Category: Motivational

A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant. The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.

“Now pull out that one,” said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out.  “Now take this one out,” said the old man, indicating a large tree. The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not budge.  “I – It’s impossible,” said the boy, panting with the effort.  “So it is with bad habits,” said the sage. “When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when they take hold they cannot be uprooted.”

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself, and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” — Jacob M. Braude

Tim Ferriss says he tries to ask himself these three questions every day:

• What is the one constraint, if removed that would make me 5-10-20 times more productive in your personal and professional life?
• If I had to do this in 15 minutes, what would I do?
• What is the downside if I lose the person for 3 months, 6 months, forever?

“But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude, he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails.” — William Arthur Ward.

“FEAR IS TEMPORARY
REGRET IS FOREVER“

– Unknown

From the video:
“The color helps us to accept diversity and understand that we are all different. We live in America and Randy just sets that tone. Randy just sort of gave us that opportunity to be your own self.”

From PopCityMedia.com:
“North Side resident Randy Gilson spent 25 years revitalizing a section of the North Side with bold colors and designs, art and more. Randyland is now a landmark, an act of love for the community and a statement on what one person can do.”

Mark fractured his neck when the wheel on his bicycle came off unexpectedly on a Chicago area roadway. Since then he has inspired the world with his relentless drive to teach himself to walk again.

“If you think you are done. You’re done.” -Mark Stephan.

“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”  – Jean giraudoux