Dr. David Dyson Author
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
Quote by Abraham Lincoln: “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Peter Drucker is credited with a similar quotation, “We Cannot Predict the Future, But We Can Invent It.” Recommendation: ask what vision you would like to create and list or describe the desired results in your plan for life and/or […]
True Fan: Follow the Process
Do you plan to be an Entertainment Fan or a True Fan? Will you choose to be a “True Fan” who stands for the principles and practices that define the process to make the team great, in addition to following the season and cheering for team success, or will you only focus on Entertainment? Entertainment Fans love […]
Never Give In for Honor and Good Sense
“Never give in. Never give in, never, never, never…except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force: never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Winston Churchill
See it, Plan it, Do it even when you Fear
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt Positive Action If you fear not being able to do something that could improve life for you and others, before you instinctively decide to wait, outline a plan for how you could succeed if you improved your capacities to “be, know, and do”–more […]
Be Brothers or Fools
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King Positive Actions Write Plans for Life that include how our Best-Selves look for common ground in our Prayers and Plans and seek to understand values and beliefs. David
Compassion can be Developed
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama Sample actions we could take to develop more compassion: For the Social Area of Life, write a goal or vision statement for your best-self, such as, When feeling disappointed in another, I pause, remember what I […]
Take a step toward change
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” Tony Robbins
True Best Friend
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” Henry Ford
Shepherd and Sheep Dog: are you ready to be both?
Highlights from the Life Leaders seminar on “Sheep, Shepherds, and Sheep Dogs–When and How to be all 3” led by Col. Stretch Dunn (USA Ret): Most people are born as sheep. Far too many remain as sheep–productive when they need to be though often get themselves in trouble and often do not help fellow sheep. […]