“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt” (William Shakespeare)Let a doubt creep into your head and it will often poach enough of your cerebral processing to become the focus of your conscious or subconscious intentions. Once that happens the doubt or fear is well on the way to becoming reality.
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“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon. Need I say more?”
“Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.” (J. Willard Marriott)
"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
I've found exactly the same in business. Good project management is not about the quality of the plan - it's far more about the process of planning (i.e. identifying desired outcomes, next actions, dependencies and bottlenecks)."Someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to do." (Guy Kawasaki)Well - since I only quote others in this blog, then at least half of that is true here... what about the other half?
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we un-consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we feel liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (Nelson Mandela, 1994 Inaugural Speech, written by Marianne Williamson)Fantastic.
"The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities." (J. Allen)
