3 Great Habits of Wildly Successful People

The most wildly successful person I ever met said it all in his obituary.

“I really believe that people get in trouble in life not because they want too much, but because they settle for too little.”  Paul Markey

He developed one of the largest independent cities in the U.S., Stone Oak, north of San Antonio, TX.

But, Paul was especially known for epic refusals.

He refused to settle for less in . . .

  • ethics
  • family
  • business

Even after tragedies, the kind most folks never get over, Paul never settled in mediocrity.

Successful means not settling
Pinnacle of success at Snowdon mountain, Wales/Khamkor/Unsplash

Success may be as simple as doing the opposite of what settlers do. 

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How your morning coffee-walk jails the demons every day

A daily morning coffee-walk is a three-way thoroughfare to keep your mind clear for a happier life.

Morning coffee-walk
Morning coffee-walk erases demons/Steve Blaising/University Park, TX

How else to survive the torture of daily news . . .

  • from media
  • from work
  • from life

The news is one notch above the town sewer, collecting the worst maladies of the day.

Recently, the following words were front-page on the Dallas Morning News.

  • . . . Dallas’ Painful Past
  • . . . Arming Schools Against Threats
  • . . . Shining Light on a Dark Time
  • . . . Survivors Struggle While Waiting for Aid

Daily news desecrates our soul and turns our minds into a cesspool of despair.

“If I am to be a thoroughfare, I prefer that it be of the mountain-brooks, the Parnassian streams, and not the town sewers.” Henry David Thoreau

But, everyday walking intersects your mind with 3 refreshments.

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