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Quote: Isaac Asimov

andy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:42:53 +0000

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not â€œEureka!â€ but â€œThat’s funnyâ€¦â€

—Isaac Asimov

Quote: E. C. McKenzie

andy — Sun, 06 May 2007 13:29:21 +0000

>It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

—E. C. McKenzie

Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson

andy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:31:06 +0000

>”Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote: Chuck Swindol

andy — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:59:20 +0000

>The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It is will make or break a company..a church..a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our _Attitudes_.

— Chuck Swindol

Quote: Collective Stupidity

andy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:14:41 +0000

Quoted from [Creating Passionate Users](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cpu/~3/79458827/the_dumbness_of.html)
>Meanwhile, an individual best achieves optimal stupidity on those rare occasions when one is both given substantial powers and insulated from the results of his or her actions.

If the above criteria have any merit, then there is an unfortunate convergence. The setup for the most stupid collective is also the setup for the most stupid individuals.

Every authentic example of collective intelligence that I am aware of also shows how that collective was guided or inspired by well-meaning individuals. These people focused the collective and in some cases also corrected for some of the common hive mind failure modes.”
—[20Q Creator](http://www.20q.net/)

Quote: David Allen

andy — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:34:25 +0000

>Focus on positive outcomes and continually take the next action of the most important thing.

—David Allen

The 10 Steps to a Strong Personal Foundation

andy — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:43:39 +0000

I’ve been hunting and pecking optimal thoughts for many years. Going through an old office folder of things I had on my wall I came across ‘The 10 Steps to a Strong Personal Foundation’. If you have this in one hand and some form of gtd philosophy in the other I don’t think you can go wrong. The real question is how many of these things are you currently owning up to, and how long will it take you to get in line with the rest?

I tried to google down the author but all I found was tons of life coaches using it as reference. If you know the author let me know.

1. Honor your boundaries.
Boundaries protect you from people that your spirit cannot easily afford.
2. Raise your standards..
The higher your standards, the fewer problems you will experience in life.

3. Clarify your requirements..
Everyone in your life deserves to know what you expect/require of them.

4. Finish your unfinished business..
The fewer unresolved items in your life, the more confident you will feel.

5. Get your personal needs met..
Until your personal needs are met, itâ€™s difficult to live powerfully and sustainably.

6. Orient around your values..
When you orient your life and your goals around your values, fulfillment naturally occurs.

7. Build reserves in all areas..
Having more than enough calms the mind and affords more experimentation in life.

8. Identify and reduce tolerations..
What you put up with drains your energy and slows your development.

9. Handle the money, completely..
Until your money is handled, you are not at choice in life

Quote: Terry Goodkind

andy — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:45:36 +0000

From Chainfire
>Freedom is never easy to keep and can be easily lost. All it takes is willful indifference.

Quote: Dr. Seuss

andy — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:27:08 +0000

>I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,

It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.

—Dr. Seuss

Quote: Unknown

andy — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:13:57 +0000

_(modified from [Dune](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441172717/sr=8-2/qid=1155233412/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-1513284-5016056?ie=UTF8 q”Dune Book 1”))_

>It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine only I set my mind in motion.