Daily Quote

“What distinguishes winners from losers is that winners concentrate at all times on what they can do, not on what they can’t do.”

Bob Butera, President – New Jersey Devils.

From the book, “Failing Forward” by John Maxwell.

Daily Quote

“Five qualities that we need to bring to an activity in order to do it well are:  motivation, knowledge, ability, confidence, and authenticity.”

From Mojo by Marshall Goldsmith

Brain Rules – 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School.

This is a very interesting book.  Do you realize that every time you learn something your brain physically changes?  No matter how old you are your brain is still being programmed and re-shaped every day.  So if we can “re-wire” ourselves, then it’s never too late to learn, grow and become anything we desire.  Everybody can get something from this…  Check out the site @  http://brainrules.net/

The Rules

Explore each rule through illustrations, charts and video. These tutorials are designed
to reinforce the concepts in the book; we recommend reading the corresponding
chapter first.

Full of Paradise, Part 2 – How to Achieve the Illusive Calm

  

“To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet out of idleness, and not out of toil.” 

I promised last time we would learn how to get mind, body, spirit and behavior to work together.  “Join forces and protect the King.”  The answer must certainly lie in our mind’s ability to look inside, without distraction, and clearly see.  However, as we have discussed before, this is difficult.  We have talked about how difficult it can be to calm our minds.  We also looked at the complex interdependence of events, thoughts, feelings and behavior.  Considering these challenges, how are we ever going to be able to see what’s inside whether we find paradise or not? 

…with all your mind.

Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”[1] He went on to say that this was the greatest commandment.

It’s interesting to think about how much has changed in the 2000 years since these words were spoken. Back in the time of Christ, I’m pretty sure they didn’t have Twitter, Facebook, cell phones, email, the internet, or texting. I’m also quite confident that most people didn’t end their days with a snack and DVRs of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann. It was a very different time then.

So why does this matter?