Aristotle once said: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” I recently found out that this famous quote by Aristotle was never said or written by Aristotle, which reminds me of another famous quote. “I really didn’t say everything I said.” – Yogi Berra – I didn’t […]

Every once in a while, you run across a quote that is short but expresses so much. You immediately understand it, and say to yourself, “Yes! Of course.” That’s the way I felt about this quote that I saw on a picture from Hugh MacLeod from Gapingvoid: “Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.” Failure is […]

There are three powerful words that will improve any part of your life if you live by them. In fact, if you don’t live by them, there is virtually no chance that you will maintain any improvements that you do make. You will just slide back to your starting point, or maybe even become a little […]

I admit it. Until fairly recently, I followed a hugely flawed approach to life. I sought comfort and tried to minimize pain. It seemed like the rational thing to do. I rationalized to myself how the “no pain, no gain” model was flawed. I told myself that pain was a sign that I was doing […]