If your happiness depends on achieving your goals precisely as you have envisioned, on events playing out according to your wishes, or on other people doing exactly what you want them to do, you are condemning yourself to a lifetime of misery.
When everything has to be right, something isn’t.
Stanislaw Lec
Giving your best and learning along the way are more important than the ultimate outcome of your efforts.
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
Henrik Ibsen
Inner peace is a greater prize than outer results; and it is the process, not the result, that brings peace and fulfillment.
Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void.
William James
Live harmoniously in the present moment and let your expectations take flight, trusting that you are karmically contributing to the best future imaginable.
If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.
Maria Edgeworth
ABOUT PHIL BOLSTA
Phil is the author of Sixty Seconds: One Moment Changes Everything, a collection of 45 inspiring, life-changing stories from prominent people he interviewed, including Joan Borysenko, Deepak Chopra, geneticist Dr. Francis Collins, acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford, Dr. Larry Dossey, Wayne Dyer, Dan Millman, Caroline Myss, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, Dr. Bernie Siegel, James Van Praagh, singer Billy Vera, Doreen Virtue, Neale Donald Walsch, and bassist Victor Wooten.
Here is a three-minute video that introduces you to Phil and his book. Click here to buy Sixty Seconds. Click here to ask Phil to add you to his e-mail list for updates on his blog and books.
Reading this book is like spending a few minutes face to face with each of the contributors and listening to their personal stories. Click here to read unsolicited testimonials from readers. Learn more by visiting the official Sixty Seconds website.
Sixty Seconds was one of three finalists in the General Interest/How-To category at the 12th annual Visionary Awards presented by COVR (Coalition of Visionary Resources) in Denver on June 27, 2009.
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