Cory Booker starts one of the chapters in his book United with a quote from John F. Kennedy, “So let us not be petty when our cause is great. Let us not quarrel amongst ourselves when our Nation’s future is at stake” The first couple of paragraphs of the chapter that starts with this … Continue reading Quarrels
Category: Act Accordingly – Colin Wright
Act Accordingly – Origins in Stoicism
One of my favorite authors is Colin Wright and I thought of him instantly when I read the following quote in Marcus Aurelius’ common place book, Meditations, “Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.” Back in August of last year I wrote about … Continue reading Act Accordingly – Origins in Stoicism
Leadership: Act Accordingly
Fred Kiel addresses leadership throughout his book Return on Character and he constantly relates leadership and decision making back to our character development. Kiel focuses on self-awareness and the ability humans have to recognize their decision making and their environment and to grow and change within those frameworks. Kiel writes, “We aren’t born great leaders, after all; … Continue reading Leadership: Act Accordingly
High Performers
Throughout his book Considerations, author Colin Wright provides his audience with little pieces of advice from his observations about the world. His chapters are all short essays about a given subject ranging from branding, to personal development, to habits, and self awareness. What I really enjoy about each essay is that the insights and advice … Continue reading High Performers
Successful Growth
In the book Act Accordingly author Colin Wright dives into ideas surrounding confidence and surfaces with a unique definition of success. His views on success leave materialistic desires behind, and escape the common trap of comparing ourselves to others. The author writes: “Wining is a word that has a slightly different meaning for truly confident people. … Continue reading Successful Growth
Becoming Less Wrong
Continuing his focus on confidence in the book Act Accordingly, Colin Wright states, “A Confident person doesn’t fear having been wrong: she’s just happy to be more right now than she was before.” This quote shows one of Wright’s core principles expressed in his books Act Accordingly and Considerations. He is continually focusing on adopting as … Continue reading Becoming Less Wrong
Confidence and Self Awareness
Colin Wright’s book Act Accordingly is in some ways a collection of essays and ideas written by Wright that all focus around the idea of living a full life with the limited time we have on this planet. The fifth chapter of his book centers on confidence, and he starts the chapter with the following quote, … Continue reading Confidence and Self Awareness
A Full Life: Challenges, Failures, and Successes
Writing about facing life's challenges and accepting failure Colin Wright in his book Act Accordingly states, “Living life to the fullest is not about winning every time and avoiding the aspects of life that prove too onerous. Its about unabashedly facing challenges, failures, and yes, even successes with a smile, moving ever-forward toward a more ideal … Continue reading A Full Life: Challenges, Failures, and Successes
Purpose
Colin Wright in his book Act Accordingly wrote a passage about the meaning of life and our purpose. What I liked about his approach to the question is that he brings purpose down to an almost day to day level to examine the goals we set and drive toward. “There’s much ado about the ‘meaning of … Continue reading Purpose
Reevaluating the Track
In his book Act Accordingly Colin Wright dives into the ideas of self awareness and alignment and how we need to have both to ensure that we are moving in the right direction. Wright explains that it is necessary to be aware of what we are working towards and allow our path to change as we … Continue reading Reevaluating the Track