Some books come into your life that absolutely and utterly destroy every mediocre thought ever established in your mind. They’re rare, but they do appear from time to time in your life. The Magic Of Thinking Big was one of those books that impacted me in a BIG way. So for that reason I would [...]
‘To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men – that is genius.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson When we consider the word genius we often attribute it to the Einstein’s or the Schubert’s or the Van Gogh’s of this world. But let me [...]
‘Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.’ Galatians 6:5 As a student at school I often struggled. The only reason I ultimately ended up in the A classes in high-school was because I made a conscious decision that I wanted to stop failing, and at [...]
‘The mind is like a muscle and it can be developed.’ Peter J. Daniels I heard Peter speak again this weekend at my local church, and it’s twenty four years since I first came in contact with the author of that quote. For three days I shut myself away in a motel room with three [...]
‘All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.’ Benjamin Franklin 1. Those Who Are Immovable There are those amongst us who are stuck. Stuck in tradition. Stuck in their ways. Stuck in comfort. Stuck in religious thought-sets. Stuck in bad habits. Stuck in mindsets. [...]
‘Man Thinks’ is an axiom that was presented to the world by the philosopher Benedictus De Spinoza, who lived between 1632 and 1677. An axiom is a saying that is widely accepted on its own merit. And yet, what do these two words mean? It is as if a third word is required to clearly [...]
Emerson writes in his lecture to divinity students that, ‘The true preacher can be known by this, that he deals out to the people his life – life passed through the fire of thought.’ I agree with the master of philosophic thought, because for me to be an effective writer and communicator I need to [...]
It would at times seem a crime to take what educated individuals complicate and turn it into a simplistic explanation. I suppose in one sense, that this is my challenge with institutionalized education. While long winded and complex explanations are being forged in the minds of the experts – a swift interpretation is otherwise being [...]
Vulnerability is an amazing place to be. Is it a nice place? Not at all. But it is a choice place. It is a place where you can choose to hide under a rock, or a place where you can stand on the mountain top and declare, ‘I may be vulnerable. I may be on [...]
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