Entries Tagged as 'Aspirations'

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The Art of Forging Your Own Path

This guest post was written by Diggy, author of Upgrade Reality.
No two people are identical, not even identical twins.  Everyone is a one-of-a-kind.  And do you know what a one-of-a-kind is worth?  Priceless!  Yes, this means YOU are priceless.
From the day we are born and open our eyes, we start to grow into the […]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

How To Live a Life of High Adventure

This guest post was written by Robin Krieglstein, founder of GoalTribe.
I know a little something about living an adventurous life.  I’ve hot air ballooned Kathmandu, glacier trekked Patagonia, gone paragliding in the Andes, slept in a snow-shelter at the top of the Rocky Mountains, scuba-dived in the tropics, camel trekked the Sahara, rock-climbed in Thailand […]

Monday, April 13th, 2009

How To Live Life

It is not length of life, but depth of life.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because there is a big difference between living and merely existing…

Educate yourself until the day you die. – The time and energy you invest in your education will change your life.  You are a product of what you know.  The more knowledge you […]

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

How To Walk On Water

This past Sunday I was relaxing at the water’s edge of a local beach when a young boy ran full speed right by me and into the shallow surf.  He continuously hopped up and down as he was running forward, kicking his little legs in the air and across the surface of the water before […]

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Be Who You Were Born To Be

 It is essential to understand that battles are
primarily won in the hearts of men.
- Vince Lombardi
Vance was an incredible guitarist.  In fact, he was so good, everyone who heard him play thought he’d grow up to be a professional musician.  In his heart, he thought so too.  “Life is music.  Keep on rocking!” he tagged […]

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Your Life’s Story Told in One Sentence

Constraints make us focus.  They force us to zero-in on a specific purpose.  The less material we have to work with, the more resourceful we must be.  Can you sum up your entire outlook on life in one sentence?  Do you have a personal motto you live your life by?  How about a maxim that […]

Monday, October 6th, 2008

How Ignorance Can Lead to Success

What you don’t know just might help you.  Being unaware of presently accepted, communal beliefs can put you a step ahead of the herd.  It’s like an artist building a masterpiece from a blank canvas.  Sometimes it’s better to begin from a clean slate, to create your own way without polluting your mind with external inputs.  Here are […]

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

4 Secrets of the Successfully
Self-Employed

#1 – We Only Have 2 Products: Time and Knowledge
No matter how you make a living or who you think you work for, you only work for one person, yourself.  Likewise, you only have 2 products to sell, your time and your knowledge.  Here are a few example scenarios:

Migrant Farmer – Sells hours of his/her […]

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

52 Sunday Evening Meditations on Life

Here’s a list of 52 meditations, one for each week of the year.  I sit silently each Sunday evening before bedtime and repeat one meditation as a mantra in my mind.  I get lost in thought for a little while and then I fall asleep.  This weekly ritual has helped me keep things in perspective.

There are […]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

25 Sharp Cuts of Time Saving Wisdom

 
Time is a vital constituent of life… so time saving activities are life saving.  The best way to save time is to simply do things right the first time.  Confucius once said, “Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done properly.”  In other words, haste makes waste.  If you agree with these statements, you […]