Now, nobody is suggesting that we give up “Doing” mode altogether. If this were the case, we would never even find our keys to get out the front door. However, there is another way of being that many of us are not even aware of, and that is “Being” Mode. Unlike its counterpart, “Being” mode is not action-oriented, evaluative, or future-focused. It involves slowing down our minds and deliberately grounding ourselves by focusing on what we are experiencing right now. Continue reading
Personal Development
The Second Half of Life
The first half of life is a time of accumulation: acquiring knowledge, learning skills, gaining experience, raising a family, building a career. But in the second half, the experience of our earlier years should bring the wisdom to know what is important and the desire to concentrate on what matters most. Continue reading
Advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams
…. I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Continue reading
Conviction and Will – Mahatma Gandhi
“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
Greatness is anonymity
“Greatness is anonymity, to be anonymous is the greatest thing. Continue reading
How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?
In Washington DC, at a metro station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played for 43 minutes whilst approximately 1,100 people passed through the station, most of them on their way to work. Continue reading
Say Something You’ve Been Meaning To Say
1. Tell someone how you really feel about them, instead of waiting because you’re scared.
2. Tell someone what you really want and need instead of building up resentment.
Perspective and Distance
There are no exact guidelines. There are probably no guidelines at all. The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. Continue reading
Willingness to Change
When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. Continue reading
“Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.”
What I’m saying to you this morning, my friends, even if it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go on out and sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures; sweep streets like Handel and Beethoven composed music; sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry; Continue reading
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