What do you consider “impossible” for you? What do you consider possible? Here are a few possibility-related posts you may have missed.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
“The Earth needs a good lawyer.”
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.”
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Do yourself a big favor and set some worthy goals for the new year.
If you are like many of us, you are thinking, I do this every year, or maybe why bother?
Perhaps, like many people, you stick to your resolutions until sometime in February, when things fall apart due to bad weather, waning discipline, or competing priorities at home or work.
Whatever you do or don’t do, you can bet that changes are coming. The question to ask yourself is whether you are going to control their direction, or simply react to whatever comes your way.
Please consider improving your odds of success by adding a variety of social and structural supports. To learn more about how to do this, put the book Influencer – The Power to Change Anything on your holiday and new year reading list.
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Thank you for being a loyal member of the Quotable Coach community!
May you and those you love have all the grand essentials to happiness during this holiday season and throughout the new year.
Most sincerely,
Barry
The holiday season is often filled with family and friends, time off from work, and hopefully a bit of self-reflection.
Today’s quote cautions us not to dwell too much on the past, where mistakes, set-backs, failures, or even thoughts about the “good old days” may limit our perspective and future efforts.
At this time of year, how will you get out of the fast land and the past lane to more fully realize the life you desire?
How often do you take some time to reflect on your life? Here are a few reflection-related posts you may have missed.
“It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way.”
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
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It’s the time of year for sending holiday wishes to Santa and prayers to higher powers for the things we desire. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday, nobody can escape the abundance of retail and online enticements.
If you happen to be a Santa to others in your personal or professional life, you clearly know the objective cost of making other’s wishes come true.
But what about the wishes money can’t buy, such as better health, improved relationships, and of course, greater peace on earth?
What are your intrinsic and extrinsic wishes for these holidays, and the new year?
What will it take and what will it cost for all of these wishes to come true?
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Two popular holiday stories we all know quite well are A Christmas Carol, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Both stories portray their main character as selfish and self-centered, focusing only on what’s in it for themselves.
As Adam Grant demonstrates in his well-researched book, Give and Take, these characters are definitely takers. They may win in some situations, but lose in the long run.
Where and with whom can you generously share your ideas, bread, and books, to have the happiest of holidays and a more richly rewarding new year?
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Are you a gambler? When was the last time you went to a casino hoping to hit it big, knowing in the back of your mind that the house always wins?
What if today’s quote were suggesting a different type of wager, in which we bet on our resources of time and effort?
In what areas of your life will you insert a few more nickels to guarantee hitting the jackpot?
Unlike money, you will never run out of the currency to bet on yourself.
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How often do you see yourself as small and insignificant? Depending on your perspective, you may see yourself as:
If you are a fan of physics, you may also note that we live in one universe in a multiverse of infinite numbers.
Perhaps with those descriptions, you think I proved that we are even less than a drop in the ocean. But I suggest that instead you consider this:
Your body is composed of more cells than there are grains of sand on all the beaches in the world, and all the stars in our Milky Way galaxy, combined.
We are all made from star dust from super novas, and we possess the consciousness of knowing that is so.
How can you more fully embrace the miracle of you?
With this far bigger and more powerful perspective, how can and will you relate to your place in the world and from the world within you?
