Words which capture it

Have something to strive for.  What is it?

Today is different and so are you.

No limits.

You don't have ALS.

Is there really anything you can't do?  With so little time left stop making excuses and just get on with it.

Life is a battle between the short game and the long game. I guess my opinion is that it is better to play the short game as hard as possible, but without actually forgetting the longgame.

Goals

Goals should be positive.

Don't have goals like do this or don't do that.

Have goals which are more to the heart and will drive you.

For example:

"Help make people happy" is better than

"Be nice to people"  because this is not sepecific and there is no real outside way to measure it.

it is better than:

"Don't be an asshole"   because this is avoiding something.  There is no achievable result.

An even better goals might be:
"Go above and beyond to help make people happy"

This goal is great because it has a measurable result you can feel immediately - going above and beyond, and also the outside measureable one.

Now, this is all just stuff that I came up with on the spot. So don't take it seriously.

the one I love

much of my love drives from a simple question:

How would I react if the one I love was hurt?

It's the worst thing I can imagine. Being helpless to help her while others hurt her makes me simultaneously detest war and violence, and want to appreciate the time I have left to spend with her.

I heard this today

Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love
like you've never been hurt.
Live like it's heaven on Earth.

future

People often fail to achieve their goals.

It's not because they don't understand what their goals are. People are dreamers, they spend a good chunk of their day closing thier eyes and letting their minds wander to a life where their dreams are all reality.  We can all do it.  We all know where we want to go.

The problem lies in another place. Well, really in two other places.

The first is the path needed to get from here to the goal. This is pretty clear to most people, they know deep down that they don't really know which turn to take or how it might affect their overall route. Still, people often think that if they just drive and drive, sometimes with vigour and effort, then they will eventually reach their goal. These people need to either sit down and draw a map, or buy a GPS.


The second problem is trickier to accept. But, the reality is that far too many people just don't know where the heck they are right now!

Focus

If you want to go big, then don't try to make small improvements to you rcurrent situation.

If your current life is a rectangle, but you really want to be a smiley face, then you need to bite the bullet and erase the rectangle.

It'll hurt at first, as you'll be left with a blank page, but it's the only way to get to where you want to be. No matter how pretty and strong you make that rectangle, it ain't going to grow a smile.

It's the same in life.  If you are in middle management, but you really deserve to be a wealthy business owner, then no matter how many stock options you get, or commissions, or pay raises, you are never going to get where you want to be.

To make matters worse, most career drones suffer from massive amounts of anchoring and green grass syndromes. They want a 5% raise instead of their neighbours 3%, or they want to corner office, or the new promotion. In 99% of cases these periodic rewards will only move you up at a mostly linear pace. Dare I say that you should really be looking for square, cubic, or even logarithmic growth?

past

What do you do when you realize you walked right by a past that was a beautiful flower which offered beuty at every turn?

Adn what do you do when that flower has since withered, but still stares at you every morning from the garden?

Remember the flower as beautiful, or take it out and put something fresh in it's place?