Comments on: “Old Habits Bedevil” http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/old-habits-bedevil/ A Blog on Personal Leadership by the Founder of The Collier Companies Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Myers http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/old-habits-bedevil/comment-page-1/#comment-21273 Rob Myers Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:38:07 +0000 http://www.nscblog.com/?p=1330#comment-21273 I like the image of a lumberjack chopping wood, and the moment that the axe is cleaved into the log, it is the grain of the wood that determines the split, not the axe blade. Similarly, I like to think that how I am constituted determines how I'll handle events that happen to me. The sole difference is, unlike the log, I can change my "grain" and can choose how the "split" happens. I like the image of a lumberjack chopping wood, and the moment that the axe is cleaved into the log, it is the grain of the wood that determines the split, not the axe blade.

Similarly, I like to think that how I am constituted determines how I’ll handle events that happen to me. The sole difference is, unlike the log, I can change my “grain” and can choose how the “split” happens.

]]> By: jason kirkpatrick http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/old-habits-bedevil/comment-page-1/#comment-21272 jason kirkpatrick Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:37:11 +0000 http://www.nscblog.com/?p=1330#comment-21272 positive change is always good. we need to decide ,are we gonna be in the parade or watch it go by? welcome change, think outside the pizza box! have a great weekend. positive change is always good.
we need to decide ,are we gonna be in the parade or watch it go by?
welcome change, think outside the pizza box!
have a great weekend.

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