Your entire life is an accumulation of tiny details and small decisions . While we measure our lives in years, we live them in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.  …continues

Your performance is representative of your practice, and your philosophy. It shows and it counts.

Every champion knows that everything they think, say and do counts.   …continues

Sweat the small stuff (graffiti, aggressive panhandling, petty crime) and you’ll stop problems before they grow bigger.   …continues

What does it mean to exceed expectations?

Expressing gratitude and appreciation raises our consciousness, recharges our energy, enhances our self-worth, and strengthens our spirit.   …continues

Your ability to demonstrate this quality impacts every relationship, every communication, every work project, every business venture, every effort in which you’re engaged.  …continues

Every goal you want to achieve requires the enforcement of self-discipline, self-control and self-awareness.

To build a solid reputation with yourself and others, to earn more money   …continues

Death and taxes are not the only guarantees in life: the truth counts as well, yet far too many people spend their lives denying the truth, avoiding reality, and playing the game of perception management.   …continues

Individuals are not much different from companies.

Having a trusted personal brand, or reputation, nets you the same advantages as a company.   …continues

If the most important act of creation is self-creation, than one of your most important goals is to create a position for yourself as a rock star to your core audience.  …continues

We have to accept that becoming uncomfortable is not a nuisance, but a necessity to growth, excellence and success.

With that in mind, here are a few questions for you to consider   …continues

SOCRATES is well known for using questions as a technology and a method of reasoning. He saw his task as helping people to ‘give birth’ to new insights, since it was his conviction that real understanding must come from within.  …continues

This isn’t just true in philosophy and art, but is true in science as well:

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”   …continues

Once you recognize the importance of these acts and consider their implications, it becomes difficult to imagine daily life without engaging in random acts of benevolence.

Practice is probably something you think you?re done with when you leave school or give up music lessons. But, have you ever thought of practicing the fine art of gratitude?

The simplicity of gratitude and the powerful effect it has on our lives is unequaled by any other practice of its kind.   …continues

The world is filled with non-achievers who believe that intentions are more important than results.

For knuckleheads, effort is the same as accomplishment.   …continues

The tragedy of the average knucklehead is that they have become dependent on the deception, false belief, and unfortunately ease of use associated with making excuses.   …continues

ALL interruptions are self-inflicted. You either let the interruptions happen or you don?t.

If everyone believes that you are available at all times, you are.   …continues

There is a tremendous opportunity cost associated with remaining disorganized as every misplaced message or task left unaccomplished has a cost.

Some times the cost can be diminished reputation, lose of opportunity, and even financial pain. A lot of unfortunate, negative perceptions are created by the appearance of disorganization.   …continues

One thing you can count on from far too many people is their consistency in being late for just about any meeting. They are an equal opportunity offender and THIEF of others time, and patience.

These knuckleheads are not the sharpest knives in the drawer; they waltz in late, apologize profusely and insist that this incident was highly unusual.   …continues

Guido Daniele is a brilliant artist who has turned his hand to creating a wholly different style of painting which he dubs as ?Handimals?.

Rather than working on canvas, he uses human hands to produce these stunning animals – like a Technicolor version of the “shadows on the wall” game.   …continues

Wish Upon A Hero is a very special site which was conceived by a very special man, Dave Girgenti.

Shortly after the September 11th attacks on New York City and from his home in NJ, Girgenti watched as thousands of people posted pictures of missing loved ones throughout the city.   …continues

Mark Johnson is the producer of a remarkable documentary about the simple but transformative power of music: Playing for Change: Peace Through Music.

Playing for Change is a movement uniting people all over the world through music and inspiration. I absolutely love their mission and commitment to inspiring peace through music.   …continues

Imagine a camp where kids and teens learn to become exceptional human beings. Imagine this camp as a place where kids and teens are taught quantum learning skills allowing them to significantly accelerate their mastery of math, reading, writing and memory. And imagine this camp that focuses your child’s efforts on adopting excellence as a core value and invaluable life skill.

This sound likes a really super camp doesn’t it? Well, this SuperCamp does exist and it is the brainchild of Bobbi DePorter.  …continues

Dr James Orbinski is an exceptional human being who through his unrelenting efforts is reinventing the entire conversation on humanitarianism.

Dr. Orbinski is past international president (1998-2001) of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders. MSF is the world’s largest fully independent medical humanitarian organization with over 400 projects in more than 80 different countries.   …continues

When someone does something so right, so honest and, yes, so commendable, attention must be paid. A focus on unique contribution allows one to make deposits into their sphere of influence in such a way that looking away is not an option. Ann Mahlum is one such person who deserves all the attention she can handle.

I was first drawn to Ann’s story by way of the CNN Heroes initiative.   …continues

In the spirit of celebrating excellence and shining a bright light on people who are making positive and lasting contributions in the world, its fitting that we focus on Muhammad Yunus, the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

Yunus pioneered the concept of microcredit – lending money to people so poor no one else would even consider them for a loan.   …continues