Empowering people to reach their full potential
Aaron Graves
Most important by far is that you be able to care about others’ success more than your own. Everyone around you needs to ultimately become better than you. That’s how you lead. The light is in front of you and you take them to the light and then go back. If all the people around …
Here’s some food for thought: Nobody will in spire you, but you. You’re the only one who can make you get up off your ass and do something. Sure, other people can poke or prod. “Why aren’t you done with that report yet? Or that project?” Yes that’ll lead to uncomfortable conversations, but that’s not …
The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done. Give yourself time in your life to wonder what’s possible and to make even the slightest moves in that direction.
Here I have collected a couple of translations of Geshe Langri Tangpa‘s Eight Verses of Training the Mind, which is considered a succinct summary of Lojong teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. First, a little history of Lojong, courtesy of Wikipedia: Lojong mind training practice was developed over a 300-year period between 900 and 1200 CE, as part of the Mahāyāna school …
If opportunity isn't knocking, then perhaps you need to build a door.
This picture is snapped from a page in Ajahn Brahm’s book Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? It’s a great book, pick it up and read it. You won’t regret it. Think about it for a moment—what do we really have to be afraid of? Most of what we call fear is manufactured in our heads. …
Here’s an animated book review of Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad that gives you an idea of how to go about getting rich. Go ahead and pick up a copy of the book. It’s a pretty good read.
Today was an overall good day, with lots of learning. First I attended a workshop on WordPress put on by a local gentleman named Mike Bitter in conjunction with the Omaha SCORE chapter and the SBA. I'll honestly say there wasn't a whole lot I didn't already know, but overall I thought Mike did a …
Here are some inspirational images for you. Some of them I created (and posted on my Instagram profile), and others were created by someone else.
Goals. Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you that the secret to success is setting goals. Hell, I’ve even mentioned them a time or two. But there’s something else that can be even more powerful than setting and achieving goals, and that is defining your principles. You see, it’s easy to set goals. It’s harder …