I was invited to say something at the end of the film The Turning Point last night to encourage people to buy it. (See my post under Heart of RichThinking). It had inspired me so much that I was really happy to do this, as I want to see this film affecting hundreds of thousands of people, much in the same way that I want to see people becoming RichThinkers too.
Anyway, I stood up. I’d thought of how people could use this film, and I talked passionately just for a couple of minutes about how I’d found it, that I’d ordered ten copies for Christmas presents, and that the audience could too — or use them as gifts throughout [read more]
New Year’s Resolutions and courage
posted in Jane's Blog
Celebrating over lunch today with a friend of ours, we were pondering the idea of courage and commitment. ‘True commitment’, Martin said, ‘requires enormous courage, because when the s…t hits the fan, it is only that which carries you through’.
He’s right, and that’s why New Year’s Resolutions are traditionally a waste of time, because of the lack of commitment. Even setting goals is a waste of time unless they are committed to. I’m pretty good at committing to things once I have clearly chosen what it is; I know that difficult times will arise, and I also know that the very clear vision I create is the one thing that will take me through those times.
Courage, which is [read more]