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The Road to Hell

Today is my birthday and I am taking the opportunity to look back over the few short years of my life and gratefully consider the magnificent journey that it has been to this point. As I sit in our family room looking out at the boats on the water as the palm trees gently blow in the sea breeze I see my little (well actually quite big) reminder to think big. The sign ‘Infinite Possibilities’ spans the entire width of…
Mark Postles
January 27, 2017
New YearQuadrant 1Your Life

Will you beat the odds in 2017?

With the turning of the clock into a New Year it gives you a time to integrate the learning from the year behind and project forward into what might be in the year ahead. Creative visioning is probably more common at this time of year than at any other as we all get into the swing of the New Year and romance the possibilities that lie ahead. If you are like most people you will have experienced making great resolutions…
Mark Postles
January 3, 2017
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Expect More Than Possible

"Excellence can be attained if you... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Jim Gentil Here’s the fourth comment on Jim Gentil’s quote on Excellence. I suggest that if you take the time over the next week to focus on each of these statements you will see major changes occur for yourself and your practice. Expecting more than…
Mark Postles
September 5, 2016
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Dream More Than Others Think is Practical

"Excellence can be attained if you... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Jim Gentil This week we continue to dissect the above quote on excellence. This line which reads “Dream more than others think is practical” causes us to think about the Quadrant 1 part’s power of possibilities. Big dreams are what build big lives and big…
Mark Postles
August 30, 2016
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Achieving Integrity in Your Life – Part 2

Values – where they help or harm you. Last week I left you with the suggestion that you cannot NOT be in Integrity. I posed the question; “Is your current expression of your integrity what you want”? “Would you like it to be giving you something more or less, something different or something better”? I trust that you have considered this question over the week and have done an audit on what you are “Being”. You may have identified and…
Mark Postles
August 2, 2016
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Achieving Integrity in Your Life

In broad definition the word integrity means being complete and whole. This means having all parts and not just having them but having all the parts working all of the time producing the results that you desire. In a quote from Socrates that is relevant in this discussion. He said, “Be as you wish to be seen”. To me that really encapsulates the essence of integrity. This, to me speaks to two parts, the “Wish” and the “Be”. The “Wish”…
Mark Postles
July 26, 2016
Quadrant 1Quadrant 3Your LifeYour People

Eating Elephants

There are many obstacles that stand in your way of being able to empower those in your circle of influence. Sometimes that task seems so huge that it even seems fruitless to start. The social group-think machine of limitation is so pervasive and it has spread its tentacles into every corner of people’s minds. Regardless of your individual role in life you are in the business of getting along with others and shifting others perspective to another viewpoint. Whether you…
Mark Postles
July 22, 2016
Quadrant 1Your LifeYour World

Create a set of values that enliven you

This is a series of thoughts addressing the theme of excellence based on a famous quote from Rita Mae Brown, the American novelist and activist. She stated that “You cannot invest your life’s spirit into a compromise” and I am currently visiting some of the key components of this viewpoint and how it relates to your life. Theme - Create a set of values that enliven you Your values are the drivers of your life. In most cases your values…
Mark Postles
June 14, 2016
Quadrant 1Your World

Make commitments big enough to dedicate your life spirit to

This is a series of thoughts addressing the theme of excellence based on a famous quote from Rita Mae Brown, the American novelist and activist. She stated that “You cannot invest your life’s spirit into a compromise” and I am currently visiting some of the key components of this viewpoint and how it relates to your life. Theme - Make commitments big enough to dedicate your life spirit to You have a huge life spirit just itching to get out…
Mark Postles
June 7, 2016