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IT’S IN THE WORKS… SORTA

I recently browsed Google for various definitions of goals and goal setting and found that descriptive explanations are in no short supply (see inset photo below). Some wax quite eloquent; most actually say little to nothing practical. Goal setting is important; I get it, but don’t tell me how functional and inexpensive the furniture offerings are at IKEA and leave out the part about me having to assemble it.

What I’ve found through the years is that all the talk about goal setting draws a crowd, but nearly every single member of said crowd goes back to his or her individual life when the meeting draws to a close with little more than kindled desires of wanting more than what they presently have.

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MOMENTUM SWING

Momentum Swing - Earl Weaver Quote

“Momentum is
the next day’s
starting pitcher.”

Earl Weaver, Manager
Baltimore Orioles

The four word headline is sacred gospel in baseball circles:

“pitchers and catchers, report!”

Excuse me for dismissing the annual “Did he? Or Didn’t he?” dance that Punxsutawney Phil has each February with his shadow, but these four words are the true herald of spring.

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THE JUMPING-OFF POINT

“We cannot become
what we need to be
by remaining what we are.”

                          – Max de Pree

I’m not sure where I came across the term last or why it’s stuck in my brain this morning, but it’s a term that is often thrown about amongst those trying to get things done. According to Merriam-Webster, The Jumping-Off Point is the point from which something begins.

I agree whole-heartedly with that definition, but not in the way that most would think. According to most sources for definitions of terms and sayings, this mystical location is the place where everything starts. What’s the old saying, “Start where you stand”? What? That’s a poem? Huh? So it is… here’s the link if the curiosity has made you anxious to jump-off from this page to that.

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EYE TO EYE WITH FATHER TIME

“Time rules over us without mercy, not caring if we’re healthy or ill, hungry or drunk, Russian, American, or Beings from Mars. It’s like a fire. It can destroy us or it can keep us warm.  That’s why every FedEx office has a clock, because we live or die by the clock. We never turn our backs on it. And, we never, ever allow ourselves the SIN of LOSING TRACK OF TIME!”

– Chuck Nolan (Tom Hanks / Cast Away)

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More than any other aspect of life, time is the one thing that we have in common. We all possess it in equal amounts and have equal opportunity to manage that which we have. We can do nothing to lose it. Likewise, we are powerless to acquire more of it.

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E-KNEE ME-KNEE MY-KNEE MOE

E-KNEE ME-KNEE MY-KNEE MOE: A blog about Impulse & Instinct

what you don’t know is how much you know without knowing that you know it

It was shortly after lunchtime and the breeze had quickly intensified into something worthy the designation of blustery gale. A light rain was beginning to dampen the afternoon and the pleasant forecast of mid 60’s nosedived into the low 40’s within a few hours. The bite of 38, maybe even 37, degrees seemed entirely plausible. As my brain began to conjure the images of the frigid weather that most certainly was on the way, visions of what to prepare for dinner began to scroll across my taste buds. A large pot of spicy chili emerged the victor. My mouth was watering and I could almost smell the ground beef simmering (even though the pound with my name on it was still resting comfortably in the grand showcase of hamburger at Publix).

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