“How often we forget that the very task we are doing may have more effect upon us than we have upon it. In our self-centeredness, we see ourselves acting upon our world and we lose the awareness that we are participating in a universe that is acting in partnership with us. What a burden we put on ourselves when we see ourselves as the only or the primary actor. Continue reading
Personal Development
Sharpen The Saw….
“This is the habit of self-renewal, which has four elements. Continue reading
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in a bed with a mosquito.” – Bette Reese
Correcting the imbalance
Do you have the feeling, as I do, that in the tsunami of everyday life, we’re getting too much of stuff we don’t need, and not enough of what we do? Herewith my first set of suggestions about how to redress the imbalance: Continue reading
Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
“One day, naked and alone in a small room, he began to become aware of what he later called “the last of the human freedoms”—the freedom his Nazi captors could not take away. They could control his entire environment, they could do what they wanted to his body, but Viktor Frankl himself was a self-aware being who could look as an observer at his very involvement. Continue reading
Unfolding of the wings
“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Continue reading
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)
“Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.” Continue reading
Power of Sentence
The power of a sentence is tremendous. A single destructive sentence can ruin somebody’s life, make your day, or change your mood. Fortunately, there are some sentences that can give us power to go on. Continue reading
Gratitude is an essential part of being present
The present moment is your life. It’s nowhere else—never, ever. Continue reading
Leaders and Managers
Leaders and leader/managers distinguish themselves from the general run of managers Continue reading
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