Life & Tech

by James A. Belasco

Success can be the worst enemy to change.

Find “Radiating Possibilities” in people. When people have fun they work hard. Playing with a purpose. Each people acted like an owner of the market… They work as a team. They teased customers with a mischievous look that said, “C’mon, tease me back!”

By Paulo Coelho

“To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.”

by Robert Rubin

“Once you’ve internalized the concept that you can’t prove anything in absolute terms, life becomes all the more about odds, choices, and trade-offs.”

By Michael Gerber

The E-Myth, or entrepreneurial myth, contends that very few businesses are started by true entrepreneurs. Instead, most businesses are started by technicians suffering from an entrepreneurial seizure!

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by Edward de Bono

Six metaphorical approaches to thinking. White (facts), Red (feelings), Black (cautions), Yellow (positive), Green (creative), Blue (critical).

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by Samuel B. Bacharach

Know people approaches (agenda) then rally them based on their characteristics: Four Approaches (not absolute - some have mixes): Tinkerer vs. Overhauler + Planning vs. Improvising:

• Tinkerer + Planner = Traditionalist Agenda
• Tinkerer + Improviser = Adjuster Agenda
• Overhauler + Planner = Developer Agenda
• Overhauler + Improviser = Revolutionary Agenda

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By Roger Crawford

The key to life is resiliency — ability to bounce back from set back. A frozen golf ball will not soar because it’s now brittle inside.

by Jon J. Muth

And the most important question in the world?

Q: Why are we here? A: To do the right thing for the most important people at the best time.

Q: What’s the best time to do something? A: Now

Q: Who are the most important people? A: Those you are with

Q: What is the right thing to do? A: Do good for the one who is standing at your side

by Crockett Johnson

Harold needed a moon for a walk in the moonlight, but there was no moon. Fortunately he had his purple crayon, so he drew a moon, hence began an enchanting adventure. If you have a purple crayon, and you can draw anything, what wild adventure would you draw? This is a metaphor for our life — what would you draw for your own life, relationship, career, etc. You have to decide.

by Spencer Johnson & Kenneth Blanchard

So the cheese is gone, do you wonder around trying to figure out what happened, feeling sorry for yourself? or do you put on the running shoes and go out and explore, and find, or create, a new cheese?

by M. Scott Peck

Life is difficult. This is a transcendental truth — in that once you accepted that life is difficult, once you embraced it, life is no longer difficult. Since you now anticipate the ups and downs and you can now deal with it.

by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

Keep First Things First

by Stephen R. Covey

Find your calling, and help other find their.

by John Kabat-Zinn

Be mindful of the present - Wake Up - to our living experience while we have a chance, instead of sleepwalking through and missing much of our life.