The Surprisingly Large Cost of Telling Small Lies. Recently, I caught up with one of our angel investors for lunch: Peter is a brilliant entrepreneur from England who has lived all over the world.
He has built several businesses and now lives a dream life with a house on a harbor, a happy family and a broad smile. As our conversation drifted from an update of my company to a deep discussion about life itself, I asked him what he thought was the secret to success. Quotations by Berlin. I have quite a good memory for human beings: less good for facts, alas; appalling for quotations.
IB to G. R. Potter, 20 September 1971 Antiphon We all breathe through our mouth and nostrils – but we are not by nature Greeks and barbarians. Diels-Kranz, fr. 44 B, col. ii, lines 24–35: ‘None of us is by definition barbarian or Greek, for we all breathe out into the air by mouth and nostrils.’ Aristotle. What to do When Lost in the Woods. 10 to zen (let go) What are one or two sentences that someone has told you that changed your life (for the better) Jenny Holzer: Truisms. Good Fucking Design Advice. Pat5168 comments on I recently told my dad that "'Call of Duty' is the 'Bud Light' of video games." He instantly understood. Reddit, what other analogies have you ever heard or come up with that were spot on? Life Advice: What would you advise your (hypothetical) 22-year-old college graduate to do with their life. What general skills are extremely valuable in life. The Postmasculine Guide to Wealth.
(Read this article as: PDF | ePub | Mobi) “Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.” - Benjamin Franklin A group of professional 20-somethings visited their favorite professor from university at his home.
They complained about the stresses of young professional life and how hard it was to adjust to the rat race. The professor listened quietly and then asked them if they would like some coffee. A PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO HEDONISM. The Greek philosopher Epicurus has been a victim of muck-raking and slander for more than two thousand years.
Anthony Gottlieb sets the record straight, and resurrects some ancient advice on the good life ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, September 2007. Ten Reasons People Resist Change - Rosabeth Moss Kanter. By Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 12:00 PM September 25, 2012 Leadership is about change, but what is a leader to do when faced with ubiquitous resistance?
Resistance to change manifests itself in many ways, from foot-dragging and inertia to petty sabotage to outright rebellions. The best tool for leaders of change is to understand the predictable, universal sources of resistance in each situation and then strategize around them. Here are the ten I’ve found to be the most common. Loss of control. Excess uncertainty. Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them. Shouldn't you announce your goals, so friends can support you?
Isn't it good networking to tell people about your upcoming projects? Doesn't the “law of attraction” mean you should state your intention, and visualize the goal as already yours? Nope. Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen. RELIEVING STRESS - MIND OVER MUSCLE. YOU ARE SITTING AT YOUR DESK finishing an important report.
You have been working on it for two months, and it is due in 30 minutes. You feel that you need at least another week to finish. Self-compassion - A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself. Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges. Stuart Bradford Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family?
That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning new area of psychological research called self-compassion — how kindly people view themselves. People who find it easy to be supportive and understanding to others, it turns out, often score surprisingly low on self-compassion tests, berating themselves for perceived failures like being overweight or not exercising. The research suggests that giving ourselves a break and accepting our imperfections may be the first step toward better health. People who score high on tests of self-compassion have less depression and anxiety, and tend to be happier and more optimistic. This idea does seem at odds with the advice dispensed by many doctors and self-help books, which suggest that willpower and self-discipline are the keys to better health. Imagine your reaction to a child struggling in school or eating too much junk food. Dr. For those low on the scale, Dr. Orthorexia Nervosa, the New Eating Disorder. Health Food Junkie Obsession with dietary perfection can sometimes do more harm than good, says one who has been there. by Steven Bratman, M.D.Originally published in the October 1997 issue of YOGA JOURNAL.
Reprinted by permission of the author. Twenty years ago I was a wholehearted, impassioned advocate of healing through food. In those days I was a cook and organic farmer at a large commune in upstate New York. Train Your Brain to Be Positive and Feel Happier: the Art of Self-Compassion. Mindfulness In Plain English. A PDF preview from the 20th edition - Click Here Special Offer - 20% Off the latest edition / The 20th Anniversary Edition - eBook or paperback / See Below "Mindfulness in Plain English" has been on UrbanDharma.org a while now for free download, but the edition I posted years ago was the first edition and is now rather dated.
Over the last few months I have been in contact with the publisher at Wisdom Publications about M.I.P.E... I have come to understand any money that would have gone to Wisdom Publications (a non-profit publisher of Buddhist books) and the author Ven. Henepola Gunaratana to support his Buddhist Center the Bhavana Society, is forever lost. We Love Ourselves More Than Other People, But Care About Their Opinions More Than Our Own. “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care about their opinions more than our own.” – Marcus Aurelius A couple weeks ago, I gave a talk at a large event. I missed one of the earlier speakers because I was nervously pacing around backstage, trying to get in the right headspace to not embarrass myself.
Later, I went up to her and watched as the words just poured out of my mouth, “You killed it up there!” After my speech, the woman came up to me and made more or less the same remark. Did she actually see it? It’s funny how we personally felt about our own performance can seem secondary until that third party validation comes in. 18 Rules of Living by the Dalai Lama. Quotes. Great Quotes. The Secret to Life in 2 Words. George Saunders's Advice to Graduates.
Good Life Project. John cage: some rules for students and teachers. RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile. RULE TWO: General duties of a student - pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students. RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher - pull everything out of your students. RULE FOUR: Consider everything an experiment. RULE FIVE: be self-disciplined - this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. RULE SIX: Nothing is a mistake. RULE SEVEN: The only rule is work. RULE EIGHT: Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. RULE NINE: Be happy whenever you can manage it.
RULE TEN: "We're breaking all the rules. Sonder DEFINITION (n. the realization that each random...)