The One Sentence Journal

Leadership

2011-08-22T09:42:00.000-07:00

Leadership is about consulting and listening; but ultimately about making decisions.

The Most Powerful Story

2011-08-13T11:34:00.000-07:00

The most powerful story we tell is the story we tell our self about our self.

Knowledge and Wisdom

2011-08-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

Sometimes knowledge is a barrier to wisdom. Knowledge is information; wisdom is truth.

Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectations | Video on TED.com

2011-06-07T19:49:00.000-07:00

Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectations | Video on TED.com

Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com

2011-06-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com

Creation

2011-04-22T19:09:00.001-07:00

Creation is a child of solitude.

Gifts and Character

2011-04-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

Gifts are nurtured in solitude. Character is developed by our choices in the turmoil of life.

Life Experience

2008-07-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

The perpetual tide of thoughts in our head creates the life we experience far more than facts and events.

Family Matters

2008-06-23T14:33:00.000-07:00

The attention, love and care you provide your family matters more than your personal accomplishments and charitable works.

Parent

2008-06-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

To be the best parent you can be is a sacred calling.

Self Concept

2008-06-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Our self-concept defines our possibilities.

Virtues

2008-06-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

Our virtues define our character.

Values

2008-06-23T14:24:00.000-07:00

Our values define our priorities.

Education

2008-06-05T15:52:00.001-07:00

Education is the most powerful strategy you can use to improve your prospects.

Begin Today

2007-11-19T10:25:00.000-08:00

Don't spend your life preparing to live the life you want. Live the life you want now.

Embrace Your Passion

2007-11-18T14:32:00.000-08:00

You achieve your dreams when you are powered by passion. Embrace your passion and live your dreams.

What You Believe

2007-11-16T13:09:00.000-08:00

What you believe defines your perspective and determines how you see and respond to the world. If your not having the life experience you want- check your beliefs.

Stress Busters

2007-11-15T13:02:00.000-08:00

Much of our dis-ease in life is caused by stress. The best antidotes for stress, according to research, are nature, music, rest, silence and sex.

Our Greatest Contribution

2007-11-13T14:37:00.000-08:00

While charitable gifts and volunteer time are important, our greatest contribution comes from the way we treat others every day and the enthusiasm with which we do our everyday work.

Mistakes

2007-11-12T10:26:00.000-08:00

I try to learn from the mistakes of others. One lifetime is not long enough to make all the mistakes yourself.

Writing

2007-11-10T18:52:00.000-08:00

Writing, at its best, is organized thinking.

Happy For A Lifetime

2007-10-01T14:08:00.000-07:00

If you want to be happy for a week, buy something you want; if you want to be happy for a month, acquire prestige; if you want to be happy for a lifetime, be yourself and follow your dream.

The Truth About You

2007-09-30T12:52:00.000-07:00

The truth about you is that you are gifted, you are important and you are powerful.

Every Life

2007-09-30T12:31:00.000-07:00

Every life is a promise and our life purpose is to discover, define and live that promise.

Expression of Gratitude

2007-07-29T17:35:00.000-07:00

Choosing to live a healthy, active lifestyle is a true expression of gratitude for the priceless gift of our body.

Action & Inspiration

2007-07-25T17:42:00.000-07:00

Action creates inspiration; inspiration creates action.

Personal Power

2007-07-25T17:00:00.000-07:00

The greatest power we have to create our lives is to choose our beliefs. Our most important beliefs are what we believe about ourselves, what we value and what we believe is the link between our lives and our choices.

Happy Result of Mistakes

2007-07-23T17:33:00.000-07:00

Many discoveries are the unexpected and happy result of mistakes.

Barrier to Discovery

2007-07-23T17:28:00.000-07:00

It is not what we know, but what we think we know, that is the greatest barrier to discovery."

Fear

2006-08-12T15:59:00.000-07:00

Fear makes strangers of those who could be friends.

Universal Quest

2006-08-12T15:47:00.000-07:00

People everywhere want the same things: to feel loved, to feel accepted and to feel free. We can miss this insight when we focus only on the customs, the clothes and the food in the places we visit.

When I Travel

2006-08-12T15:43:00.000-07:00

When I travel I discover as much about myself as I do about the people and places I visit.

The Seedling of Destiny

2006-08-04T15:03:00.000-07:00

Thought is the seedling of destiny. Our thoughts create our actions, our repeated actions become our habits and our habits become our destiny.

A Paradox of Life

2006-07-29T17:12:00.000-07:00

It is a paradox of life that personal freedom comes from self-discipline. Freedom of self is mastery of self.

Begin Now

2006-07-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

Begin your journey now, with faith in your dream, confidence in your abilities and the certainty that the true adventure of life is guided by the compass of your heart.

Success

2006-07-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

Success is not your accomplishments; success is the person you became achieving it. Success is a child of your courage, your creativity and your tenacity.

Adversity's Gift

2006-07-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

The gift of adversity is the strength you develop in overcoming it.

By Sharing

2006-07-18T14:36:00.000-07:00

By sharing with friends, we enjoy prosperity more, and we endure difficulty more easily.

Never Be Lonely

2006-07-18T13:36:00.000-07:00

Seek new friends and cherish old friends throughout life and you'll never be lonely.

The Brave

2006-07-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

Everyone is talented; only the brave embark on the journey that developing their talent requires.

Talent

2006-07-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

Why do we wish to be praised for a talent we do not posess; yet we ignore the praise we receive for the many talents we have?

Respect

2006-07-18T13:02:00.000-07:00

When others don't repect us we are offended. Yet, few of us, in our deepest soul, respect ourselves.

Laughing is Good

2006-07-18T12:57:00.000-07:00

The best way to make yourself laugh is to try to make someone else laugh. Laughing is good for both of you.

Liberation

2006-07-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

To repay your debt, increase your income or reduce your spending.

Save

2006-07-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

When you save you become free.

Debt

2006-07-18T08:57:00.000-07:00

Debt makes slaves of the free.

Our Reality

2006-07-14T10:27:00.000-07:00

We are our beliefs; our world is our interpretation.

Distorted Image

2006-07-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

To develop your self image from the opinions expressed by others is like deciding what you look like from looking in a funhouse mirror.

Your Dream Withers

2006-03-12T16:54:00.000-08:00

Your dream withers when your fear is bigger than your faith.

Cash The Ticket

2006-03-08T19:14:00.000-08:00

Not using your gifts is like holding a winning lottery ticket and never cashing it.

Soul & Life

2005-12-05T13:07:00.000-08:00

My soul is perfect; my life is imperfect.

Sail!

2005-11-28T07:38:00.000-08:00

The winds of grace blow eternally. Raise your sail, chart your course and reach the shore of your dreams.

Freedom's Path

2005-11-27T06:59:00.000-08:00

Freedom begins when we abandon the quest to become the person we think the world wants us to be, or the person we imagine we should be, and accept, unconditionally, who we are.

Our Option

2005-11-19T07:29:00.000-08:00

Change is not an option; change is constant. Our option is to choose to manage and direct change or to be a victim of the change that happens.

Everyone

2005-10-31T07:10:00.000-08:00

Everyone is gifted. Therefore, you are gifted.

Trust

2005-10-03T07:19:00.000-07:00

Trust is the foundation of all enduring relationships.

Every Child

2005-09-14T09:14:00.000-07:00

Every child is gifted and every life is a promise.

Wisdom

2005-08-17T07:52:00.000-07:00

Wisdom is not certainty. Certainty is dogma and dogma creates judgment, fear and often cruelty. Wisdom is openness marked by listening, observing and testing conclusions to verify them.

Creativity

2005-08-15T07:23:00.000-07:00

Creativity is a child of trust; self-trust, which is learning to trust your instincts.

Eternity Mourns

2005-08-14T06:54:00.000-07:00

When one person’s life purpose goes unfulfilled we are all diminished and eternity mourns.

Valuable Gifts

2005-08-10T07:18:00.000-07:00

You cannot see or touch the most valuable gifts of life, you feel them in your heart.

Our Opportunity

2005-08-08T07:43:00.000-07:00

There is a great disparity, for most of us, between the person we are capable of being and the person we are. That is our opportunity.

Your Promise To the World

2005-08-06T07:47:00.000-07:00

Discover and develop your talents and aptitudes through exploration, experimentation and following your intuition. Listen to your heart as it reveals your dream. Your gifts and your dream define your promise to the world. The world is waiting.

Change is Life

2005-08-05T07:21:00.000-07:00

Change is constant, essential and inevitable. Resistance is futile and causes needless frustration and fear. Learn to embrace change; for change, is the essence of life.

Joy

2005-08-04T07:07:00.000-07:00

The best way to create a future you'll enjoy is to live your dream, today.

Kindness

2005-08-02T07:26:00.000-07:00

Kindness is more valued than wisdom.

Choose Well

2005-07-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

Change is not a choice, everything living changes, how you change is a choice - choose well.

No Substitute

2005-07-28T07:48:00.000-07:00

Talk is not a substitute for thought or action.

Fast Change

2005-07-27T07:48:00.000-07:00

The fastest way to change your world is to change your perspective. Challenge your views, test your beliefs and question your assumptions. When you change the way you see the world; the world you see changes.

Do Something

2005-07-26T07:53:00.000-07:00

None of us can do everything but each of us can do something. Those who do what they can and do it now, change the world.

Kennedy Leadership

2005-07-25T07:03:00.000-07:00

President Kennedy didn't tell NASA, or the nation, how to fly to the moon. He inspired NASA, and the nation, to believe they could land a man on the moon.

Then, he supported that vision with resources and confidence. NASA figured out how to get to the moon and the nation supported the effort. Kennedy provided the leadership of a grand vision, enabled with resources and supported with belief.

How are you leading?

A Leader Serves

2005-07-22T19:25:00.000-07:00

A leader serves those who follow by inspiring them, enabling them and encouraging them.

Life's Greatest Calling

2005-07-21T07:02:00.000-07:00

To discover yourself, to become yourself and to contribute to others as yourself is life's greatest calling.

A True Friend

2005-07-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

A true friend encourages you to speak your truth, to live your dreams and to become your possibilities.

Greatest Gifts

2005-07-19T07:24:00.000-07:00

Life's greatest gifts do not come wrapped in beautiful packages with bows. Life's greatest gifts are the smiles, laughter and hugs of people who love you.

Acceptance

2005-06-30T07:02:00.000-07:00

Our happiness is not dependent on achieving anything, changing anyone or even fixing ourselves, unless we decide it is. Acceptance is the fastest path to happiness.

Technology

2005-06-29T07:39:00.000-07:00

Do your technological devices serve you or do you serve them?

The Price of Achievement

2005-06-26T07:20:00.000-07:00

All of us, at times, must do things we don't want to do in order to achieve what we want to achieve. That is the price of achievement. Then you must decide which you prefer, doing what you want, or achieving what you want.

The Compass of Leadership

2005-06-25T07:58:00.000-07:00

Leadership begins with knowing where you want to go. A clear vision is the compass of leadership.

Respect and Self-Respect

2005-06-24T07:48:00.000-07:00

Respect means appreciating the music of others; self-respect means dancing to your own tune.

Leadership

2005-06-23T07:11:00.000-07:00

Leadership is not about getting people to do something they don't want to do. Leadership is about charting a course to a better future and inspiring people to join you in creating it.

A Leaders Objective

2005-06-22T07:02:00.000-07:00

To be a leader your people must have confidence in you, but that is not your objective. Your objective as a leader, is to inspire your people to have confidence in themselves.

Leadership Test

2005-06-21T19:29:00.000-07:00

Are you a leader? Is anyone following?

Inner Listening

2005-06-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

Listen to your feelings and get to know yourself. Listen to your body and take care of yourself. Listen to your intuition and become yourself.

Judgment

2005-06-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

What does your judgment of others say about you?

Self Deception

2005-06-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

Self-deception is commonplace; we see the world through the filter of our beliefs.

Happiness

2005-06-19T07:58:00.000-07:00

The secret to happiness is to live a life that fulfills your personal values, employs your gifts and serves others in a way that gives you joy.

My Life

2005-06-18T07:40:00.000-07:00

My life is a search for the great truths and a laboratory to test them.

Advice

2005-06-17T07:48:00.000-07:00

When I seek advice I usually know the answer, I simply don't want to accept it.

Commitment and Doubt

2005-06-16T07:03:00.000-07:00

Commitment does not require the absence of doubt; often commitment means acting despite your doubt.

Life Garden

2005-06-15T07:43:00.000-07:00

Our thoughts and actions now, as surely as the seeds we plant in a garden, determine the harvest we reap later.

Improve the World

2005-06-14T07:56:00.000-07:00

You can improve the world in any moment. Be kind to someone, forgive someone, teach someone, hug someone or give someone a smile and your world will improve.

Gifts Of The Heart

2005-06-13T07:47:00.000-07:00

Give gifts of the heart. To care, to listen, to affirm, to encourage are more important than material gifts.

Paradox of Life

2005-06-12T07:40:00.000-07:00

Everything changes; nothing ends.

Life is Change

2005-06-11T07:29:00.000-07:00

Life is change. Physically you are not the same person you were when you started to read this sentence.

My Secret

2005-06-10T06:17:00.000-07:00

Do you want to know my secret? I made my little dream a goal and then I took action and my dream became reality. I began again with a larger dream and I have repeated this process throughout my life.

Creativity

2005-06-09T07:25:00.000-07:00

Creativity flourishes when you're willing to risk uncertainty, embrace spontaneity and trust your instincts. It is out of this chaos that comes order, a new order.

Kindness

2005-06-08T08:01:00.000-07:00

Kindness is the gift you give someone else that makes you feel better about yourself.

Genius

2005-06-07T07:03:00.000-07:00

Simplicity is genius; genius is simplicity.

Courage

2005-06-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

It takes great courage is to accept the uncertainty of acceptance by others and be yourself anyway.