As a student of human potential I have come to realize that there is a subtle but important difference between one's abilities and the will to make full and productive use of them. I believe that there is a rough equivalence amongst people, that all men are endowed with a dynamic set of abilities and …
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Press On
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will …
A Better Life
When you set about to create a better life for yourself, your family or others, take care that you do so on a sustainable basis. Many approaches give a temporary illusion of progress, to make things truly better you must follow a few simple steps: Learn to regularly let go of your fears and insecurities …
A Newer, Stronger You
My home and several of my businesses narrowly escaped devastation a few nights ago when an EF-1 tornado made its way through our property. The event was especially poignant given that we had just finished a two-and-a-half month construction repair to our corporate office due to a flood on New Year's Day. It has been …
My Other Faults
“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.” - Epictetus Those who attack you pin their hopes on your defensiveness. Do the unexpected on …
True Nobility
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” - Ernest Hemingway If the bulk of human efforts to compete with one another were redirected into the attempt on the part of each one to be superior to his former self, many of the …
The Beginning of Sanctification
Humility is the beginning of sanctification. As you present yourself as you now are, with a deliberate unconcern for your inadequacies and insecurities, the life-giving process of purification begins to work out in and around you. A baby knows not how to project arrogance. His perfect, beautiful and pure expression is the result of an …
Clarify!
Creative living is in its most fundamental essence a matter of creating order out of chaos, of moving from vagueness to definiteness. Those who develop this skill excel in the world of men, while those who do not must languish in the confines of their limitations. To manifest order out of chaos you might consider …
The Love of Living
Could it be said of you that you truly love to live? If so, then you have mastered the fine art of letting the very depths of your nature find expression in the world around you. The love of living spiritualizes the commonplace. It is the means by which your personal atmosphere carries the positive …
Stephansdom
I hap'd upon a site today Deep in the city center. 'Twas long a site for men to pray, I climbed the steps to enter. Once within I knew him well, The patron saint named Stephen. A man of faith who did compel, He set the record even. Yet man again would not amen Their …
Gregory Hake 