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The post from O’Reilly titled “Work on stuff that matters” resonated, because, in another dimension, the Milton Glaser essay Ten Things I Have Learned has been going around in my mind. The Glaser one is easiest to grasp, and is obvious when, in a moving economy, the advice reverberates on Sutton, Zimbardo and others: you are [...] We all know the famous quote, and whether Lombardi’s or some baseball person it is still valid. What’s that slippery slope? That last inch [...] Dying with regrets is not at all unusual. To avoid a sad and meaningless end to our life we need to remember continually that we too must die. Contemplating our own death will inspire us to use our life wisely by developing the inner refuge of spiritual realizations; otherwise we shall have no ability to [...] Running at noon, in this heat? Are you crazy? Set goals And that is just for the beginning. PTB points to the three degrees of thinking that William Golding discovered early in life. I love that ability to place your mind outside of the discourse, look at the background noise, and come with a reason why. From Mr Smash, something to remember these days: Courage is not the absence of fear. To the contrary, courage involves recognizing danger, but acting on the realization that danger must be confronted — or it will find you when you are least prepared. So many things in life scare us, so many people prey on our fears. [...] This affair is like the bright sun in the blue sky, shining clearly, changeless and motionless, without diminishing or increasing. It shines everywhere in the daily activities of everyone, appearing in everything. Though you try to grasp it, you cannot get it; though you try to abandon it, it always remains. It is vast and [...] Synchronicity: what happens when the world spins the way we need it to. You might like this article from Getting Real: Well, needless to say, I couldn’t believe my luck. It was as if the Pigeon of Good Fortune had just eaten a 10 enchilada lunch and took a giant crap on my head! I told [...] Bob Sutton, author of the “No Asshole Rule“, writes about ow Kurt Vonnegut gave permission to publish “Joe Heller”, and the background to that story: Heller remarks to Vonnegut that he has something that the billionaire can never have, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.” These wise words provide a frame that can help you be [...] |
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