Genius

Quote: "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

 

CALVIN, from Calvin and Hobbes

Life

Quote: "Life is too short to be small"

Reasonable man...

Quote: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man"

Fear...

Quote: "What we fear most to do is what we most need to do"

Retirement...

Quote "How do your decisions change if retirement isn't an option?"

Timothy Ferriss in "The 4-hour Workweek"

Mistakes ...

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

—Albert Einstein (1875-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher

Today ...

Quote "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, life is today. Don't spend time dreaming of the past and don't fantasize too much about the future. Simplify the way you experience time by concentrating on the present."

Excessive

Quote "If you work a lot and make good money, don't reward yourself by excessive spending."

Journey...

Quote: "Develop a love of the journey - not just for the destination"

Perfectionism ...

Quote "Perfectionism remains one of the most serious blockages for a happy, relaxed orderly life."

Different Life ...

Quote "Most people waste too much time wishing that life were different from how it actually is. The key to happiness is in being able to enjoy what yo've got, even if it doesn't look like much from the outside"

Life..

Quote "Life is a marathon, not a sprint"

Getting rich ...

Quote "No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty five days a year fails to make his family rich"

Did You Know? Technology

Winners never quit and quitters never Win

I’ve seen this sentence for the first time in a training course. This is one of those sentences that really got my attention. And I believe it is really a wise sentence, and it comes to my mind very often. It is so true, that if you think about the people that really win in their lives, is because they never quit, they are persistent, they don't give up, even if sometimes they are called stubborn. On the other hand, people that always quit their life project, their goals, they rarely win.

In my case, it really made a impact on me, specially on my exercise habits. I've now decided to start jogging, normally early in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon after work, other on the weekends. It is so easy to quit :) You can always say "oh, I'm so tired this morning", or "I really had a hard day today", or even "I've done enough, this is better than nothing". But when this sentence comes to my mind now, I never want to quit, I always want to push myself to run more. And I do it. Last time I did it, I run for 2 hours, and I had people already looking for me :) Here's a pic of one of my recent runs (10kms):




You can find out more details about my trainings in this link http://pamscosta.motionbased.com/. Maybe you'll get excited too.

Next Friday I'm going to participate in my first half marathon (21km). I want to win by reaching to the end, running (walking doesn’t count). Apart from any unpredictable health condition, I intend to win, I'm not planning to quit. Let’s see if I can make it. But even if I don't make it, I will not quit, I'll learn from it, and I'll prepare myself for the next time.

Wish me luck.