~ Mike Litman

It's one of the most important things I was fortunate to learn early on from a fellow named Mike Litman.

He also said:

“Successful people make a habit of doing things they don't like to do.”

I must admit there are habits I continue to struggle with but I see it as a never ending process and not as a journey with an end.

~ George Eliot

So let's stop reading these little nuggets of wisdom and do at least one more of these small things today!

~ Yoda in episode V of the Star Wars series

No I'm not a huge fan of the Star Wars. I liked what I've watched of the series, but I'm not that huge of a fan - okay, I'm more of a Star Trek fan if really you need to know.

But I digress once again. I just found this quote and thought how good it is and how I should memorize it.

Actually, I'm gonna try to explain it a bit further: Michael Licenblat mentioned it in his article where he talks about the assumptions we make of ourselves and how these same assumptions influence "what we try, achieve and believe" about ourselves.

And talking about our assumption of our own ability, he goes to explain that ability itself is irrelevant and only our assumptions about our ability will decide the degree of ability we exert.

In a sense, if we believe we can do it, we're more likely to do it than if we didn't believe it. That's so true . And now we're back to what Henry Ford once said, and what I mentioned last time :

“Whether you believe you can do it or not, you are right.”

There's so much to this principle but I'll cover it in more detail at another occasion. For now I'll let you read Michael Licenblat's article .

I often catch myself doing that mistake, only trying something until the resistance gets too big.

I'll try (pun intended) to do more than just try from now on.

~ Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States.

I always like to tell other people there's no point in thinking negative and always try to think positive myself.

Never really could explain to them * why * there's any point in thinking positive (this sentence sounds a bit negative, don't you think so?).

I don't know. I guess it always was a no-brainer to me and I would like to but I tend to not understand why certain people think negative most of the time.

Is it fear? Are they so called "experienced optimists"? Even so, I think sometimes you have to make a willing effort for thinking positively about something. I do this sometimes too.

I'm not talking being unrealistic, but believing in yourself and instead of giving up, questioning your abilities and asking yourself what else you CAN do -- to get to the positive outcome.

I think Henry Ford best summed it up when he said:

“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”