Puddle thinking

Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!”

This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it’s still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything’s going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.

-Douglas Adams

Action

"There is a risk and cost to action. But they are far less than the long-range risk of comfortable inaction."

- John F Kennedy

The pursuit of success

"I haven't failed. I just found 10.000 ways that didn't work"

- Thomas Edison

The power of the mind

"Be aware of how you think. Thoughts will become words. Words will become action. Action will become habits. Habits will become personality. Personality will become your destiny."

Expectations?

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

-W. Somerset Maugham

Success

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is more important than the outcome”

– Arthur Ashe (US tennis legend)