Be a weekly goal setter and a weekly goal hitter

“It has been my experience that,far from choosing goals too great for our inherent capacities to reach, we tend to underestimate ourselves and set them much too low!”  Earl Nightingale Are you driven by instinct or by principles that work?  In the Ninth Step Promises it says we are going to know a new freedom…  … Read more

Awaken

“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow When it comes to the recovered life perseverance in all we do is essential to be successful.  Often we think of success in terms of vocational … Read more

Be a difference maker!

“I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.”  – Abraham Lincoln All my life I wanted to do something special.  I have always had this burning desire to be a helper.  I gain pleasure from helping folks in the … Read more

Goodbye to a friend

Yesterday I received word that my friend, advocate and encourager has passed away.  Father William Banyasz an Orthodox Priest, Attorney and Psychologist passed away due to an apparent heart attack.  Padre Bill is what he went by in David, Panama.  Padre befriended me and helped to guide me and my friend when we arrived in … Read more

Don’t quit before the miracle

“People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning.” – Lao-Tzu Napoleon Hill the student of Andrew Carnegie and  author of  the timeless classic, “Think and Grow Rich” astutely said that “one of the most common causes of failure is the habit … Read more