What’s so curious about human beings is that we can look deeply into the future, foresee disaster, and still do nothing in the present to stop it. The majority of people on this planet, they’re overwhelmed with concerns about their immediate well being. Dan Gilbert 1957 – Most people understand and accept that our circumstances are largely the result of decisions we’ve made. If we’re dissatisfied with life, we probably made poor decisions somewhere along the way. But what contributes to poor decision making? Quite simply, when we consider the cost and benefit of an immediate action, we tend to …
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How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly. Ernest Hemingway 1899 – 1961 I was having lunch out with my daughter a few weeks ago and I observed a man at a nearby table. He was obese. There’s no polite way to say it; he was extremely overweight and looked very unhealthy. I wondered how he could have allowed himself to get in that condition. As I was thinking about that man, a woman was seated at a table near his. She was probably in her late forties and was very trim and impeccably dressed. She was the …
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What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do. John Ruskin 1819 – 1900 In my family, one of the joys of summer is a day trip to the Alabama Gulf Coast. One place we always stop is a busy fruit stand with a dessert cafe in the rear. I particularly enjoy their locally grown peaches, and I’ve come to treasure this large, sweet fruit. But when we stopped one year, I was disappointed when I looked over the fresh peaches; they were about …
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