1930s Dance
On Disappointment
“Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives” -William Throsby Bridges
“Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment” -Evan Esar
“Buring desire to be or do something gives us staying power- a reason to get up every morning… and start in again after a disappointment” -Marsha Sinetar
“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy- the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation” -Eric Hoffer
In Honor of the Japanese Obon Festival
On Discipline
“Discipline is doing things you don’t like…
… to create something you love.”
-Baptist Church Marquee
Hello, Dolly
On Luck
(Excerpt from “The Best Advice I Ever Got” By Katie Couric, in the words of Tony Hsieh- CEO of Zappos.com)
“At Zappos, We try to hire the luckier job candidates. In fact, one of our interview questions is ‘On a scale from 1 to 10, how lucky are you in life? Many Years ago, I read about a study in which researchers posed that same question to a random group of people. Each participant was then handed a newspaper and asked to count the number of photos inside. What the participants didn’t know was that it was actually a fake newspaper. Sprinkled throughout were headlines such as ‘If You’re Reading This, the Answer is 37. Collect $100.’ Researchers found that the participants who considered themselves unlucky in life generally never noticed the headlines. They diligently completed the assigned task and eventually came up with the answer. But the people who considered themselves lucky in life? They generally stopped early and made an extra hundred dollars… Luck is more about being open to opportunities beyond how the task or situation presents itself…”
I’d like to see one of these.
I’d like to be here for the rest of my life.
On Risk
“You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.” -Earl Nightingale
“It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?” -Jim Carrey
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” -T.S. Eliot
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” -Jim Rohn
A few of many cooking adventures
