Ten Pieces of Inspiration #86

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Margaret Heffernan on daring to disagree Most people avoid disagreement because it’s uncomfortable and might lead to hurt feelings or arguments. However, polite disagreement, where both sides can have

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #85

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Gandhi on habits It is extremely difficult to break a routine once we’ve established it. “We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.” – Mahatma

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #84

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. George Orwell on those kids I think I’m wiser than my children at the moment, because the oldest one is six. However, I think that my parents are wiser

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #83

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Rachel Carson on nature and recovery The idea that spring comes after winter has helped me through some tough times in my life. “Those who contemplate the beauty of

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #82

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Three men in an alcove playing cards This is one of my favorite photographs I’ve stumbled upon in a long while. I love the faces on the three card

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #81

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. I spent some time this week working on a presentation designed to encourage people to volunteer their time to causes that they care about. For the slides, I simply used

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #80

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. This week, I’m going to include some of my favorite photos and locations from my recent trip to South Dakota. 1. Buffalo in Custer State Park One of the highlights

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #79

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Friendship during a disaster I can’t tell you how much I enjoy going through The Commons, which is a warehouse of public domain pictures on Flickr. I’ll often go

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #78

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Nietzsche on tiredness and focus Most of my mistakes are made when I’m overworked. I usually end up being zero productive or even negative productive after a certain point.

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #76

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Tree devouring a sign Nature is relentless. It will always find a way. Thanks to Jennifer Gensch for this wonderful picture. 2. Mark Twain on education Whenever I learn

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #75

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Emerson on moving on Today is just one day. When it’s finished, move on. Don’t dwell on the mistakes. Get up tomorrow and do better. “Finish every day and

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #74

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. This past week, I’ve spent some significant time working on my public speaking skills due to some upcoming situations where I will be called on to speak before a crowd

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #73

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Dr. Seuss on dealing with loss I needed to hear this. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss 2. A World War I canteen

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #72

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Emerson on the experiment of life If you never try anything new, you’ll never find out if you’ll enjoy it. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #71

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Emerson on helping others I don’t think there is any such thing as true selflessness. “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #70

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. I was so enamored with the beautiful weather this week – and the extensive time I spent outside – that I loaded my screensaver and rotating desktop wallpaper on my

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #69

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Kahlil Gibran on joy and sorrow Without sadness, it’s hard to feel happiness. You have to have the lows to appreciate the highs. “The deeper sorrow carves into your

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #68

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. I spent significant time this week finding quotes on the value of work for a presentation I may be giving in a few weeks. I intended to just use these

Ten Pieces of Inspiration #66

Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Aging Imaginations A friend of mine who is dealing with a death close to her shared this video and said it helped her with grief. After watching it, I