“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”
~ Mae Jemison
So it’s the beginning of another month, which means I spent yesterday reviewing my goals and plotting them out on my calendar. It feels very similar to last month, which means I did not get accomplished what I had hoped to achieve. I’ll be installing an iOS ap called “I Track My Time” to figure out where my time wasters have been, what my distractions are, and to monitor shifting priorities. I also re-designed my Goals List, so that it’s become more of a “To-Do List” to be checked off.
Along with my own planning, in need of inspiration, I happened to see that Kevin Kruse over at Forbes.com had posted another Quotes List, in the spirit of self motivation. This one is “The Top 100 Inspirational Quotes”, and it’s great! Here’s the link …
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/05/28/inspirational-quotes/
As I read through the quotes this morning, there was a common thread running through all of this advice. To sum it up …
Success is about dreaming big, being creative, overcoming fear, getting specific, and simply getting off your hump and getting it done.
So to quote Jim Rohn: Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
What will it be for you today? I fully intend to run my day! Let’s make it the start to a happy and productive week! Good luck!!
—— My Top 10 from 100 Inspirational Quotes —–
1. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain
2. There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. –Roger Staubach
3. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins
4. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou
5. The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will. –Vince Lombardi
6. First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle
7. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. –Leonardo da Vinci
8. Inspiration exists, but it must find you working. –Pablo Picasso
9. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. –Walt Disney
10. When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck
