“One of the things I think is true for people is that you need someone in your life that is associated with that light at the end of the tunnel. It’s very very difficult to find it yourself, it’s very difficult to find it if no one around you can see it. But if you’re fortunate, you’ll see that somewhere in someone, or parts of it in different people and then you can put it together.” ~ Jordan Peterson [Read more…]
by Chris Banescu –
Our brains are not designed to be constantly flooded and overloaded with information. Our brains are not engineered for continual stimulation. Our brains are not meant to be constantly distracted. Unfortunately, modern technologies, applications, and platforms using globally connected networks instantly deliver to us nearly-infinite choices and opportunities to continually stimulate, entertain, distract, and addict us. [Read more…]
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Nothing in life worth having comes easy. There are no shortcuts to success, in any worthy endeavor. [Read more…]
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Setting personal and professional goals is important. Defining specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound goals is smart. Setting meaningful goals is wise. However, an excessive focus on goal-setting without a corresponding change in our daily habits can often lead to failure and disappointment. [Read more…]
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Discipline is much more important than motivation to help us stay healthy, do good work, and pursue meaningful life goals. “Discipline is the driver of daily execution. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that [Read more…]
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There is an enormous difference between knowing and doing. Most of us know exactly what we should be doing, but we don’t actually do it.
by Chris Banescu –
What we do every day defines us. Our daily choices and actions influence who we are and who we eventually become. Daily habits have a powerful cumulative effect on us; they ultimately determine our destiny.
This simple truth gets lost in a culture permeated by superficiality and preoccupied with immediate gratification and instant results. Our society is obsessed with “overnight” success stories and the “next big thing,” often ignoring the monotonous and hard work that created such amazing achievements. Yet, it is precisely in those small, incremental, and steady daily habits—over long stretches of time—that excellence is developed, character is forged, and real success is brewed. [Read more…]
