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Just Do It

May 1, 2021 by JegErAlan Leave a Comment

I’ll be up front, I am not a fan of Nike (for multiple reasons). However, as this quote from a devotional I read from John C. Maxwell implicitly notes, their “Just do it” tag line is wise:

The trick to acting on your goals is getting started. President Franklin D. Roosevelt remarked, “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” That’s good advice. You don’t have to be perfect; you only need to make progress. Or as the Chinese proverb asserts, “Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.”

— The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You by John C. Maxwell (image from Amazon)

“An Ego Is a Heavy Thing to Carry”

May 25, 2019 by JegErAlan Leave a Comment

Great quote from Randy Travis’ new book, Forever and Ever, Amen:

L.D. and I were talking one night after a show about another artist we had recently seen. The artist seemed almost rude and uncaring about the fans and so arrogant. I was certain I must have gotten the wrong impression, so I asked L.D., “Did that artist seem cocky to you?”

L.D. nodded and said, “Yeah, Hoss, an ego is a heavy thing to carry.”

I thought that was a simple yet profound statement. After that, any time I felt tempted to get cocky, I recalled, “An ego is a heavy thing to carry.”

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