Author: mage1999

About Serge ‘Mage’ Cote Why do I write? I believe in the butterfly effect. As small my influence may be on the planet, it is still influence. I want to orient it for the better. I write my book with the idea of bringing something good into this world. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke I want my books to be a good place to be. A place that you visit often and feel good about it. I want my books to bring good energy so the readers will take action to make this world a better place. I want my books to guide those who don’t know why they feel so bad about their life. I want my books to be there after I’ll be gone. I want people to come back to them and use them in a positive way. “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” – William James

Writing good

2020 01 24 writing good

There is something wonderful about writing a blog.

Whatever message you want to send, it will be interpreted differently by others. As soon as you send your text, you can’t control how it will be interpreted.

As for any quotes, people will see what they need to see in them. Or they just don’t see anything at all.

Stop worrying about what others will think of your text. As long as you feel good about your text, it should be ok.

People will use what they need from your text.

I just hope that my post will bring you something good.

Instinct

2020 01 13 instinct

Your instinct will always tell you what the right path is. Follow your instinct. If you get the answer at first, it’s ok. Ask for an answer, then take some time to relax and do your best to send good energy. Send good energy to help others. As you do so, you’ll bring back good energy and the answer will come with it.

One of the best moment to ask for an answer is just before you went to sleep. Ask, and then think of something else. Focus on good things.

« Your mind may not know what to do today, but your heart does. Follow your heart.”

– Joe Vitale

In the end, if you do ‘Something Good’ for others, good things will come back to you.

If you think you are a victim of something bad, transform that negativity into positivity and use it to build.

Don’t expect a return. Give without expectation.

Fail

2019 12 27 Fail

Failure is not the end.

It’s a stepping stone to greatness.

Greatness never comes without some level of failure before.

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

– Henry Ford

You action following a failure is more important than the failure itself.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

– Winston Churchill

You are in charge of your destiny. Don’t expect someone else to build your success for you.

There is no free lunch. We all need to step up and take action if we want greatness.

Say less

2019 12 17 say less

As in the saying, « Turn your tongue seven times in your mouth before speaking », we should talk only after we took a moment to really think about what we want to say.

Why should we think about what we want to say before we say it?

Because we can find better words to express our mind.

Because we can prevent ourselves from saying something that we don’t really want to say.

Because sometimes less is better.

« The less you talk, the more you’re listened to. »

– Pauline Phillips

There’s power in the word you say. Use that power wisely.

The Fountain of youth

2019 11 27 the fountain of youth

The fountain of youth is in continuing to learn. Without other purposes than to grow and do better things.

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”

– Henry Ford

You are as old as you choose to be. Choose to be young.

A mind with an interest in knowledge is a mind that stays young.

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”

– Abigail Adams

Choose to stay young. Develop your interest in learning.

Influence

2019 11 08 influence

Most of all, we are remembered by our actions.

What we think and what we say is important, but what we do is the ultimate influence we have in reality.

“Take responsibility. Step up and step in. Because at the end of the day, folks, we are our behaviors.”

– Gavin Newsom

You have the power to influence reality. Even if you deny it, you still do have it.

It’s way better to know and acknowledge it then to think it doesn’t matter.

You do matter.

You do have an influence on the world.

Acknowledge your influence and start to choose what you do with it.