May 23, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Show Me How to Live: “show me that the good life doesn’t consist in its length, but in its use, and that it is possible – no, entirely too common – for a person who has had a long life to have lived too little.” Show Me How to Live: “show me that the good life doesn’t consist in its length, but in its use, and that it is possible – no, entirely too common – for a person who has had a long life to have lived too little.”
May 22, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Today is the Day: “You get what you deserve. Instead of being a good person today, you choose instead to become one tomorrow.” Today is the Day: “You get what you deserve. Instead of being a good person today, you choose instead to become one tomorrow.”
May 21, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on What Kind Of Boxer Are You? What is philosophy? Doesn’t it simply mean preparing ourselves for what may come? What Kind Of Boxer Are You? What is philosophy? Doesn’t it simply mean preparing ourselves for what may come?
May 20, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Quality Over Quantity: what if you prioritized quality over quantity? Your shelves might be emptier, but your brain and your life would be fuller. Quality Over Quantity: what if you prioritized quality over quantity? Your shelves might be emptier, but your brain and your life would be fuller.
May 19, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Learn, Practice, Train: simply knowing isn’t enough. It must be absorbed into the body. It must become part of us. Or we risk losing it the second that we experience stress or difficulty. Learn, Practice, Train: simply knowing isn’t enough. It must be absorbed into the body. It must become part of us. Or we risk losing it the second that we experience stress or difficulty.
May 18, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything: “pay attention to what’s in front of you – the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.” How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything: “pay attention to what’s in front of you – the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.”
May 17, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Stoic is a Work in Progress: sustained execution, not shapeless epiphanies. It’s important for us to remember in our journey to self improvement: one never arrives. The Stoic is a Work in Progress: sustained execution, not shapeless epiphanies. It’s important for us to remember in our journey to self improvement: one never arrives.
May 16, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Chain Method: success becomes a matter of momentum. Once you get a little, it’s easier to keep it going. The Chain Method: success becomes a matter of momentum. Once you get a little, it’s easier to keep it going.
May 15, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Count Your Blessings: Appreciate and take advantage of what you already have, and let that attitude guide your actions. Count Your Blessings: Appreciate and take advantage of what you already have, and let that attitude guide your actions.
May 14, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Our Well Being Lies in Our Actions: our ambition should not be to win, then, but to play with our full effort. Our intention is not to be thanked or recognized, but to help and to do what we think is right. Our focus is not on what happens to us but on how we respond. Our Well Being Lies in Our Actions: our ambition should not be to win, then, but to play with our full effort. Our intention is not to be thanked or recognized, but to help and to do what we think is right. Our focus is not on what happens to us but on how we respond.
