Two Wolves
There is an old Cherokee fable about two wolves… An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil—he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, […]
Habits
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” —Mahatma Gandhi Habits define us—good […]
Relationships
As y’all know I meet with a group of business owners once a quarter. Our last meeting was in Birmingham earlier this week, where we had a family and relationship counselor speak to the group. Very interesting of our host to invite Michael to speak to a group of business folks, but if you peel […]
Positive Thinking
A couple of weeks back I wrote about perspective, I think the topic of positive thinking goes hand in hand. They are both about how we see, think, and react to things and events. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” —Norman Vincent Peale Here is a quick story… Allan applied for a new […]
Happiness & Fear
I’ve thought a lot about our goals (professional and personal)—we all want to achieve all our goals and ultimately be happy and successful. We agree the key steps to achieving our goals lie within teamwork, working smarter not harder, a no fear attitude, and pushing ourselves for more. “Happiness—defined as a state of heightened positive […]
Perspective
Over the last few days I have been thinking about perspective a lot. I thought I would write about it to gain some. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” —Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden As the quote above illustrates, you can choose how to […]