"Refuse to let your present results influence your thinking. Keep reminding yourself that you have a power within you that is superior to any condition or circumstance you may encounter enroute to your goal."
Bob Proctor
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
The communication was always short, light, and hopefully impactful.
My notes to Karen twice a week, went on for 3 months.
Friday evening in the spring. I will never forget it, because I was scheduled to leave for Philadelphia after work that night -- to see The Grateful Dead, playing The Spectrum in Philly, that weekend.
Over the intercom.....words I will never forget.
"call for Andy on 101 -- Karen C."
I picked up, and here is the conversation that ensued:
"Andy, this is Karen C."
My reply -- "Karen, thanks so much for calling me..."
"Andy, I have no idea who you are, and you are either crazy ,or insanely great....and anyone who is as dedicated to getting my attention with such intensity deserves a chance. Before you say a word, and I'm forced to change my mind, come over here right away..."
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first oneMark Twain
The fear of loss is a path to the dark side
Attachment leads to jealousy.
The shadow of greed, that is.
Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.
The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation, or at least an explanation. This is not a look-at-the-autie gawking freakshow as much as it is a statement about what gets considered thought, intelligence, personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.
Seek first to understand
and then be understood
