Archive for August, 2010
Has LOA left you DOA?
The law of attraction gets a lot of press these days. It's a principle of nature that has existed since the beginning of time, at least as far as any of us can tell, but it really seems to have grown in popularity over the past few years. The law basically operates like this: Your life is the result of your most dominant thought patterns. Like attracts like and so whatever you focus on most (consciously or subconsciously) is what is attracted to you. You also become attracted to it. Sounds pretty simple on the surface, right? And [...]
Those Things You Do
Did you ever wonder if your random acts of kindness, good deeds, smiles or friendly words have any significant or lasting affect on the world around you? I think it's pretty important for you to know that even the slightest action taken, in the right spirit and with the proper intention, absolutely does. You may not see the direct result of it manifest itself immediately. In fact, it may cause wonderful things to happen that end up as circumstances or opportunities in your life you would never in a million years relate back to that one [...]
Give To Live
Life has an amazing way of rewarding you based on the effort you put into it. Thomas Jefferson had a great quote which I have kept at my desk for years. He said, "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it". Over time I sort of paraphrased for TJ and usually end up telling people, "the harder you work, the luckier you'll get". Same principle, of course. And the really miraculous part of this universal axiom is that you usually end up receiving much more than you actually give. Or at the very [...]
What You Do Next
The late John Wooden said a lot of things over the years that I absolutely loved. He was such a principled man and had such discipline and conviction, he was hard not to admire. If you listen to the people that were around him the most, they were all so touched and inspired by this man it's hard not to think of him as one of the most influential people who ever lived. Especially in the sports world. He had one particular saying that I have referenced over the years and used to motivate myself at the times in my life when I have seemed [...]
