Your job in life is to be a ‘foxhole friend’ for as many people as you can.
Your job in life is to be a ‘foxhole friend’ for as many people as you can.
Your job in life is to be a ‘foxhole friend’ for as many people as you can.
You simply can’t win at all costs. It’s a logical impossibility. It’s a statement that eats itself. If you have paid all the costs—damaging relationships, breaking laws, breaking your own ethical code—they you have lost. It doesn’t matter what it says on the scoreboard or your balance sheet.
People see the ‘worst’ of me the moment they lay eyes on me. So why not just be who I am, which is so much better than what they may think I am. Nothing holds me back.
Not many people have jarring facts about themselves, right there for everyone to see like I do. But everyone’s got something about which they’re self-conscious. Would a light-hearted comment about it help? Give expression to what you feel others might but don’t want to say.
Whenever you do a favor for someone, however big or small, do it all the way—not halfway or three-quarters of the way. Do it in such a way that all they have to do is sit back, enjoy and appreciate the gesture.
Believe it or not, for all the variety and choice in the world, there’s always an absolutely right way to do things.
Having expectations of your own doesn’t mean you have pressure, it means you have purpose.
If you believe in yourself – your effort, your attention to detail, your integrity, your ultimate goals – then there’s zero risk involved in how you live your life.
If your position is unique, then maybe don’t bother listening to people who think they’re so wise, when their experience of the world is so different.
When you look in the mirror, really look. If you’re just glancing, don’t waste your time (or the reflection’s).