HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THINGS TO BE?

We know how things are. How could we not? And we see the emotional rut that so many have fallen into as well. The question is: Will you embrace an emotional posture that models how you’d like it to feel instead? Today, this day, we only get it once. How do you want today to […]

“The Man in the Arena”

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]

Eight Rules of The School of Life

Source: https://www.theschooloflife.com/ (Alain de Botton)

Shtop Thinking!

From Guardians of Being by Eckhardt Tolle and Patrick McDonnell.

How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain. Give honest and sincere appreciation. Arouse in the other person an eager want. Six ways to make people like you Become genuinely interested in other people. Smile. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. Be […]

Focus

Consumption without education is also without nourishment.

Consumption without education is also without nourishment. C.M. 2019

Desiderata

Desiderata – things that are desired or wanted Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly;and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive […]

Seneca – On The Shortness of Life

De Brevitate Vitae (On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives people enough time to […]

Scott says “Don’t be an a**hole”

Here is an article by Scott Galloway on why not being a jerk is important to your happiness and success. Pretty obvious statement really. This article is adapted from Scott’s book “The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning”. You can read more of Scott’s writings on his website.