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FROM OUR PRESIDENT, Deborah LeBlanc
Seeing a commercial on physical health and nutrition recently, I began to wonder what
helps to promote a strong mental attitude?
What can we 'feed' ourselves on a regular basis that would help us overcome the
obstacles we face each day, especially when it comes to writing?
The question led me to research some of the 'greats' in history, as well as some of
today's 'stars', to see if they shared some kind of common mental diet that helped them
to reach such remarkable heights. The result; they do share a commonality, and it's
pyramid consists of: Dream, Plan, Do.
DREAM
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." -Albert Einstein
"Everything you can imagine is real." -Pablo Picasso
"An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality."
-Richard Bach
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have
ceased to live." -Mark Twain
PLAN
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards." -Abraham Lincoln
"If you don't know where you are going, you'll probably end up somewhere else." -Lewis
Carroll
"In the long run men only hit what they aim at." -Henry David Thoreau
"Never confuse motion with action." -Ernest Hemingway
DO
"Nobody ever drowns by falling in water. They drown by staying there." -Zig Zigler
"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." -J.R.R. Tolkien
"Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing
the impossible." -Saint Francis of Assisi
"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present.
It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear." -Henry Wadswoth Longfellow
Seeing a commercial on physical health and nutrition recently, I began to wonder what
helps to promote a strong mental attitude?
What can we 'feed' ourselves on a regular basis that would help us overcome the
obstacles we face each day, especially when it comes to writing?
The question led me to research some of the 'greats' in history, as well as some of
today's 'stars', to see if they shared some kind of common mental diet that helped them
to reach such remarkable heights. The result; they do share a commonality, and it's
pyramid consists of: Dream, Plan, Do.
DREAM
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." -Albert Einstein
"Everything you can imagine is real." -Pablo Picasso
"An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality."
-Richard Bach
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have
ceased to live." -Mark Twain
PLAN
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards." -Abraham Lincoln
"If you don't know where you are going, you'll probably end up somewhere else." -Lewis
Carroll
"In the long run men only hit what they aim at." -Henry David Thoreau
"Never confuse motion with action." -Ernest Hemingway
DO
"Nobody ever drowns by falling in water. They drown by staying there." -Zig Zigler
"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." -J.R.R. Tolkien
"Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing
the impossible." -Saint Francis of Assisi
"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present.
It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear." -Henry Wadswoth Longfellow