The Michel Fortin Blog

"I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures." -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (Circa 1500) Remember that it's not your goals that really count...

"The most important things in life aren't things." -- Francis the Talking Mule "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." -- Bertrand Russell "Often people attempt to live...

"Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes." -- Kenneth Hildebrand While statistics prove that 90% of heart attacks happen on Monday mornings, it goes to show that motivation doesn't come from work. In reality, most people find themselves...

"The secret of success is constancy of purpose." --Anonymous I agree that, if one wants to achieve more, the most important tool for doing so in today's world is time management. The challenge in dealing with an incessantly increasing demand on...

What is it with people lately? Browbeating, bashing, and bullyragging. Flames, stains, and blames. Put downs, let downs and showdowns. On forums, blogs, and social networking sites. Sure, I understand people are fed up with scam artists and...

What I have said in the last chapter applies as well to the professional person and the wage-earner as to the person who is engaged in selling or any other form of business. No matter whether you are a physician, a teacher, or a clergyman, if you...

Turn back to Chapter 6 and read again the story of the man who formed a mental image of his house and you will get a fair idea of the initial step toward getting rich. You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want. You cannot...

You must get rid of the last vestige of the old idea that there is a deity whose will it is that you should be poor or whose purposes may be served by keeping you in poverty. The intelligent substance which is all, and in all, and which lives in...

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No one can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty...