July 15, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Doing the Right Thing is Enough: “when you’ve done well and another has benefited from it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top – credit for the good deed or a favor in return?” Doing the Right Thing is Enough: “when you’ve done well and another has benefited from it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top – credit for the good deed or a favor in return?”
July 14, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Little Knowledge is Dangerous: don’t get carried away. Take it slow. Train with humility. A Little Knowledge is Dangerous: don’t get carried away. Take it slow. Train with humility.
July 13, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Leader Leads: we understand that stepping up and helping is a service that leaders provide to the world. A Leader Leads: we understand that stepping up and helping is a service that leaders provide to the world.
July 12, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Some Simple Rules: “in your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.” Some Simple Rules: “in your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.”
July 11, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Start-Up of You: it is really so strange to treat your own life as seriously as you might treat an idea for a business? Which one really is the matter of life and death? The Start-Up of You: it is really so strange to treat your own life as seriously as you might treat an idea for a business? Which one really is the matter of life and death?
July 10, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Love the Humble Art: “Love the humble art you have leavened, and take rest in it. Pass through the remainder of your days as one who while-heartedly entrusts all possessions to the gods, making yourself neither a tyrant nor a slave to any person.” Love the Humble Art: “Love the humble art you have leavened, and take rest in it. Pass through the remainder of your days as one who while-heartedly entrusts all possessions to the gods, making yourself neither a tyrant nor a slave to any person.”
July 9, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Philosopher King: “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person.” The Philosopher King: “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person.”
July 8, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Stop Monkeying Around: we have to quit monkeying around and be the owners of our own lives. Character can be developed, and when it is, self respect will ensue. Stop Monkeying Around: we have to quit monkeying around and be the owners of our own lives. Character can be developed, and when it is, self respect will ensue.
July 7, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Our Duty To Learn: “this is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus- how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.” Our Duty To Learn: “this is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus- how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.”
July 6, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Rise and Shine: we cannot be of service to ourselves, to other people, or to the world unless we get up and get working- the earlier the better. Rise and Shine: we cannot be of service to ourselves, to other people, or to the world unless we get up and get working- the earlier the better.
lizzie fortin 