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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Do the Work
This morning I did a little run/walk down by the Beach, over walkways over the PCH, up and down stairs. Beautiful path. I'm going to make it part of my exercise program but in the evening when my heart is beating faster.
Tonight I'll hit the gym for weightlifting.
Tonight I'll hit the gym for weightlifting.
Focus
It's All About What You Focus On.
I remember a story about someone learning how to drive a racing car. Every time his car approached a turn at high speeds he would look at the wall on his right and his instructor would pull his head in the opposite direction of where he needed to go. His instructor told him "you need to look in the direction you want to go. If you look in the direction of the wall you will hit the wall." A metaphor for life.
--JD
I remember a story about someone learning how to drive a racing car. Every time his car approached a turn at high speeds he would look at the wall on his right and his instructor would pull his head in the opposite direction of where he needed to go. His instructor told him "you need to look in the direction you want to go. If you look in the direction of the wall you will hit the wall." A metaphor for life.
--JD
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Keep Going Until...
Keep Going Until....
Reminds me of the time my daughters cockatiel flew out of his cage and on to a neighboring roof and then disappeared into the neighborhood. My daughter was crying uncontrollably and I determined I would retrieve her bird no matter what. I walked around the neighborhood for an hour hearing hundreds of birds everywhere until I heard her birds distinct chirp and finally focused in on it and discovered it under a SUV which we surrounded and got the bird back for my daughter. It's all about being determined and going until you find a way or make a way...
-- John Duffy
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
It's Up to You
If It Is to Be It's Up to Me. Great advice from one of the best coaches ever. It's all about your attitude and how you deal with life's challenges.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Sleep or Workout ?
8:30 pm go to sleep or go work out. Sleep or work out? I already did a walk this morning so I can go to sleep. Nah head to the gym for a quick 30 min weight work out.
Just got back now I feel good. Right choice
Just got back now I feel good. Right choice
Inspiring Blog - Hollywood Journal by Eileen Grubba
Great blog from a great friend Eileen Grubba and a true Role Model of Possibility. Read it, share it and be inspired by it.
Here is an excerpt that reminds me of a conversation I had last week:
" I went home and walked through my Mom’s kitchen with my head down. Suddenly I heard, “Stop! Come back here.” I turned to face my all-knowing Mom. She looked into my eyes and asked what happened. Choking down tears, I told her my date asked how I can cheer when I can’t even walk. Mom looked at me with empathy, then smiled and asked the golden question I wish I’d thought of an hour earlier . . .
“Did you ask him how he can talk when he can’t even think?”
-- Eileen Grubba from her Hollywood Journal Blog
I was speaking to a woman who is a life long Champion Equestrian rider and she told me she went to a doctor for a physical and he told her her blood pressure was low and she told him that it was normal because she is an athlete, He asked if she was a runner and she said no, she rode and jumped horses. He responded that she wasn't an athlete. I told she should have said she clearly a better athlete than he was a doctor."
This echo's Eileen's life lesson she shares in her blog.
Don't let others ignorance affect your view of your self.
-- John Duffy
http://hollywoodjournal.com/
Here is an excerpt that reminds me of a conversation I had last week:
" I went home and walked through my Mom’s kitchen with my head down. Suddenly I heard, “Stop! Come back here.” I turned to face my all-knowing Mom. She looked into my eyes and asked what happened. Choking down tears, I told her my date asked how I can cheer when I can’t even walk. Mom looked at me with empathy, then smiled and asked the golden question I wish I’d thought of an hour earlier . . .
“Did you ask him how he can talk when he can’t even think?”
-- Eileen Grubba from her Hollywood Journal Blog
I was speaking to a woman who is a life long Champion Equestrian rider and she told me she went to a doctor for a physical and he told her her blood pressure was low and she told him that it was normal because she is an athlete, He asked if she was a runner and she said no, she rode and jumped horses. He responded that she wasn't an athlete. I told she should have said she clearly a better athlete than he was a doctor."
This echo's Eileen's life lesson she shares in her blog.
Don't let others ignorance affect your view of your self.
-- John Duffy
http://hollywoodjournal.com/
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Solution Seeking
Once I hear the problem defined my brain goes immediately in to solution mode. I'm always looking for the best and most elegant solution to any problem. Learning to not focus on the problem and what you don't want but instead to focus on the solutions and what you do want was one of the best lessons I learned in life.
-- John Duffy
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday Book of the Week "The Power of Story"
"Your story is your life," says Loehr. As human beings, we continually tell ourselves stories -- of success or failure; of power or victimhood; stories that endure for an hour, or a day, or an entire lifetime. We have stories about our work, our families and relationships, our health; about what we want and what we're capable of achieving. Yet, while our stories profoundly affect how others see us and we see ourselves, too few of us even recognize that we're telling stories, or what they are, or that we can change them -- and, in turn, transform our very destinies."
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Story-Change-Destiny-Business/dp/0743294688
100% Responsibility
What Ever Exist or Doesn't Exist in Your Life, You Are Responsible For. That Means You Are Responsible for the Good , Bad and Ugly in Your Life.
So Get Busy...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Live with Gratitude
Todays a great day to Be Grateful for all you have in your life. Be Grateful for all the opportunities, abundance, challenges, people and for life.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Make a Difference
What you do does make a difference in life. You life can be a model for others or a warning. You decide what kind of difference and how big a difference you can make it life. Maybe now is a time to step it up
www.JohnDuffy.mewww.JohnDuffy.me
Friday's Empowering Question of the Day?
I have a few projects I need to make happen and this question reminds me that I need to start now. What have you been putting off or putting on the back burned or given up on ?
Thursday, April 18, 2013
So Much to Do, So Little Time
Very true. I was born with a reading list and a bucket list that I'll never finish. And that's a good thing. So much to do, learn and contribute and so little time.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Wednesdays Book of the Week - Abundance
The sub title sums it up, "The Future is Better Than You Think". The book counters the pessimistic view of our future and shows all the opportunities and cutting edge breakthroughs that predict an optimistic future. Worth reading to counter all the negative news by a media that makes their money off of "if it bleeds it leads" stories.
http://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217
www.JohnDuffy.me
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In Memory and Support of our Brothers and Sisters in Boston
This quote is especially appropriate in light of yesterdays terrorist bombing in Boston. My sympathy and prayers go out to those killed and injured in Boston and to all their families and friends who will deal with this for a lifetime.
The people of Boston are strong people as New Yorkers were after 9/11 and as Americans are and this tragic attack will make us stronger.
And to all those who perpetuate terrorism and their supporters the words yesterday of Patton Oswalt ring true:
"The good outnumber you, and we always will."
And I would add by the millions and "All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light from a single candle" and today there are millions of candles lit for our Brothers and Sisters in Boston.
-- John Duffy
www.JohnDuffy.me
Monday, April 15, 2013
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