Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. — Samuel Johnson
I recently discovered, much to my shock, that most people believe that perseverance is the #1 source of life success. I don't believe in stick-to-it-iveness as some magical thing that transforms all bad to good, al...
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The other day, while having lunch with friends, I got into a side conversation with a buddy who talked about a trip he and his wife want to take to another city. Many people feel it unsafe to travel. They feel that they are exposing themselves to undue risk. Talking of my travel plans, I said to him...
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"Equality" has become the battle cry of protestors, activists and rioters, but before it was a public idea it was a spiritual ideal. Thomas Jefferson summed up thousands of years of thinking on the matter thus, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are e...
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Daring is an initial element in most accomplishments. It’s been said that “all glory comes from daring to begin.”
When setting out to be daring, the first step is to emulate non-conformists and be a step out of the mainstream thinking. Horace wrote that, “The power of daring anything they fancy ha...
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