June 15, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Listening Accomplishes More Than Speaking: “the reason we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.” Listening Accomplishes More Than Speaking: “the reason we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.”
June 14, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Try the Other Handle: every event has two handles – one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. Don’t grab it by the wrongdoing, instead use the other, and then you have hold of the handle that carries. Try the Other Handle: every event has two handles – one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. Don’t grab it by the wrongdoing, instead use the other, and then you have hold of the handle that carries.
June 13, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Life is a Battlefield: today, you’ll be fighting for your goal, fighting against impulses, fighting to be the person you want to be. What are the attributes necessary to win these many wars? Life is a Battlefield: today, you’ll be fighting for your goal, fighting against impulses, fighting to be the person you want to be. What are the attributes necessary to win these many wars?
June 12, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Trained Mind is Better Than Any Script: today we will focus on the strategic rather than the tactical. We’ll remind ourselves that it’s better to be taught than simply given, and better to be flexible than stick to a script. A Trained Mind is Better Than Any Script: today we will focus on the strategic rather than the tactical. We’ll remind ourselves that it’s better to be taught than simply given, and better to be flexible than stick to a script.
June 11, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Just Don’t Make Things Worse: whatever happens, don’t add angry or negative emotions to equation. Just Don’t Make Things Worse: whatever happens, don’t add angry or negative emotions to equation.
June 10, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on You Can Do It: “If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don’t imagine it impossible – for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.” You Can Do It: “If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don’t imagine it impossible – for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.”
June 9, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Solve Problems Easily: the raging waters and deadly currents of bad habits, ill discipline, chaos, and dysfunction – somewhere they began as no more a slight trickle. Solve Problems Easily: the raging waters and deadly currents of bad habits, ill discipline, chaos, and dysfunction – somewhere they began as no more a slight trickle.
June 8, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Brick by Boring Brick: “you must build up your life action by action, and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible – and no one can keep you from this.” Brick by Boring Brick: “you must build up your life action by action, and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible – and no one can keep you from this.”
June 7, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Finding the Right Mentors: “We like to say that we don’t get to choose our parents, that they were given by chance – yet we can truly choose whose children we’d like to be.” Finding the Right Mentors: “We like to say that we don’t get to choose our parents, that they were given by chance – yet we can truly choose whose children we’d like to be.”
June 6, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on When to Stick And When to Quit: “think of those who, not by fault of inconsistency but by lack of effort, are too unstable to live as they wish, but only live as they have begun.” When to Stick And When to Quit: “think of those who, not by fault of inconsistency but by lack of effort, are too unstable to live as they wish, but only live as they have begun.”
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