I have been reassessing my work performance (and, for that matter, my entire life), but specifically how I can be more effective at work. I began with a list of the things I want to achieve and included details of activities that I believe will support my goals.

I got stuck on the goal about preparedness and in searching the web for more informationI found your site. Very impressive. I’ve added two of your quotes to my list of goals as inspiration:

“the power of being prepared lies in taking responsibility for your happiness, using all of the tools available to you, and staying focused on the essentials.”

The other quote I’ve included is about routine and how it lulls us into settling for less and even turning our priorities upside down:

“I think that when people fall into a routine, they’re less likely to recognize when someone is impinging on their right to free will. That’s because they’re so used to doing the same things over and over, that the “wrong” things start to feel “right” because they’re familiar – and familiarity is comfortable. But if you listen to those voices in your head, they might just be hearkening you to the beat of a new drum – your own!”

Very inspiring. Thank you!

Thanks for your insight. Intuition, inspirations, and faith are certainly intertwined.

David

Good for you. As others cower in fear, you’ve decided to do something proactive to better position yourself, both personally and professionally. You’re nurturing yourself and will obviously be thankful later.

Love the quote. Thanks for sharing it.

By the way, I went back to school in January to earn my Masters in Counseling.

David

“I have seen the light break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the pearl
of great prize, the one field that had
the treasure in it. I realize that now
that I must give all that I have to
possess it. Life is not hurrying

on to a receding future nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush. To a brightness
that seems as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you”

Excellent quote. Since we’re trading, here’s another:

“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.”
~ Howard Thurman

Here’s another for you busness people/techs out there:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

Steve Jobs

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

~ Mother Teresa

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