“Don’t die with your music still in you.”-DR. WAYNE DYERLast night I attended a lecture at Westminster Choir College delivered by Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Zander is a conductor but it’s not about the music – it’s about life. The talk centered around the topic of The Art of Possibility, which is […]
“All of the ability is already inside you.”-Rob Gilbert, Ph.D., Professor of Sport Psychology, Montclair State UniversityLook inside.Look all around you.It’s never been easier to succeed. No longer is it about talent. It’s all about having the right strategy and putting in the work.Look at all of the resources around you – books, DVDs, podcasts, […]
From the holykaw.alltop.com site… Recently, Stanford scientists replicated a classic experiment from the 60s, in which they tested kids’ ability to delay gratification. Researchers gave each child a marshmallow and told them that they would receive a second marshmallow — if they were able to wait until the researcher left and returned. Two important conclusions […]
“The less we need, the richer we can be.”-a Zen masterI know tennis players who always want the latest tennis gear.I know business professionals who always want the latest cell phone.I know people who always want to wear the coolest outfit.Is money important?Yes and no.Obviously we need money to survive, but it’s not everything.If I […]
WATCH 4-YEAR OLD RIZZO PERFORM HERB BROOKS’ PRE-GAME PEP TALK BEFORE THE FAMOUS 1980 “MIRACLE” GAME AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CdJTfGiRCI
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.”-FERRIS BUELLERI know something about you.I know that many times you focus on either the past or the future.You focus on what you did wrong in the past or what you don’t want to happen in […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Kate Miller, of Food Network.In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it […]
“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.”-WINSTON CHURCHILLAre you a perfectionist?Do you wait for perfect conditions to take action?Nobody is perfect.Does Roger Federer hit a winner on every shot?Of course not, so if Federer can’t be perfect, then neither can we.You can […]
“You’re never as good as you think you are, and you’re never as bad as they say you are.”-author unknown
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”-WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDLast night I attended “BID TO BUILD UGANDA,” a silent auction and WARDANCE film showing in Princeton, organized by Yoga for Unity, and its founder, Kristen Boccumini. Boccumini has already raised $20,000 for this cause and plans on going to Uganda in February to […]