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Friday Filosophy #2015-1

January 2, 2015/in Filosophy, Words of Wisdom/by learningwithoutscars

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Aristotle

When a man feels throbbing in him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
Orison Swett Marden

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Henry Ellis

The time is now…

This month I want to highlight Orison Marden

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others, it is in yourself alone.

What keeps so many people back is simply the unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

May 2015 be everything that each of you desires and deserves.

Happy New Year…

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For interested people there is a wonderful little book written by Roger W. Babson in 1920 which should be required reading for everyone in High School and every politician in the land. It is called "Fundamentals of Prosperity What They Are And Whence They Come"

In 47 pages you will understand everything you need to "understand" about work, life and results. That is the first step in my progression in life. Then there is "acceptance" of what it is that you "understand" as true and necessary and finally your "commitment" to make it happen. Enjoy it. The time is now

July 20, 2012

If You Don't Know Where You're Going

In tonight's blog post, guest writer Caroline Slee-Poulos shares the importance of planning in "If You Don't Know Where You're Going."

I promise you I'm not trying to make a reference to "Alice in Wonderland." Although the title of this post is part of a quote from the story by Lewis Carroll, Yogi Berra had his own ending to the quote: "If you don't know where you're going you might end up someplace else."

I think that most of us like to be able to see the path ahead of us: personally and professionally. When it comes to the professional aspects, I have found that quite a few people overlook education.

Of course, for several years, the only focus on education was a large push for every child to attend a 4 year university program after secondary school. I like to think that we know a bit better now - education is never "one size fits all" - but only time will tell. When the 4 year program was the focus, career training, employee development, and trades were pushed to the side. This was a short-sighted approach, at best.

Those of you who have already taken a class or assessment with us know that we are focused on functional education: giving you rich content in bite-sized pieces, leaving you room for the full schedule each of you live everyday.

In my last post I wrote about learning objectives, as it helps to know what you will get from a particular class or program of study. For this post, I have some thoughts on goals.

Ron has mentioned more than once that many high school graduates think of their graduation as the opportunity to put school behind them. That should never mean that we have left learning behind, though.

In that vein, I would encourage you all to make a list of your professional goals:

where do you see yourself in 1 year? 5? 10?

do you have a pathway to reach those 1, 5, and 10 year goals?

does your employer have goals for you or your role within the company?

do you know what those goals are?

what is your area of greatest strength?

what is your area of greatest struggle?

Write down your answers to these questions. Take some time to consider where it is that you are going. Education, training, and mentorship are all tools that can help you get there.

With a new year ahead of us, I would urge you to start executing plans towards those goals. Ron always says that "the time is now." He is absolutely right. Now is the time to shift from ideas to reality.

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