"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."

- Author unknown


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"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it."

- Albert Schweitzer


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Happy Holidays!

As we prepare to end one year and start another, I think we can all take a lesson in problem-solving, creativity, patience, persistence, and overcoming obstacles from...a snail (click to enlarge):




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"We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way."

- Alice Waters

"Achievement is talent plus preparation."

- Malcolm Gladwell


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"Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong."

- Fridtjof Nansen

"Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."

- Mark Twain


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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt


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What Matters Now

Seth Godin organized a new e-book that provides insight from more than seventy "big thinkers". They share some good ideas for everyone to think about as we enter 2010.



"From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O'Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Fred Wilson, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber."

You can get the e-book for free here (no email or registration required):

What Matters Now


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"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance."

- Marie Curie

"Patience is necessary...one cannot reap immediately where one has sown."

- Soren Kierkegaard


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"To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success."

- Anna Pavlova


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"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."

"If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal."

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

- John Lennon


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"Life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy."

- Florence Scovel Shinn


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"The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing."

- Walt Disney


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"The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer."

- Fridtjof Nansen


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"We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."

- Marie Curie


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