Time heals almost everything Give time time I wrote the above part of the hub on 13th August 2009. Today (22nd June 2012) I cannot fully agree with what I wrote almost 3 years ago. Time has changed my perspective of the subject. Even though time needed for healing, we need to take care of the wounds. If time heals, we have to build more waiting rooms than building hospitals. All the sick people can be admitted in the waiting room for the time to cure them. I am not forgetting that a fracture in the borne needs time for the cure. In our relationship, there are wounds that we create. Relationships needs to be built by putting more efforts. It is better to immediately take care of those small wounds in our relationship. The question is, who is to take the initiative in dressing the wound? Here Jesus says the importance of immediately taking care of the wounds. Why you need to spend 10 years or 20 years in hostility with your loved ones, when you can lead a happy and fulfilling life by reconciling with your loved ones?
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FYI: Why Is Bill Clinton So Good at Speaking to a Crowd? There is a reason why so many of you were enthralled by former President Clinton the other night. It's the same reason why Barack Obama had a tough act to follow last night at his own convention. The art of speechwriting and speech-giving -- and it is an art, no doubt -- is also, in many ways, a science. The best speeches, political or otherwise, follow a set of five basic guidelines, says Greta Stahl, content developer (read: speechwriter) at Duarte, a communications firm that advises TED talkers, CEOs and companies from Cisco to Twitter. Understand your audience and target your words appropriately. This is actually pretty hard in a political convention, because you're playing to two separate audiences: The cheering one on the convention floor who will already vote for you, and the one at home, watching on TV, minds maybe or maybe not made up. Nancy Duarte, CEO of the eponymous firm, has charted the mechanics of great speeches, including Martin Luther King Jr.' Balance emotion and fact.
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“Follow Your Passion” is bad advice. Do this instead… I’m on a crusade to end these nonsensical ideas that sound logical, but actually make no sense whatsoever: And my new favorite one… “I need to find my passion!” Would you please kill me right now? In fact, passion is so deeply embedded in our culture that it’s one of our deepest invisible scripts. It’s as if we’re just waiting for our passion to fall from the sky…THEN we’ll know what to do with our lives! Here’s my take: People love the “passion” idea because it allows us to wait for a mythical day where we find this elusive passion…and then ride off into the sunset on a white pony. I prefer a different approach: Becoming world-class at something, then letting the passion follow. So when I heard my friend Cal Newport had independently come to the same conclusion…and in fact, he was writing an entire BOOK on this idea…I knew I wanted to hear his take on it. Cal, who recently graduated with a PhD from MIT, has unconventional takes on so much of the typical “expert advice” that you read.
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Updates: How Do I Answer When I’m Stumped by an Important Question? Dear Lifehacker,I have an important presentation coming up, and although I feel very prepared, I’m afraid during the Q&A someone will ask me a question I won’t be able to answer. What’s the best way to respond when I get caught stumped?Signed,Nervous Speaker Dear Nervous,I think we’ve all been there at some point, whether it’s during a presentation, interview, or even just a political debate with friends. Stall/Think Through the Answer If the answer is just at the tip of your tongue, give yourself a few minutes to think about it. This strategy works if you have some background information to guide your answer or during interviews when the question is testing your ability to think through a problem, rather than find an exact answer. Ask for Assistance from the Audience This is a strategy I used often when I was teaching, and it works whenever you’re collaborating in a group: Ask if anyone else knows the answer or can provide more insight. If an audience member helps out, great.