Albert Einstein is primarily known as a scientists, though he was quite big into philosophy, for when one looks at his quotes that are accredited to him, there is more about philosophy than there is about science. I think in the future he will be known more as a philosopher than he will be as…
George Carlin was a comedian who passed away in the 90’s, though the words he spoke in his later years hold as much truth today, as the day he was speaking them. And one of George Carlin most famous lines is: “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it” George Carlin – The Big…
In the process of learning about consciousness and our reality, I keep coming back to John Lennon and his most powerful songs on the subject, namely Mind Games, Instant Karma, Watching The wheels and Imagine. John Lennon wrote a lot of pertinent powerful songs about many things, though these four are the most powerful in…
All true artists write about what they know and observe and include that into their songs, and in the following selection of songs, these artists know a lot. Some are very well known, some you would have hardly have heard of, or not even know at all and the following is just a taster to…
Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance – Abdul Kalam When people do not respect us we are sharply offended, yet in his private heart no man much respects himself – Mark Twain Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners – Laurence Sterne Nothing is more despicable than…
The following collection of quotes will shorten the time for learning about and understanding a successful positive coaching environment. Get the Buy In, Coach the Mind, The Rest falls into Place Successful coaches constantly cultivate the players mind The Succeeding Mind is the beating heart of all achievement The Learning Environment opens the door for…
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question; I could solve the problem in less than 5 minutes – Albert Einstein Asking the right questions takes as much…
Description With a growth mindset, you are aware that the talent you have is just a starting point and that with work and effort you can get better and grow the talent that you have got. And you are also aware that the brain is like a muscle and that with work it gets stronger…
Description To become a proactive learner, ask questions to fill in your knowledge gap, review as you go and take your mistakes seriously but not personally. Quotes If I am through learning, I am through – John Wooden A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read – Mark Twain Education…
Description Internal motivation revolves around feelings and particular the feelings of feeling good when you accomplish something, so wonder how good you could be and work from there. Quotes The best motivation always comes from within – Michael Johnson Victims fall in love with excuses – Robin Sharma Always bear in mind that your own…
Description There are a myriad of character strengths, though four to mainly focus on are: Honesty Integrity Sincerity Respect And these aspects are applied to: Yourself Others What you do How you do it Quotes Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there – John Wooden If you…
Description Simplicity thinking is about seeing the essence in things and those that have dyslexia in one degree or another have a huge head start in this area. Quotes If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough – Albert Einstein Simple is good – Jim Henson It’s the little details that…
Description Though inner peace may seem a bit out there, in reality it is not. It’s just having the ability to let things go, not to take offence at what people say and do and to realise that you are not your thoughts. Quotes Most folks area as happy as they make up their minds…
The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem; it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem – Bruce Jenner Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish buy its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking it’s stupid – Albert Einstein I…
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education – Albert Einstein Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit – E.E Cummings The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing – Albert Einstein Curiosity is one…
What has happiness got to do with sport I here you ask? Everything for happy settled people play and perform better. Most folk are as happy as they make up their minds to be – Abraham Lincoln For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness – Ralph Waldo Emerson Happiness is…
Many athletes view the zone as this magical, hard to obtain state of mind. But the zone is really not that complicated or hard to achieve. The zone is simply a state of total involvement in the present moment without the mental burden of worry, doubt or fear about results – Mike Edger You don’t…
I was looking for quotes on space and time and there is so few that I’ve had to put in some of my own. Time and space are modes by which we think and not the conditions in which we live –Albert Einstein The conditions to be a good goalkeeper are exactly the same conditions…
From time to time I will be posting up people who understand the succeeding mind and the quotes that they said about each aspect. I’m going to start with the person who had and understood what was required for heading the direction for the succeeding mind. I present Albert Einstein on the Succeeding Mind through his…
I love the philosophy of Bruce Lee and If you ever want to understand key skills, visit his work and words, for he understood the value of and the need to incessantly practice them. The following are a few quotes from Bruce and explains key skills to a tee and he also had developed the succeeding…
