Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

Where Are Your Wishes?

Where Are Your Wishes?

What are your wishes?

Money? Lifestyle? Adventure?

The difference, as I have pointed to before, is action.

Don’t let all of your fears keep your longings in the theoretical.

I know a lot of people who wish they were rich or famous or otherwise fabulous. They wish they had yachts and servants and castles and they wish they could travel the world in their own private jets. But these are mere wishes. Few of these wishful people have decided to have any of the things they wish for. It’s a key difference, for once you decide, you take action. Wishing starts in the mind and generally stays there.

-Scott Adams, How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big

You Get To Decide Who You Become

You Get To Decide Who You Become

Do you know who you are?

Well here is the good news.

You get to decide who that is.

This point seems obvious and, of course, it is.

But every day, with every action, you are becoming something.

If you are grumpy and bitter and mean – over time – people will see you as a grumpy, bitter, and mean person.

If you are joyful and kind and loving – over time – people will see you as a joyful, kind, and loving person.

When you’re gone – that’s how you will be remembered too.

This echos Steven Pressfield on becoming a writer.

You become a writer the same way you become anything, by daily action.

Eventually, you have to decide who you are. You have to choose your role and own that identity. We don’t fake it till we make it. We believe it till we become it.

-Jeff Goins, Real Artists Don’t Starve

Sterling Terrell