At last, I am feeling better, better enough to post here. I’ve been lost in the Land of the Black Hole, where there is no air, no space, no light. No perspective, no love, no connection with anyone or anything else. Along with all this goes fear.
So how did I get out of it? First, I had to acknowledge I was in it. That happened last night. Then, getting out of the hole. Over the years I’ve gathered around me a number of different methods to help me get out of these holes; last night (well, 4.00am to be precise), I threw the I Ching. The words I received with this divination tool were like a blast of fresh [read more]
The thing about goals…
also posted in Inspirational Quotes
Someone forwarded this to me today. It’s from Seth Godin’s blog (he of marketing guru fame).
“Having goals is a pain in the neck.
If you don’t have a goal (a corporate goal, a market share goal, a personal career goal, an athletic goal…) then you can just do your best. You can take what comes. You can reprioritize on a regular basis. If you don’t have a goal, you never have to worry about missing it. If you don’t have a goal you don’t need nearly as many excuses, either.
Not having a goal lets you make a ruckus, or have more fun, or spend time doing what matters right now, which is, after all, the moment in which [read more]