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“A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill There are a lot of people out there who are in some kind of position [...]

“Let us not seek to fix blame for the past – let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy I enjoy watching sports, and I watch a lot of them. I enjoy watching teams [...]

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou Last week in this space the topic was our beliefs and attitude and how those [...]

“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.” – Katherine Mansfield We’ve talked in this space before about beliefs and [...]

“People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” – Stephen Hawking It feels like lately in this space there’s been a lot of talk about belief and positive self-talk and [...]

“The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.” – Woodrow Wilson Last week’s post revolved around the [...]

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden I’m not a psychiatrist, nor have I done any scientific studies, but it seems like most of us humans are very similar. [...]

“If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.” – Cavett Robert Over the past year I spent (wasted?) a fair amount of time trying to help a particular local business owner. [...]

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.” – Tom Wilson It’s a short work week for most of you (me too!) so I’ll keep this brief.  Quite [...]

“Think little goals and expect little achievements.  Think big goals and win big success.” – David Joseph Schwartz Last week’s post was about attitude.  I’ve been reminded of the power of [...]