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If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being,  you will have betrayed yourself. Also, you will have betrayed your community in failing to make your contribution to the whole. — Rollo May Stop trying to be like everybody else. Be more of you who already [...]

The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development. — Alfred North Whitehead Letting your mind wander, asking wacky questions about your VA business can lead to fresh, innovative — genius ideas! Who knows? The possibilities are there; Let yourself go crazy and don’t judge what comes up!

The mark of an artist is how much he throws away. — Johannes Brahms As I go through the process of (finally) branding my business, I find this quote to be very empowering. It helps me focus on what I want to do and what I’m a master at doing, as opposed to what I [...]

To change one’s life: Start immediately Do it flamboyantly No exceptions. – William James

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel  a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. — Steve Jobs

There is always an element of chance and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyze yourself. — Jean Paul Getty

Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller

You will never find the time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. — Charles Burton

Adversity reveals genius. Prosperity obscures it. — Horace, Roman poet

In order to do something, one has to be something. — Goethe

When an archer misses his mark, he turns and looks to the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim — improve yourself. — Gilbert Arland

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