.: JUST ME :.

I have always been a saver. Even as a child I would not spend my allowance on something I really wanted if I would not have any money left over. I would wait to buy that item until I could purchase it and still have money left. I think Americans would be a lot better off if they lived by the same standards…

The things I have come to cherish, and the things which always seem to calm my spirit and soul, are the simple things in life. I would much rather take a peaceful walk at our local nature center than to spend an expensive day being pampered at the spa…

And what makes simple and cost-effective activities much more enjoyable for me is to share them with my family.

Chicken Soup for the Soul (Tough Times, Tough People)

… while money may not be one of the most important things in life, none of those really important things are possible without enough money.

Toby Hecht, from ‘Disrespect and Strategic Mistakes Thwart Competitive Learning and Fulfilling Ambitions’

Because reality does not react to attitude, brilliance or stupidity, and has no attitude itself, but always operates indifferently and inside rigid horizons of time, disrespectful people are often totally unaware of the future consequences they have produced for themselves until it is far too late to correct them.

‘Disrespect and Strategic Mistakes Thwart Competitive Learning and Fulfilling Ambitions,’ Toby Hecht

Denial is another emotion available to people in despair. Denial is an emotion in which a person believes there is nothing left to do to take care but deny that there is anything wrong. The hope is that whatever is wrong will then go away.

Toby Hecht, on ‘Moods,’ from his essay, ‘Leadership, Public Identity and Power’ (does this quote evoke in you someone you know?)

People who are passionate… are at their best using their skills to make the future work for themselves and others. They move relatively boldly into the future. They are eager to learn because they know it will open the future. They network well with other serious people which opens their own and others’ futures. They are willing to think and plan because they know it will make a difference.

Toby Hecht, Founder & CEO of The Aji Network