Opportunity...

Whenever I am faced with a problem, I try to reframe it as an opportunity. - Richard Branson

The quality of your life...

The quality of your life is created by the quality of your questions. - Tony Robbins

Best of everything...

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

Staycation...

Today's word: Staycation.
A staycation (a portmanteau of "stay" and "vacation"), also known as a holistay (a portmanteau of "holiday" and "stay"), is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities within driving distance, sleeping in their own beds at night.

Never quit...

Winners never quit, and quitters never win. - Vince Lombardi

See the path ahead...

Moral leaders see the path ahead as a journey and frame it explicitly as such for those whom they lead. In so doing, they leverage what journeys are about: focusing on the progress, not just on results and the bottom line. Journeys challenge us to be resilient and hopeful, because journeys are hard, long, and curvilinear. They go up and down, they zig and zag. Journeys force us to learn, adapt, and experiment - and to embrace and learn from mistakes and failures as we strive forward. The ability to do these things together, to stick together when up or down, calls forth from us all that is moral. What makes it moral is "how" we journey - how we maintain hope, truth, and the will to find our way when we are lost.
- Dov Seidman, Fortune magazine.

Cells that kill cancer...

Cells that kill cancer: This year, the FDA approved Kymriah, the first human gene-edited therapy for cancer. The treatment modifies a patient's T-cells (specialized white blood cells) to add a receptor that locates malignant ones so the killer T's can attack them. In trials, 83% of patients were in remission after 3 months. Kymriah and drugs like it could one day treat many cancers, changing medicine's approach for good.
- Popular Science, Nov. 2017.

Learn something new...

I never get tired of learning something new. - Clint Eastwood

What you create...

Where you work influences what you create. - Kristopher Francisco

Take charge...

Walk away from the 97% crowd. Don't use their excuses. Take charge of your own life. - Jim Rohn

Black and white...

Color is everything. Black and white is more. - John Berger

Moral Leadership... part II...

Patience allows for reflection and the chance to consider the broader, longer-term outcomes of any action.

Innovation and beauty...

If innovation and beauty is around you, you will create innovation and beauty. - Kristopher Francisco

Interesting pursuits...

Truly successful people are interesting people with interesting pursuits. They know that hobbies and other activities outside work are a potent force for happiness (and may lead to a great business idea). - Inc. magazine

Build an advisory board...

You don't build an advisory board of people who are going to tell you what you already know. You want people in the room who are going to challenge you. - Bill Ackman

Push positive thoughts...

Push positive thoughts: Positive thinking can be as important as getting enough sleep, eating right and moving more. According to the Mayo Clinic, "positive thinking just means that you approach the unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst." Cut out the negative self-talk and focus on positive thoughts. Positive thinking is great for your overall health and well-being.

Snaccident ...

Snaccident (noun): Eating an entire pizza / box of chocolates / family size bag of chips by mistake.

The truth is...

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. - Norman Schwarzkopf

The hardest things to find...

True love and loyal friends are two of the hardest things to find. - unknown.

Photography...

What makes photography a strange invention - with unforeseeable consequences - is that its primary raw materials are light and time. - John Berger

Be different...

Don't be afraid of being different, be afraid of being the same as everyone else.

Power of photography...

That is the enduring power of photography: when you find something you can stand in front of and be in total awe. - Christopher McCall

No limit...

There's no limit to how much you can laugh or play. - Jay Leno

Conquer Frustration...

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles. - T.F. Hodge

It's part of success...

Understand that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. -Arianna Huffington

Life is a gift...

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. - Tony Robbins

What we contribute...

It is not what we get, but who we become, what we contribute, that gives meaning to our lives. - Tony Robbins

Be useful.

"We have a family prayer. And that is to be useful." - Bono #@GlobalFund #U2 #Bono #quoteoftheday #makeadifference

Growth of your business...

The growth of your business will, at some point, hinge on your ability to negotiate. - Kevin Ryan, Inc. magazine

Change...

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy

Inspire me...

I am learning everyday to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Remember better...

Research shows you'll remember better if you study information in different locations. So review your work at a coffee shop, at the office, and at home. - Inc magazine.

Get started...

What is not started will never get finished. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don't compare yourself...

Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world ... if you do so, you are insulting yourself. - Bill Gates

Live life...

Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life. - Robin Sharma

Decision...

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. -Peter Drucker

Committed but flexible...

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. - Tony Robbins

Thank You...

Perhaps the most easily forgotten trait of kindness is appreciation, since we have been taught to do it so often that we just take it for granted. Saying a simple "thank you" takes less than 10 seconds to do, but its impact can have long lasting effects. We never know how much better a simple phrase will make someone feel.

I Got Started -

"I got started!" The first step is always the hardest, and celebrating it is something we all do too little of. Congratulate yourself on getting started--every step from here will be easier. - Sujan Patel, Inc. Magazine

Meetings...

Meetings tend to break time into "before" and "after". Get rid of those meetings and people suddenly have a good stretch of time to immerse themselves in their work. - Jason Fried

What you say...

Always be careful what you say. You can always say you're sorry, but you can never take back what you said. - F.B. Newman

The status quo...

Being successful often means disrupting the status quo.

Give them a chance at the moon...

The way to keep good people is to give them a chance at the moon.
It's what Peter Diamandis calls a "moon shot," a goal so large it creates a gravity to draw people to it and keep them in its orbit. Besides, challenge only scares off the people that you need to scare off. - Thomas Koulopoulos, Inc. magazine

Great success...

I applied to be a Rhodes Scholar twice and was turned down. How different my life would have been. Sometimes failures lead to great success. - Buzz Aldrin

Meetings...

Eight people in a room for an hour doesn't cost one hour; it costs eight hours. Instead, have people post daily/weekly updates to a platform where they can read when they have free time. - Jason Fried

Impossible...

It always seems impossible until it's done. -Nelson Mandela

Expression...

Are you speaking your mind or expressing your feelings? -Ramana Pemmaraju

What you're looking for...

If you don't know what it is you're looking for you're NEVER going to find it. You have to be clear on what it is you're seeking. - Germany Kent

Smart Data...

Create Smart Data not Big Data. - Kelly Shipp

Get healthy...

The human body is the only machine that wears out faster if it is not used. Cherish your health. If you’re healthy, do what you can to preserve it. If your health is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

True happiness...

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

What you're grateful for...

Taking time to contemplate what you're grateful for isn't merely the "right" thing to do. It also improves your mood, because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%. -University of California, Davis

Never walk backwards...

I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. -Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

Try...

Try and fail, but don't fail to try. -John Quincy Adams

Do a job right...

It's easier to do a job right, than to explain why you didn't. -Martin Van Buren

People who make excuses...

Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who make excuses. - George Washington (1732–1799)

Change your thoughts...

Change your thoughts and you change your world. -Norman Vincent Peale

Not weird...

I'm not weird, I'm a limited edition.

Rewards...

Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it. -Rapunzel

The problem is...

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. -Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Change that will occur...

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction. - Bill Gates

We're not alone...

Nature has awesome ways of reminding us that we're not alone. - Kelly Shipp

The story of a place...

If you're screaming all the time, you lose the quiet notes that are part of the integrity of the story of a place. - Jack Dykinga

Voice in your head...

The voice in your head that says that you can't do this is a liar.

The road ahead...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I’ve always preferred to keep my eyes on the road ahead. - Richard Branson

Happiness is...

Happiness is the richest thing we will ever own. - Donald Duck

Interesting fact about chocolate...

The U.S. and Canada do not eat the most chocolate in the world. That honor belongs to Switzerland. The Chocolate Manufacturers Association says the Swiss consume 22.36 pounds per year, per person. Austria takes second with 20.13 pounds/person and Ireland third with 19.47 pounds/person. The U.S. comes in 15th on the list.

Build yourself a new path...

If the world puts you on a road you do not like, if you look ahead and do not want that destination which is being offered and you look behind and you do not want to return to you place of departure, step off the road. Build yourself a new path. - Annie Henderson

Get started...

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

Priority...

Invest the first part of your day working on your number one priority that will help build your business. - Tom Ziglar, CEO of Ziglar Inc.

Read more...

Among wealthy people, 88 percent read 30 minutes or more every day. The reason successful people read is to improve themselves. This separates them from the competition. By increasing their knowledge, they are able to see more opportunities, which translate into more money.

Live longer...

People who exercise live longer on average than those who don't. Regular physical activity lowers your chances of getting diabetes, heart disease, stroke, some forms of cancer, and depression.

Grace is...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear

Whisper...

Not all photography has to scream at you, some of it can whisper. - Jack Dykinga

Start today...

A year from now you'll wish you had started today.

A nature walk...

A study conducted by the Univ. of Michigan and Edge Hill Univ. in England found that people who embarked on a nature walk once a week experienced more positive emotions and less stress in just 13 weeks.