The Sum of its Parts

If you want a good crop, you need the right seed planted at the right time, fertile soil, and some water at regular intervals.  If you want a happy family you need a place to live, love and acceptance, and time together.

There is a formula for what you want. What is it?

Do you have the “will”?

Think of a major goal or endeavor you want.  Do you have the “will”?  

What does that mean?  It means WILL you do it?  

You can.  Will you?

The Core Secret of Success

There are lots of “secrets” and advice out there.  But there is one that can explain where we all end up.

“We become what we think about”.

If we want to be, have, or do something different than our current condition, then we can by changing our habit of thought.

It’s up to you.

How long should you try?

Until.

Stay Open

“Because I was open to it, I went to __________with_________ and met __________.  They told me about ________, which led to __________, which I just love, so I tried ____________and traveled to ____________ and met _____________ and found _____________, who……….

….I have a rich colorful life – all because I was open to new ideas.”

What are you the BEST at?

There is something! 

What is it?

That voice inside you…

What is it saying to you?

Be still and listen.

More of us

In 1900 there were 1.6 billion people on earth.  Now there are over 7 billion.

What does that mean?

Designed in 200,000 years

It’s been about 200,000 years since the dawn of man.  We’ve changed our habits and what we eat radically in the last 100 years.  Do you think your body was designed for what you eat and the amount you move around now?

A failure of leadership

What we have in Washington DC is a complete failure to manage the financial affairs and future of the country. We continue to spend a trillion dollars a year more than we take in even though our leaders have argued with each other about fixing it for some time.

Why don’t they fix it?  Because most of us don’t want them to.  They want to win elections by “protecting the middle class” or this group or that cause or some other sound bite – and most of us think it sounds good so we keep electing them.  (Nevermind the convoluted accounting tricks and special interest outright bribery).  In fact then, it is us, the majority of Americans who keep kicking the now 16 trillion dollar can down the road to our kids and grandkids.

“We have met the enemy – and he is us” – Pogo

If you need an example of how to run your financial affairs and the behavioral discipline necessary to lead a successful life, don’t look anywhere near Washington DC.  We must be better than that and mature enough to fix it.

“…to cherish the public credit, preserve it by using it as little as possible, and to not ungenerously throw upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.” – from George Washington’s farewell speech.