Shane Smith

"Always play the hand you have, not the one you wish you had."

Short-term results come from intensity.

Long-term results come from consistency.

Theologian and philosopher Soren Kierkegaard on the power of walking:

"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. Even if one were to walk for

the characteristics that make for humility: trust (Matt. 18:6), dependence, the desire to make others happy, an absence of boasting or selfish desire to be greater than others.

Wiersbe, Warren W. 1996. The Bible Exposition Commentary. Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

What looks like consistency and commitment can sometimes be fear in disguise. Are you sticking with it because it still serves you or because it's what you already know?

The difference between mentoring and coaching is that when you are mentoring, you are pouring the best of you into the person, and when you're coaching, you are trying to pull the best out of a person.

Simplicity

A great story about simplicity from Akio Morita, the maker of the Sony

Walkman: Engineers had the technology to add the recording function to the Walkman and it would've cost only 50 cents to a dollar per unit. Morita decided against it. He wanted the device to have one function, which it performs very well. Walkman should only play

Purpose is the best of what you have to help others.