by Rick Baker
On May 16, 2012
Thought Tweet #478 We simply must spend more time imagining Possibilities.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Robert Collier wrote, "Think of things - not as they are but as they MIGHT be." ...'The SECRET Of The Ages', (1926)
If we follow Robert Collier's advice then we will get beyond our personal biases, especially our tendency to judge others harshly. And, we will create.
Robert Collier, 'The SECRET Of The Ages', (1926)
by Rick Baker
On May 15, 2012
Thought Tweet #477 We benefit when someone or something makes us do what we can.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Even the great Ralph Waldo Emerson needed that sort of help. Emerson said, "What I most need is somebody to make me do what I can."
People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things.
When we want to develop better habits we need an injection of accountability; we benefit when someone or something makes us do what we can.
A link to Changing for the Better
by Rick Baker
On May 14, 2012
Thought Tweet #476 Some people somehow know the course of their lives at an early age and they live it. Most of us do not.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
For many generations, self-help gurus have taught the importance of having a life purpose. Napoleon Hill called it definite chief aim. Orison Sweet Marden wrote, "Power is largely a question of strong, vigorous, perpetual thinking along the line of the ambition, parallel with the aim - the great life purpose." ['Pushing To The Front', (1911)]
I have written and talked about my heroes, as examples - Napoleon, Gandhi, and Alexander the Great. These heroes did have life purposes, which they understood at a young age.
But, they are anomalies, not the norm.
From now on, when I write about my heroes I am going to make sure I give at least equal time to the vast majority of us who are accomplishing meaningful and important things at somewhat lower levels than the extreme standards set by our heroes.