Going

I don't know where I'm going but I know no one is going to stop me. - Ariel Tweto


Sometimes you just go full speed ahead.

Be Prepared

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi


Accidents happen but preparation is intentional.

For The Want Of A Nail

A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. - Benjamin Franklin


Details neglected can have ramifications.

Win!

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. - George Herbert


If you haven't won this war yet, prepare for battle!

Shining a Light

Why not shine a light on the holes we're digging today as opposed to the canyons we'll have to deal with years from now? - Seth Godin 


Consider the long-term results of your actions today.

Sing Your Song

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke

And your song will only get to be the best by singing.

Starting the Job

If I had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe. - Abraham Lincoln

Best to prepare than to start too quickly.

Prepare to Win

It's not the will to win that matters...everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters. - Paul "Bear" Bryant

And the whole team must have the same will to prepare.

Prepaid Interest

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. - William Ralph Inge


There is a difference between worrying and preparing.

What Do you Want to Be?

If I were back in high school and someone asked about my plans, I'd say that my first priority was to learn what the options were. You don't need to be in a rush to choose your life's work. What you need to do is discover what you like. You have to work on stuff you like if you want to be good at what you do. - Paul Graham


You need to practice the skills needed to get into the game you enjoy.

Beginning Attitude

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. - William James 


If it is a team effort be sure everybody has a positive attitude before starting - this may be the most difficult part of the task.


(Other posts on Achievement)  

Beginning of Delusion

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. - Jim Rohn 


In other words, know whereof you speak. 


(Other posts on Persuasion)  

Design for Performance

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. - Samuel Johnson 


Thats the way things should be designed.

(Other posts on Problems) 

A Better Course

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. - Charles Buxton 


Use the events of the past to teach yourself a better course in the future.


(Other posts on Preparation) 

Learning to be Great

No man was ever great by imitation. - Samuel Johnson 


Learn from what others do so you are able to do it better.


(Other posts on Learning) 

Consequences

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences. - Robert G. Ingersoll 


Raise your kids naturally.


(Other posts on Learning) 

Life Plan

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. - Jim Rohn 


Design your plan based on your best judgment. Refine your plan as your judgment improves.


(Other posts on Achievement) 

Formalities

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untraveled, the naive, the unsophisticated deplore these formalities as "empty," "meaningless," or "dishonest," and scorn to use them. No matter how "pure" their motives, they thereby throw sand into machinery that does not work too well at best. - Robert Heinlien

When dealing with a new culture learn the formalities first.

Preparation

Everyone has got the will to win, its only those with the will to prepare that do win. - Bobby Knight

Knowledge prepares.

Starting a New Day

There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage. -James W. Alexander



This quote has caused me to start thinking of sleep as the beginning of a new day not the end of this one.