...just play the hand

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."

— Randy Pausch

Solomon's Paradox

...anything but not

Success is...

Success is contagious.

Seeing beats reporting

Reports summarize problems after they happen; direct observation reveals reality as it is. Real understanding begins when you see the process with your own eyes.

create space, not pressure

Great leaders create space, not pressure
Pressure may increase activity, but space creates clarity and better thinking.
Strong leaders remove fear and noise so people can focus, learn, and improve.

The teacher....

The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
- William Arthur Ward

...Teaching is

...ultimate sophistication

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

~ Leonardo da Vinci

...otherwise

"Be where you are, otherwise you will miss your life."

~ Buddha

Difference between....

Success is...

Success is contagious 

words left unsaid

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. 

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (1811-1896)

Kindness & cleverness

light, shade, and

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, -- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. 

-John Constable, painter (1776-1837)

...good at heart

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
-Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist (1929-1945)

3 types of friendship

needs memories...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
-Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)

...your and my business...

Live and let live, be and let be,
Hear and let hear, see and let see,
Sing and let sing, dance and let dance. ...
Live and let live and remember this line:
"Your bus'ness is your bus'ness and my bus'ness is mine."
-Cole Porter, composer and songwriter (1893-1964)

...more you can

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

~ Ram Dass

major decisions...

There are 3 major decisions in your life.

• What you do?
• Who you are with? 
• Where do you live? 

- Naval Ravikant

...holding on & letting go

"Life is balance of holding on and letting go."

~ Rumi

...must be earned

A Calm mind, Fit Body and a house full of love - these cannot be bought, they must be earned. 

- Naval Ravikant

...your answer?

end up having

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more."

~ Oprah Winfrey

...for kindness

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness."

~ Seneca

...www

One...

Kindness starts with one. 

One smile. 

One compliment. 

One cup of coffee. 

One person.

~ Orly Wahba

...how that government treats

The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life -- the sick, the needy, and the handicapped. 

-Hubert Horatio Humphrey, US Vice President (1911-1978)

12 Habits