by Stephen Mills
May 23, 2009
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” — Theodore Roosevelt
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by Stephen Mills
April 8, 2009
What is the key to a successful life? Is there a single key? Probably not, but I believe there is a primary decision you can make from which everything else flows. In that sense this decision is the primary key to a successful life. Without this key you will not succeed in creating the life you want for yourself. This decision is the decision think or to avoid thinking. You can choose to focus or to avoid focusing. You can choose to be aware or to avoid awareness. You can choose to understand or to avoid understanding. All of these are just variations of the fundament choice to think or not to think.
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