Month: May 2020

Thought for today: ‘Show respect to people who don’t even deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.’ — Dave Willis #thoughtfortoday #respect #character There was a time when I thought the virus and lockdown lead to change for the better and yet we seem less able to…

Thought for today: ‘The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.’ — Jordan Belfort #thoughtfortoday #procrastination #goals I realise on this fine Saturday morning that it is time to do something I meant to do all week – that…

Thought for today: ‘I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.’ — Terry Pratchett #thoughtfortoday #thinking #outsidethebox Friday has come around quickly thanks to the holiday Monday. It’s been an up and down week for my clients, and this affects my drive, so…

Thought for today: ‘Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it.’ — Wilferd A. Peterson #thoughtfortoday…

Thought for today: ‘The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.’ — Marcus Aurelius #thoughtfortoday #colourofthoughts #marcusaurelius There was a copy of ‘Meditations’ on the bookshelf at home when I was growing up. Here & now I find myself drawn back to the personal “self-motivation” guide written originally in Greek by a Roman…

Thought for today: ‘Learn to become still. And to take your attention away from what you don’t want, and all the emotional charge around it, and place your attention on what you wish to experience.’ — Michael Beckwith #thoughtfortoday #solutionfocused #attention First working day of the week and it’s been so packed this morning that…

Thought for today: ‘A rascal may be ever cunning but in the hour of need he will fail because he is a rascal.’ — Heinz Guderian #thoughtfortoday #rascal #cunning

Thought for today: ‘You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.’ — C. S. Lewis #thoughtfortoday #dreams #growingold #goals

Thought for today: ‘It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.’ — Gabriel García Márquez #thoughtfortoday #dreams #growingold

Thought for today: ‘Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.’ — Terry Pratchett #thoughtfortoday…