“Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.” — Paul Cezanne

Editor’s note: Bad emotions happen. The test is — what will you do about them?

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Here’s the opening blurb of the press release …

“The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right.” — Edward Simmons

Motivation is not the problem. Sure, many times the problem may look like a motivation issue, but often that’s not the case.

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean

I watched the movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (IMDB) last weekend.

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” — Proverb

Editor’s note: Following your heart is not the safe or easy path. Passion comes with a price, but so does staying in a cage. This is a guest post from Nadia Ballas-Ruta on choosing passion over fear and living your truth.

“Action conquers fear.” — Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Today, I significantly revamped the Knowledge Base for Getting Results the Agile Way. The Getting Results Knowledge Base features templates and tools for making things happen in work and life.

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” — James Openheim

One of my former managers is going on their next adventure and we got to talking about how you know when you’re making the right moves and what really matters. It really comes down to just a few vital things that you can use to stay the course of life.

Are you asking the right questions? Inspiring minds want to know. The right question can be just the right prompt to inspire you to action, gain better perspective, or help you make the most of any situation.

You can now buy the printed version of Getting Results the Agile Way on Amazon. The PDF and Kindle versions should be available within the next few weeks. You can read the book free in HTML at http://GettingResults.com

“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.” — Aesop

If you hear something multiple times is it true? … Do you find yourself believing something that originally you didn’t believe because you didn’t trust the source?