The quest for learning and knowledge

Thursday September 20, 2012 #456   “The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”   ~Benjamin Franklin   No matter how much we learn, or how much we believe we know the “truth”, the fact is that we are incredibly ignorant on most...

A Series of Experiences

Tuesday July 17, 2012 #437 “Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our...

The virtue is in the doing

Thursday October 6, 2011 #357  “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing.”  ~David Starr Jordan The successful life comes from a strategy with equal intention around three activities:  Learning what to do, learning and...

Genius & Wisdom

Tuesday September 22, 2009 #157 “An unmistakable trait of every true genius is their persistent awareness of how much more there is to know. And an unmistakable trait of every true sage is their persistent awareness of how much more there is to love.” ~Mike Dooley...

What really matters

Tuesday February 10, 2009 #94 “We all have two choices: We can make a living or we can design a life.”   ~Jim Rohn This JAM is a little longer than usual.  My Dad sent me the following message.  I’d heard it before, and maybe you have as well, but it...