Understanding unity helps to solve humanity’s biggest challenges. There is no such thing as an isolated problem. Continue reading
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How To Bounce Back From A Big Mistake
Here are a few tips on how to effectively bounce back — and grow stronger — when you make a bad call:
1. Own your mistake.
It’s too bad if circumstances were against you, or somebody you counted on failed you, or you just had a bad day. According to Justin Menkes’ wonderful book Better Under Pressure, truly great leaders don’t blame others when things go wrong. They instead have a high “sense of agency,” which is “the degree to which people attribute their circumstances and the outcomes they experience to being within their own control.” Continue reading
Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
What is the one thing to keep in mind when making a film?
When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. Every time I made a film, I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In “The Godfather,” it was succession. In “The Conversation,” it was privacy. In “Apocalypse,” it was morality. Continue reading
” I ain’t what I ought to be and I ain’t what I am going to be. But I aint what I was!”
You seem to be carrying her still
A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman also attempting to cross. The young woman asked if they could help her.
Building a dominant political and psychological position….
What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the Psychological and political elements over the purely military. Continue reading
Make your time of transition a time of renewal and transformation
Arnold Toynbee pointed out that societies gain access to new energies and new directions only after a ‘time of troubles’ initiates a process of disintegration where the old order comes apart. Continue reading
Wisdom and Compassion
“The Buddha taught that to realize enlightenment, a person must develop two qualities: wisdom and compassion. Continue reading
Prayer – Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer has saved my life…. I had my share of the bitterest public and private experiences. They threw me into temporary despair. If I was able to get rid of that despair it was because of prayer. Continue reading
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