“The true soldier fights not because he hates whats in front of him, but because he loves whats behind him” – GK Chesterton
“The true soldier fights not because he hates whats in front of him, but because he loves whats behind him” – GK Chesterton
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” - Jim Rohn
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” - Jim Rohn
Another brilliant video from Prager University. The general question this video asks is, “are we addicted to gossip?”
Think about it for a second. Can you go 24 hours without saying anything bad about another person? If I asked you if you could go 24 hours without having a drink of alcohol, would you be able to? If not, then we’d say you were an alcoholic. So what about speaking ill of others…
Food for thought. Control over my words is a key to our character.
Another brilliant video from Prager University. The general question this video asks is, “are we addicted to gossip?”
Think about it for a second. Can you go 24 hours without saying anything bad about another person? If I asked you if you could go 24 hours without having a drink of alcohol, would you be able to? If not, then we’d say you were an alcoholic. So what about speaking ill of others…
Food for thought. Control over my words is a key to our character.
Just discovered Tom Peters today thanks to my brilliant colleague and friend, Brett Tilford. Mr. Peters has a lot of wisdom and insight into what makes us tick as people. I watched about a dozen of his 2-3 minute videos. Each one drenched in the waters of the wise.
This particular video talks about being extraordinary vs being “ho-hum”. This is something that is a double-edged sword in my life — as I often allow the best to be the enemy of the better. I often stall out and fail to make progress because of my inability to meet an invisible standard.
However, this personal hangup is merely something that needs to be dealt with. There is no reason to stop pursuing the extraordinary. Ultimately, the journey transforms us — and the journey, more than the results, makes all the difference.
Here is some wisdom from the ages that makes my heart beat a little faster, but more importantly, it moves me to action.
“The greatest danger for us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo
Just discovered Tom Peters today thanks to my brilliant colleague and friend, Brett Tilford. Mr. Peters has a lot of wisdom and insight into what makes us tick as people. I watched about a dozen of his 2-3 minute videos. Each one drenched in the waters of the wise.
This particular video talks about being extraordinary vs being “ho-hum”. This is something that is a double-edged sword in my life — as I often allow the best to be the enemy of the better. I often stall out and fail to make progress because of my inability to meet an invisible standard.
However, this personal hangup is merely something that needs to be dealt with. There is no reason to stop pursuing the extraordinary. Ultimately, the journey transforms us — and the journey, more than the results, makes all the difference.
Here is some wisdom from the ages that makes my heart beat a little faster, but more importantly, it moves me to action.
“The greatest danger for us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo
This prayer is a philosophy of life, a path to follow and an ocean of wisdom.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
This prayer is a philosophy of life, a path to follow and an ocean of wisdom.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Piggy backing on my previous post, below is a list of desired character traits I want to model for my family.
The bar is set. And it is set high. It’s time to get tired.
Piggy backing on my previous post, below is a list of desired character traits I want to model for my family.
The bar is set. And it is set high. It’s time to get tired.
A big theme in my life is the pursuit of the invisible. In some ways, it is a concept that is woven in all of life.
Parenting is no different.
Being a Dad is learning as you go. It’s an on-the-job-training environment that expands your limits, strengthens your character and gives you gray hair. But when it comes to the future — when it comes from guiding my boys into manhood …
I need to be the man I want my boys to become.
Dennis Prager has said – as parents — we are not raising children. We are raising adults. That responsibility begins with me. Not in crafting traits in my boys, but modeling them.
A big theme in my life is the pursuit of the invisible. In some ways, it is a concept that is woven in all of life.
Parenting is no different.
Being a Dad is learning as you go. It’s an on-the-job-training environment that expands your limits, strengthens your character and gives you gray hair. But when it comes to the future — when it comes from guiding my boys into manhood …
I need to be the man I want my boys to become.
Dennis Prager has said – as parents — we are not raising children. We are raising adults. That responsibility begins with me. Not in crafting traits in my boys, but modeling them.
Husband, father, son and friend. I like my sacraments Catholic, my humor dry and wine Chilean. Professionally I help lead a team of fantastic minds at Ascendio. Overall, I'm just another guy trying to impress his girl.
