The people around you

You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.

Once is enough, once is forever

Perhaps today will be the day when we experience happiness or wisdom. Don't try to grab that moment and hold on to it with all your might. It's not under your control how long it lasts. Enjoy it, recognize it, remember it. Having it for a moment is the same as having it forever.

- The Daily Stoic
pg 346

Plan

"Lead on God and Destiny,
To that goal fixed for me long ago.
I will follow and not stumble; even of my will is weak I will soldier on."
- Cleanthes

When one has a belief in a greater or higher power, then there is no such thing as an event going contrary to plan.

Travel Together

"If you want to go fast, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together."
African proverb

20 Word Usage Mistakes Even Smart People Make

1. INSURE/ENSURE
These words are easy to confuse not only because they sound alike, but because they both have to do with guarantees. To ensure is to make sure something does or doesn’t happen. To insure is to use a more specific type of guarantee: an insurance policy.

Why You Probably Shouldn't Pick Your Nose

Picking your nose probably won’t kill you, but it’s not exactly a healthy habit either. Not only does picking your nose look gross, it could be leaving the door open for dangerous bacteria that want to call your nose home.

20 Brutal Truths About Life No One Wants To Admit

It's much easier to talk about the weather, sports, and celebrities than your fear of mortality.

Unfortunately, the more time you spend pretending that ultimate truths don't exist, the more time you waste not being your authentic self and getting the most out of every precious second.

Time, not money, is your most valuable asset. Allow the list below to ignite the spark of motivation you need to make better use of the time you have on this planet.

Sometimes we need to head into the storm to appreciate the light and have a renewed passion for the beauty of life.

Here are 20 brutal truths that every single person needs to hear.

Cry Ransomware Uses Google Maps to Find Victim Locations

A new piece of ransomware has been using public sites to host information about its victims, along with using Google Maps API to determine the victim’s location.

Dubbed Cry or CSTO, because it pretends to come from a fake organization called the Central Security Treatment Organization, the threat demands a 1.1 Bitcoins (around $625) ransom. The malware was observed appending the .cry extension to encrypted files and sending information to its command and control (C&C) server via UDP, a feature previously observed in Cerber.

The Three F's

You need to make sure that you devote ample time to your friends and family and faith.

Excellence

God has created the world, and you, with excellence and purpose, and God has buried gifts inside of you that can create excellence.

Blessing

Don't Rob someone the opportunity to be a blessing.

Our Story

If we tell ourselves our personal truth enough, it manifests into reality. Our reality and our actions will always match the story we believe.

My failures are temporary

My failures are temporary because my perseverance is permanent.

Give Thanks

"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your fit and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself."

- Tecumseh (1768 - 1813)
Shawnee Native American Leader

Unexpected

"You will never stumble upon the unexpected if you stick only to the familiar."

- Ed Catmull
Cofounder of Pixar

Leadership is not management

"Leadership is not management. Managing is creating expected results with constraints. Managers can be leaders. Leaders can be managers. A leader is a change agent. He or she changes the order of things and pushes for change."

Pg 90
H3 Leadership - Brad Lomenick

Set the world on fire

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire." - Saint Catherine of Siena

Leader

"People would rather follow a leader who is always real versus a leader who is always right."

Pg. 17, H3 Leadership - Brad Lomenick

What dictates our lives

"Our schedules or workloads or co-workers or environments often dictate our lives' patterns, and we end up leading reactively rather than protectively. You must develop habits that create consistency.

Gas Storage for the Long Haul

Gas Storage Information

It is common knowledge that gasoline powers most vehicles. When thinking of a survival situation, how much gas do you need to "bug out" or get where you are going? How long can you store gasoline?

If you remember back to the days just after September 11, 2001, gas became a treasured commodity. People waited in line at gas stations for hours, and many stations ran out of gasoline. Unethical gas stations marked their gasoline up much higher than it should cost to make a quick extra buck.