“We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.” – Seneca
I know that the title of this post is, at best, tortured language.
I wanted to get your attention and draw your attention to the Truth that we all will die.
Let me repeat that: we all will die.
So let’s live now, while we’re alive.
So many people have heard the old saw “practice makes perfect.” It’s wrong. Just. Plain. Wrong. I was watching a Tim Ferriss Four Hour Life video and he quoted a top chef who says: “practice makes permanent.” It’s true. Absolutely 100% true. What you train, you ingrain. Whatever you practice creates muscle memory and neural pathways…
One key to living well is to understand the distinctions of life. Distinctions are often small shifts in perception that yield great differences in outcome. Think of them like forks in the road, the further you go down one path, the greater difference. * * * In any given moment there may not seem to a…
If the unexamined life is not worth living, . . . it’s equally true that the unlived life is not worth examining. – Parker Palmer This quote pretty much speaks for itself. Yes, we must examine our lives, and ourselves, continually throughout our lives, but that’s only half of what’s necessary. We must have a…
The best way to persuade people is with your ears – by listening to them. – Dean Rusk There’s a difference between persuasion and coercion. If you persuade, you are either helping someone see a different point of view or to act when they would not have otherwise. To persuade you need trust. Trust is…
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw I’m sure I’ve blogged on this quote before, but it’s worth repeating. Ask yourself about your “circumstances:” Are they what you want?…
Just a quick post to share this quote which came “through” today: “There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and having to say something.” – John Dewey Self-explanatory, really.