Skip to content

Archives

    “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

      “The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run.  Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don’t waste them.”

      Seth Godin

      The Lifebuilder’s Creed

        By Dale Witherington

        Today is the most important day of my life.
        Yesterday with its successes and victories, struggles and failures is gone forever.
        The past is past.
        Done.
        Finished.
        I cannot relive it. I cannot go back and change it.
        But I will learn from it and improve my TODAY.

        TODAY. This moment. NOW.
        It is God’s gift to me and it is all that I have.

        Tomorrow with all its joys and sorrows, triumphs and
        troubles isn’t here yet.
        Indeed, tomorrow may never come.
        Therefore, I will not worry about tomorrow.

        Today is what God has entrusted to me.
        It is all that I have. I will do my best in it.
        I will demonstrate the best of me in it —
        my character, giftedness, and abilities —
        to my family and friends, clients and associates.
        I will identify those things that are most important to do TODAY,
        and those things I will do until they are done.
        And when this day is done
        I will look back with satisfaction at that
        which I have accomplished.
        Then, and only then, will I plan my tomorrow,
        Looking to improve upon Today, with God’s help.

        Then I shall go to sleep in peace … content.

        —— —— ——

        Source: Today Matters by John C. Maxwell

          “Multitudes of people have failed to live for today. They have spent their lives reaching for the future. What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them… and the first thing they knew the future became the past.’ ~ William Allen White

            “For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, ‘yesterday ended last night.’ It reminded me that no matter how badly I might have failed in the past, it’s done, and today is a new day.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

              “People create success in their lives by focusing on today. It may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It’s too late for yesterday. And you can’t depend on tomorrow. That’s why today matters. Most of the time we miss that.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

                “When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.” ~ John Wooden

                  “You don’t win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.  There’s no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don’t spring up overnight… Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” ~ Seth Godin

                    “It is difficult to feel accomplished when you’re not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something ‘for your own good’ is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element

                      “Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element

                        “The more alive we feel, the more we can contribute to the lives of others.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element