I am working on redesigning the website this week!
We will be getting a whole new look, trying out some different themes and layouts to better display information and make navigation easier. Check back and let me know what you think about the themes and layouts. Feedback is always appreciated!
Something to think about over the weekend:
Ten things I know that I would like to share with others….
Fun Friday!
Quotes from my favorite humorist:
Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one to say, “What light?” and two more to say, “I didn’t turn it on.”
– Erma Bombeck
I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.
– Erma Bombeck
People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you’ll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.
– Erma Bombeck
When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.
– Erma Bombeck
Little things can mean a lot, especially when we focus of all our attention on them, obsess and ruminate about them, and can’t seem to let them go. Sometimes we just keep turning disturbing thoughts over and over in our minds, believing that we will surely figure out a solution if we just think about them long enough and hard enough.
When we engage in this kind of behavior, it is a sure sign that we’re thinking ourselves to death. When I do this obsessing, I know that I have lost perspective. I suddenly become the center of the universe, and my problems are the only ones that exist.
It always helps me to step back and realize that whatever problem I am having is probably not of universal proportions. This perspective helps me to see that I am powerless over my crazy thinking, and that it is making my life insane.
Ask yourself:
Will this matter in 10 years? 10 months? 10 days even?
Then give it the perspective it deserves!
Shared from my sister site, PersonalProductivity101.com.
Some people ask. “What if I haven’t found my true passion?”
It’s dangerous to think in terms of “passion” and “purpose” because they sound like such huge overwhelming ideas. If you think love needs to look like “Romeo and Juliet”, you’ll overlook a great relationship that grows slowly. If you think you haven’t found your passion yet, you’re probably expecting it to be overwhelming.
If you find yourself glued to Photoshop, playing around for hours, dive in deeper. Maybe that’s your new calling. If you keep thinking about putting on a conference or being a Hollywood screenwriter and you find the idea terrifies but intrigues you, it’s probably a worthy endeavor for you. You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excites you and what scares you every day, not by trying to find your passion.
Instead, just notice what excites you and what scares you on a small moment-to-moment level.
Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur and programmer. Read sivers.org and try muckwork.com
