Optimism is a Strategy

Noam Chomsky

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future.

Because unless you believe that the future can be better you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.

If you assume there is an instinct for for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world.

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–Noam Chomsky
American linguist and political activist

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Loving Life

Robin Field

Living is loving to live,
Loving the life that you live.


Living is more than
a plan to survive.


The man who is living,
is more than alive.

–Robin Field
in his Oratorio
Reason in Rhyme
(formerly titled Three Questions)


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Have Some Happy

Ferrari

Most of my CEO executive coaching clients have detailed, measurable goals. We use them as navigational aids, comparing interim results with plans and expectations, to help the client make adjustments to their attitudes and activity. I was in the midst of one such review when the client took the conversation in a novel and fruitful direction.

I asked, “Have you looked into that club for sharing exotic sports cars we discussed?”

“I’ve been thinking about that, ” he responded. “Why Read the rest of this entry »

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Roll up Your Sleeves and Plunge

Jean Anouilh

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows.

It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

Jean Anouilh, 1910 – 1987
French playwright

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Find your center before you act.

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Your disposition in this moment constrains the actions you might take in the next. If you are sitting at a desk you cannot immediately leap forward. If you are angry, you are not able to gently embrace your antagonist. If you are speaking loudly and quickly, you cannot listen to subtle cues.

There is a place from which the broadest variety of actions is possible: the Read the rest of this entry »

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