Joshua

[Joshua @jcf_one]

psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” #Growth #Passion #Persistence

[Joshua @jcf_one]

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.” -Plato #Grow #Self

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Sociologist Dr. Edward Banfield of Harvard University conducted a fifty-year study into the reasons for upward socioeconomic mobility in America. He concluded that the most important single attribute of people who achieved great success in life was “long time perspective.”#Vision

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Elbert Hubbard, one of the most prolific writers in American history, at the beginning of the twentieth century. He said, ‘Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.’” #Success #Growth #Goals

[Joshua @jcf_one]

“Success to me is having those people who know you the best, love and respect you the most.” -Maxwell #leadership #growth

[Joshua @jcf_one]

“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson #Mentality #Change

[Joshua @jcf_one]

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, and your values become your destiny .” – Mahatma Ghandi #Mentality

[Joshua @jcf_one]

To rewrite a bad habit, you must first become conscious of it.

[Joshua @jcf_one]

The Chinese proverb rings true, “If you haven’t fought with each other, you do not know each other.”
Idea: If you handle conflict correctly, it could be a great tool to growth.

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes about flow states: times in our lives when we’re completely engaged and absorbed in whatever we’re doing, when it feels like time stands still, and all other worries fade away. Two ideas encourage the flow state:1) moment and 2) meaning.

[Joshua @jcf_one]

To break an old habit and form a new one, the very first thing we must do is understand the Habit Loop.

The Habit Loop consists of the 3R’s: the reminder/cue/trigger , routine , and reward associated with a habit. #routine #habit

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Seeking perspective will spark the correct journey into learning.

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Growth is not so much about what you see but rather it’s what you cant see that creates the most powerful change.

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Religion has to do with our relationship with God. Politics has to do with our relationship with our neighbor. These are controversial for the simple reason that all the problems of the world come from our failure to obey the two great commandments to love God and love People

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Just because it’s good, does not mean it’s right. Sometimes, good things can distract you from great things!

[Joshua @jcf_one]

Your life begin’s as a “Jack of All Traits” but true growth is discovered when you become a “Specialist.” #Leadership #Thoughts

[Joshua @jcf_one]

E.M. Bounds wrote, “Heaven ought to so fill our hearts and hands, our manner and conversation, our character and our features, that all would see that we are foreigners. . . . Heaven is our native land and home to us, and death to us is not the dying hour, but the birth hour.”

[Andy Bannister @andygbannister]

"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality." - Albert Einstein

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose-CSLewis

[Rick Warren @RickWarren]

Some people are addicted to anger. The only way they can relieve their depression and feel alive is by creating conflict.