Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way Of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods
Today's insight was inspired by the First Earl of Beaconsfield, British statesman and Conservative politician, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.If you want to achieve anything in life, you must be consistent and you must believe in yourself. Forget about whim and chance, those aren’t to be counted on. The only thing you can control is how consistent you are with reality. So, be consistent, and craft your own destiny. Jim Woods July 14, 2021.“A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.” — Benjamin Disraeli
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“If all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.”
— Calvin Coolidge
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
— Immanuel Kant
“To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.”
–Barry Goldwater
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
–G. K. Chesterton
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
–Mark Twain
Do you want to succeed in life? Do you want to conquer your obstacles? Do you want to achieve your dreams? If you’re hearing this, I’d venture to say the answer is yes. However, before you can declare yourself a victor, you have to actually get started. In fact, one of the biggest obstacles to success in life is to put off getting started on what you really want. Don’t do that any longer. Take Twain’s words to heart — and go for it!
Jim Woods June 9, 2021.
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
–David Brin
The great science fiction novelist is known for producing some great reads (“The Postman,” “The Uplift War,” “Infinity’s Shore”), but here he warns us about a problem that’s anything but fiction. You see, the nature of power (and specifically political power) tends to attract a certain type of corruptible person. Just beware of that view the next time you assess a proposed government policy, or the next time you put your faith in any politician.
Jim Woods June 2, 2021.
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
–Archimedes
The great thinker and scientist of the classical antiquity period was a man of immense talent and knowledge. Here, he gives us some wisdom about what we can accomplish if we are motivated, and if we choose the right tools. This lesson is not just for investing, but for any pursuit in life. You see, motivation, plus the proper tools, equals success. Yet one absent the other is bound to result in mediocrity, at best, and failure at worst.
Jim Woods May 26, 2021.
“Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.”
–Oscar Wilde
If you’ve reached adulthood, then I don’t have to tell you that the more experienced you are, the more mistakes you’ve likely made. Of course, making the same mistakes over and over again doesn’t really equate to experience. In order to cultivate experience, you need to learn from your mistakes and not let yourself repeat the errors of the past.
Jim Woods May 19, 2021
