Become Better At The Things That Matter To You
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” ~ Sydney J. Harris Life can be hard. It breaks many people. To survive and to thrive you need to learn to absorb the stresses, to remain composed, and then to react in a calculated manner. How well you are able to absorb the stress depends a lot on your ability to destress. Think…
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ~ John Locke Have you jumped on the podcast train yet? If not, you should. And then you should stop. Podcasts are the holy grail of content consumption. You can drive and walk and wash dishes while being injected with useful information through your ear canals. But,…
“Change before you have to.” ~ Jack Welch Two brothers started a sashimi restaurant called Katto. They noticed that groups of people would walk in, look at the menu and then walk out. Turns out that some people in the group didn’t eat sashimi, and so, in order to cater to everyone’s tastes the group would leave. The brothers were torn about whether they should…
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer Today, walk up to someone, anyone, and tell them: “You are responsible for my success.” or; “You are responsible for my happiness.” Bit of a crazy thing to do, right? Yet we do it all the time. We expect others to fill the gaps in our lives, to open doors for us,…
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” ~ John Quincy Adams Never let the lack of immediate feedback discourage you from sustaining a course of action. For some actions there is a delay between cause and effect. The reason for this is that the results of certain actions are so small that they seem invisible. To make them…
“The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.” ~ Carl Jung Carl Jung has said many great things. This is one of them and it applies to all areas of life: “The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.” Sometimes, we…
“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” ~ Helen Keller This week focus on cultivating openness. This means being open (mind & heart) to possibility, and to people. Do not allow failure or pessimism or criticism get in the way of you living up to your full potential….
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln The language we use matters. Last week I saw a video of a well known celebrity saying that people should “seek failure”. The intention is good. The advice giver understands that failure leads to learning which ultimately leads to success. That often our risk-avoidance…
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” ~ Winston Churchill If I took a look inside your head today what would I see? A map of the future? Or a recording stuck on repeat? The truth is that if you think the same thoughts every day then you will remain unchanged. A new you requires new inputs. A new you requires…
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” ~ Marcus Aurelius A man breaks down on the side of the road with a flat tyre. He sees a farm house in the distance and decides to see if they might have a jack that he can use. While walking he starts thinking: “What if these people decide to charge me for using their jack?…