“Why do you need to see my hand to check my heart?”
The doctor says “a hand that gives charity indicates a healthy heart!”*
*apologies to the author of this, whom I can’t remember
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