“If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.” – Emerson The demon of self-doubt destroys your inner world, which destroys your outer world. Never lose faith in your ability to achieve values. As long as you have confidence in your abilities to actualize your cherished goals, nothing can get you [...]
Carlyle writing to a young man: “Neither let mistakes and wrong directions—of which every man, in his studies and elsewhere, falls into many—discourage you. There is precious instruction to be got by finding that we are wrong. Let a man try faithfully, manfully, to be right, he will grow daily more and more right. It [...]
I didn’t realize that every human struggles mightily in this world, myself included. I thought I lived a charmed life: no Kidnapping, Kancer, or Kutting (the 3 Ks). But even without these ugly spores, our lives are all tragical in their own unique ways. I finally realize that I’m climbing a mountain just the same [...]
The present is the only time in which any duty may be done or grace received-C.S.Lewis Work hard in this moment. Pause, and receive. Pause, and give.
Joy. This is the only thing of value you can give. When you are in your most joyful state, that is your gift.
Hope is great. I want to be hopeful about my future in this life and the life after. But false hope is not great; false hope is evil. (Don’t read this post if you have blissful hope in human progress and the inexorable continuation of life). Consider these three laws of energy: 1. The Law of Conservation, [...]
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. ~Douglas MacArthur Why this association between youth and faith? Because faith is merely the belief that we will continue. You will not cease to [...]
Smart people want to get everything right. The problem is that time is short and life doesn’t wait for you to become perfect. Life is a learning process. This is why I am constructing my rational philosophy of life idea by idea, using them as building blocks. There is really nothing to worry about as [...]
Why do we allow our leaders to bumble around in their mouths with nothing to say and no style in their delivery, no zest. I began watching the Wharton Leadership Lecture about the financial crisis with former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain. He was introduced (for eight minutes!) by the most inarticulate professor of business [...]
John Goddard is considered to be the world’s greatest goal achiever. He wrote his bucket list at the age of 15 after noticing how unhappily older men portrayed themselves. He penned 127 goals under the heading “My Life List”, and 32 years later, in 1982, Goddard made it into Life Magazine under the title “One Man’s Life of [...]
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