"Your skills will actually stagnate or begin to decline if you're not learning. However, experience can be a competitive advantage if you stay open to new possibilities and keep evolving."
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"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you probably don't understand it yourself."#FocusForward

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot--it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that try to make sure that your experiences are positive.”#FocusForward

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary." #FocusForward

It's all about perspective. "Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines to your success."#FocusForward

"Understanding the difference between argument and discussion is a resolution to most problems:
Argument = Finding out WHO is right.Discussion = Finding out WHAT is right.It's a matter of perspective."#FocusForward

"Passion is derived from a Latin word meaning 'to suffer'. If you genuinely love something, you suffer for it."#FocusForward

"Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever." #FocusForward

"Wake up naked, drinking coffee, making plans to change the world while the world is changing us."

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." #FocusForward

"Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." #FocusForward

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."#FocusForward

"In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom."#FocusForward

"Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is." #FocusfForward

"There is no such thing as a "self-made man". We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the makeup of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
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"Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, make your absence felt.
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"Pay attention when people react with anger or hostility to your boundaries.  You've found the line where their respect for you ends."#FocusForward

We are in for the ride of our lives for the next four years. Take note, too much focus on the DC distractions allows elected officials on state, county, and city levels to get away with stuff that effects you more. Remember: Politics are local.

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today."#FocusForward