Inspiration for the Masses

I'm not usually a fan of motivational speakers or the quotes they throw around, and I've never gotten into the infamous Stephen Covey of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame. (Not to be confused with Kip Winger of Winger fame.) I've heard good things about Mr. Covey. But like I said, I'm not so much into that whole self-improvement genre.

But today I read a quote that struck me as interesting, true, and yes, even a little bit inspirational. Of course, it could be because my mind has turned to Jell-O [wiggle when you jiggle it] after six days of good old fashioned headaches and these new-fangled (suspected) migraines. You be the judge:

"You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the good.'" -- Stephen Covey

Feel inspired?

Photo of Stairs in Bisbee, AZ by David McGuiggan

[p.s. Does anyone know how to add a rollover caption to photo in Blogger? I tried adding an ALT tag to the photo code, but it didn't work. ]

Comments

[Jess]

I don't know...Covey doesn't inspire me nearly as much as Kip Winger.
Here are some of his best lyrics (in my humble opinion):

Believe in me
Like vampire bait
So naive
Only the monster sees
Your dragon fly
Must be a sign

Some saving grace
Why so affected
Body ache
My mistake

Sure was a wildflower
Still living on
Sixth sense and ten cents
Sure was a wildflower

It's raining in Peru
And I wake up screaming
Cause I can't let go
In my anger
Hey girl
It's light out already

See what I mean? I'm ready to go out and conquer the world!

[Jennifer]

Sixth sense and ten cents, indeed. Sixth sense and ten cents.