Great ideas, no action?

Have you ever had lots of dreams about the future? Great, they're really important; have more!! BUT unless you make some come true they'll only ever be dreams.

The key to happiness is having dreams;
the key to success is making them come true. Claude M Bristol

Get out, do something about your dreams and move your life on. If you want some help think about our workshop on September 14th.

Jon

Great ideas, no action

The long summer is nearly at an end; did you spend time reflecting on your life, while sitting in the sun? I'll bet that some of your thoughts were the same ideas you had at the beginning of the year. This month's quote is to remind you to get out and do something about them!

Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them - Alfred North Whitbread

Get out, do something about your great ideas and move your life on. If you want some help think about our workshop on September 14th.

Jon

Just do it!

This is a great time of year, watching all the crops get harvested and knowing the farming cycle moves on from here to work on next year. Whilst thinking about this and discussing taking action with somebody, I used this quote.

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind; nothing happens without action.

Enjoy your week, and get out there and DO those things, don't just think about them.
Jon

Where do you want to go?

A conversation with a client recently was centered around setting goals for oneself and achieving ones true potential. It's easy to set a low target and achieve it, but it doesn't get you close to your real potential.
It seems this was a problem not just in the 21st century, but in the 15th century too! So think about an old view on the problem, which is still relevant today.

The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high & falling short:; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark" Michelangelo

Have a great week, stretch out and move towards your true potential.

Jon

You know you ought to say it.....

I know some people that spend ages avoiding the "difficult" conversation and it develops into a fear. There are times when you really need to say what needs to be said; saying it may seem hard initially, but you'll feel better for it and you'll be more respected by other people for doing so. There are of course ways to have the conversations, more of that another day.
This week there are two quotes, one to remind us to have those conversations, the other warn of the dangers of leaving it too long.

"Never grow a wish bone where your backbone should be"
Clementine Paddleford

"Speak when you are angry and you'll make the best
speech you will ever regret" Ambrose Bierce

Enjoy your week, don't worry about those conversations, have them!

The good things in life

Sometimes it's all too easy to notice the bad things in life, when there are many more good things around us all the time. This week's quote reminds us to pay attention to the good things, rather than the bad ones.

"The bad things in life open your eyes to the good things
you weren't paying attention to before." From the movie Good Will hunting

Pay attention to the good things this week, at the time not after the event. Have a great week.

The important things in life

Last week I had a couple of interesting conversations with people about what's important in life. Often the important things are not what they first seem to be.

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not
everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at
Princeton)

So remember to make space for the important things this week.
Have a great week.
Jon