“Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.” —Hudson Taylor
1: You’ve decided to meditate twenty minutes a day.
To implement this new habit, you decide you will sit down and meditate every other day.
Sounds reasonable, right?
Unfortunately, you have likely set yourself up for failure.
“You’ll get the greatest compliance,” Tynan writes in Superhuman by Habit, “by maximizing frequency and minimizing intensity.”
The best strategy? First, make it a daily habit. Second, reduce the time it takes.… continue reading
Abraham Lincoln on the cost of leadership: “If there is a worse place than hell, I am in it.”
1: On July 2nd, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Britain.
“That these United Colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved,” so read the motion.
But “there was … continue reading
1: “Monday, July 1st, 1776, began hot and steamy in Philadelphia, and before the morning was ended a full-scale summer storm would break,” David McCullough writes in his book John Adams.
John Adams, then one of Massachusetts’s delegates to the Second Continental Congress, was up before sunrise.
Early that morning, he wrote a long letter to Archibald Bulloch, the new president of Georgia: “This morning is assigned … continue reading
Abraham Lincoln on America: “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.”
1: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,” legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky once said.
And in most areas of life, this is true.
“It’s better to try and to fail than to not try at all,” Tynan writes in Superhuman by Habit
One area where Wayne’s statement is not true? Habit formation.
“If you are not going to follow through with a habit,” Tynan reasons, “it is … continue reading
1: Jennifer’s father was ill.
“The two things that he could do to improve his physical condition most significantly are to eat better and exercise,” she tells Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram, who write in their book The 5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time.
And, “the two things he refuses to do are eat better and exercise,” she says.
Jennifer … continue reading
1: Question: What’s the first thing you do when you wake up each morning?
For many people, the answer is, “I check my email.”
“Do you catch yourself needing to ‘catch up on the day’ really fast before getting in the shower or getting dressed?” Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram ask in their book The 5 Gears.
If this is you, “do you know what you are doing … continue reading
1: “Have you ever looked up at the clock after working intensely on a project and been amazed at how quickly the time has flown by?” Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram ask in their book The 5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time.
“That is 5th gear,” they note.
Also called “in the zone” or “in flow,” 5th gear is your ability … continue reading