“Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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August 7, 2010
August 6, 2010
| “Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” |
Francis of Assisi
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August 5, 2010
“The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.”
William James
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August 4, 2010
“Don’t argue for other people’s weaknesses. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it immediately. “
Stephen R. Covey,
Author and Speaker
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It’s a very good way to save time.
Have a nice day.
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P.S. Happy birthday Manon. I hope you have a great day.
August 3, 2010
“Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it “lights the candle” instead of “cursing the darkness.”
Unknown author
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August 2, 2010
One-way Street!
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“Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back.”
Anon
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July 23, 2010
First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. And then I was dying to marry and have children. Then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could return to work. Then I was dying to retire. And now I am dying and suddenly realize I forgot to live.
Author unknown
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July 22, 2010
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Denis Waitley
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July 21, 2010
“I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.”
Omar Bradley, general
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July 20, 2010
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief
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July 19, 2010
“People say that what we’re all seeking is meaning for life…. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.”
Joseph Campbell
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July 18, 2010
“Few people will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation.”
Robert F. Kennedy
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July 17, 2010
When I…
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Aware, Awareness, Choices, Life, Life leadership, Now, Procrastination, Results, Success, Time, Time magagement, Wasting time, Wisdom | Tags: 36525, 36525 days, debt, debts, free, happy, illness, kids, Life, married, money, Time, waste, weight, when |Leave a Comment
Many of us spend and waste a lot of time thinking that things will be better WHEN we lose weight, get promoted, move into a nicer place, make more money, get married, have children, get out of debt, have more free time, get the kids out of the house, retire, recover from a specific injury, illness, or whatever else it is we think needs to change in order for us to be happy.
Life is not “WHEN” ; it is TODAY.
Stephen Lafond
July 16, 2010
“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.
One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life.”
Sandra Carey
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July 15, 2010
The length of your life
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“If you’re not doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is. If you’re doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is. Life does not consist of years lived, but of its usefulness.
If you are giving, loving, serving, helping, encouraging and adding value to others, you have a useful life”
Author unknown
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July 14, 2010
Why before How!
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Aware, Awareness, Clarity, Life, Life leadership, Time, Time magagement, WisdomLeave a Comment
“He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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July 13, 2010
Because only …
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“The first hundred years are the hardest.”
William Mizner
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July 11, 2010
“There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
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July 10, 2010
“I exist.”
Of course that’s an obvious thing to notice, that doesn’t mean it’s not a bit of a mindbender sometimes. Especially when you’re young and probably far too self-conscious for your own good. I was as bad as anyone.
Nowadays, I am no longer fazed by my own existence. I know what the alternative is.
Hugh Macleod
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July 9, 2010
“On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
English writer
Author of Brave New World
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July 9, 2010
What Do You Resist To Change?
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Fear, Important question, Kvetching, Life, Life leadership, Now, Procrastination, Time, Time magagement, Wasting time, Wisdom | Tags: change, changes, comfort, comfortable, constant, Courage, discomfort, Life, Time |[2] Comments
Change is constant in the world we live in. We all know that but somehow, many of us seem to forget this at times.
Why? It is not change most people resist, but rather the pain and discomfort during the period of transition. From birth on, we are constantly changing with never ending new experiences. Our bodies change with time, our thoughts and emotions, our relationships, our finances and our health. Every thing within us and around us is changing constantly.
The change is sometimes so slow that we don’t pay attention to it. If you find yourself resisting to change without being aware of it, I recommend that you hide a fresh banana somewhere for 30 days. Take it out of its hiding place after a month and you will witness the transformation in action. The banana experiment is a clear demonstration of the nature of change. Not all changes will be so noticeable, but the principle of change remains the same.
Winston Churchill said something like this many years ago;
“Take change by the hand before change grabs you by the throat”
It means to me; accept and cooperate with the change that is inevitable before it will be imposed on us.
Do you find yourself resisting to change in some areas of your life?
If your answer is yes, is it because of fear, comfort or any other reasons?
July 8, 2010
Before my cancer…
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Aware, Awareness, Courage, Death, Decision, Fear, Life, Life leadership, Now, Procrastination, Results, Serenity, Time, Time magagement, Wasting time, Wisdom | Tags: cancer, Death, Fear, fearless, Life, Time |Leave a Comment
“Before my cancer, I was often afraid to try new things or do something different. But I just began singing lessons and this summer I’m off on my first kayak camping trip. I have a chance at living again, and I try to take a moment every day to really appreciate just being alive.”
Joshua, 24 years old, testicular cancer, 2-year survivor
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July 7, 2010
Live a long life or die young?
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Aware, Awareness, Choices, Death, Decision, Fear, Important question, Life, Life leadership, Now, Procrastination, Serenity, Time, Time magagement, Wasting time, Wisdom | Tags: Death, Life, Time |Leave a Comment
“Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.”
Author unknown
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I don’t know who wrote this, but he or she probably had some hedonistic tendancies or a good sense of humor.
It brings to my mind the following questions;
It is better to live a very long life and experience illness, old age and slowly losing most of our physical and mental capacities or is it better to live fully and die younger before we experience all these inconvenients?
I don’t know, what are the pros and cons?
What do you think?
Which one would you prefer?
July 5, 2010
“Life is an adventure, dare it”
Mother Teresa
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July 5, 2010
What is life?
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Aware, Awareness, Important question, Life, Life leadership, Now, Procrastination, Serenity, Time, Time magagement, Wasting time, Wisdom | Tags: Death, funeral, Life, Time |1 Comment
A good friend of mine wrote this little note after one of his good friends passed away;
What is life?
“Sometimes life goes by too fast for anyone to see what is really going on around them.Why do we always wait for someone we love to leave this world for everyone around them to realize how little time we have? We have to see the sadness in the people we love before asking ourselves the same question over and over. What else am I going to miss in life before I decide to slow down?”
Ritz Pesce
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Why, why, why???
July 5, 2010
Coco Chanel
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“There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.”
Coco Chanel
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After she lost the love of life ( Arthur “Boy” Capel), all was left to Coco Chanel was time for the other passion in her life; her work. This is where she put her time and look at the results that she produced. Concentrated efforts can sometimes give impressive results.
Many times when you like what you do for a living, work becomes play, and play becomes productive and both of them together can be very enjoyable.
What do you do to have fun at work and still be productive?
July 4, 2010
Stuck in the past? Worried about the future?
Posted by stephenlafond under 36525 days, Life leadership, Now, Procrastination, Time, Time magagement, Wasting time1 Comment
We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn’t get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn’t get stuck there either. One of the best ways to improve our circumstances and our quality of life is to focus on what we must do right now, at this very moment.
Stephen Lafond
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July 3, 2010
Did Mark Twain inspire the author of Benjamin Button?
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“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”
Mark Twain
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36525 days to live 