Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak

Come Alive!

Two Quotes:

"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it." - William James

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman

Two Questions:

Are you listening to your inner voice?

Do you know what makes you come alive?

Photo credit to mikebaird

Happiness: Twofer Tuesday

Two Quotes:

"Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky; yet I know you exist and are no futile dream." - Rosalia de Castro

"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin

Two Questions:

Do you believe happiness exists?

If so, have you caught up to your happiness?

Faces in places photo credit to marco annunziata

Sickness and Health

Two Quotes:

“Sickness shows us what we are” - Latin proverb

“It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.” - Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Two Questions:

What are you?

Do you recognize the value in the paradox?

Note: I’ve been sick, badly sick, the last 2 weeks or so. I thought I had beaten it on Sunday, but by Monday morning, I realized I had not and now am home for the second day, mostly lying in bed and drinking a LOT of fluids. I hope to get back to normal posting regularly. Right now, I barely have the energy to keep up Slacker Manager.

Begin

 

 

Two Quotes:

 

"The beginning is half of every action." - Greek proverb

 

"Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was." - Robert Louis Stephenson

 

Two Questions:

 

What are you beginning?

 

Where are you beginning?

 

Brand new day photo courtesy of hendrasaputra

You Can Change History

Two Quotes:

"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." — Andy Warhol

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation." — Robert F. Kennedy

Two Questions:

Are you changing time, or is time changing you?

What small portion of events are you changing?

It's all about YOU!

 

Two Quotes:

 

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you." - Henry Ward Beecher

 

"Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." - Willam Faulkner

 

Two Questions:

 

How high is your standard for excellence?

 

Are you committed to being a better version of yourself today…and tomorrow…and every day?

 

Flickr photo credit to fadedmilkyway

Time and the moments of life

 

Two Quotes:

 

"You cannot kill time without injuring eternity." — Henry David Thoreau

 

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery." - H. G. Wells

 

Two Questions:

 

Are you trying to kill you time?

 

Are you allowing your clock and calendar to make you blind to the rest of your life?

Do you know what to do?

Two Quotes:

"Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do." - Barbara Sher

Two Questions:

What small matters are you offering your faithful services to?

Do you know what to do?

NOTE: Oh yes you do!

Photo credit to chillihead

Procrastinate Tomorrow!

Two Quotes:

"Procrastination is opportunity's assassin." — Victor Kiam

"You may delay, but time will not." — Benjamin Franklin

 

Two Questions:

What are you waiting for?

What are you putting off until tomorrow that you can get done RIGHT NOW?

Original Photo courtesy of antennae

Begin and Be Brave: Twofer Tuesday

Two Quotes:

 

"Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was." - Robert Louis Stevenson

 

"Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave." - Billy Joel

 

Two Questions:

 

Where are you?

 

What risks are you willing to take RIGHT NOW to get you closer to where you want to be?

 

P.S. Goodbye Yankee Stadium! Your history will be missed, but the memories will live on forever! While I never watched a game live there, I watched MANY games there on TV, and I have this DVD, combining two of my passions: baseball and Billy Joel!