I’ve worked this backwards, I know, but some things make better sense in reverse. Everybody’s too busy. The first two parts to this series dealt with getting started and not quitting. But most people really don’t even get this far, because...
Mohammed Ali once said, “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting.” The point he was making was that the sit-ups before the burn aren’t really exercise. They’re only preparation for exercise. The real exercise happens when the...
Photo Credit: LoggaWiggler from here with CC. It seems to me, God’s a bit of a gardener. Left to myself, I don’t want God. He’s going to make me look at all the things about myself I hate. Then he’s going to have me give up a bunch of stuff I love....
I’m never so disciplined in something as when I have a bigger, more important thing I’m putting off. It’s uncanny how often this happens. Weed the front garden. Can’t—got words to write. And write I do. I think what’s so tricky is that there’s good that...
