Coffee Thoughts \ Eliminate Non-Essentials

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials – Lin Yutang

How much time do you waste pleasing others who are really not important to you. Learning how to see who and what is really important in life is essential to happiness.

Coffee Thoughts \ You Decide Who You Are

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” –- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Only you are in charge of the person you are and will become. If you choose strong values and goals and use them in your life, your character will be shaped by them.  

Coffee Thoughts \ Believe you are Powerful

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -- Alice Walker

Never forget that what you believe is what you create. Work on how you support and think of yourself.

Coffee Thoughts \ Nothing is Impossible

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they have been given, than to explore the power they have to change it. -- Mohammad Ali

If you can make a commitment with your heart, mind and soul, you can accomplish anything  you can imagine.

Coffee Thoughts \ Rise Above Material Wealth

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most. -- Mohammed Ali

When the focus is on material things we miss the mark of our destiny, because we're not listening to our hearts. Money, fame and fortune are only by-products of the pursuit of passion.

Coffee Thoughts \ The Game of Power

In the game of power, you are surrounded by people who have absolutely no reason to help you unless it is in their interest to do so. – Richard Green

Learn to be useful to others by recognizing what you have to offer. There is always an exchange going on. Be clear on what your talents are.

Coffee Thoughts \ I Can Achieve it

If my mind can conceive it. And my heart can believe it. I know I can achieve it. -- Mohammad Ali

My favorite quote of all times by the greatest of all times: not because he was an exceptional athlete but because of his heart and his character. He could not be bought and unfortunately today that's a rarity. We will miss you. Watch over us.

Coffee Thoughts \ Take a Risk

“If you don’t fail it’s because you did not risk enough, and if you didn’t risk enough it’s because you didn’t put your whole self out there." -- Carlos Barrabes

You learn about who you are and what you’re capable of by taking risks. If and when  you fail, learn from it and it will be a turning point in your life.