This video is amazing. Please watch it.
I wish we had stuff like this in my country…
Care to venture a guess as to why such a video – both the content and the style – is so unlikely in the USA?
(This is an intentionally short post as I didn’t want to take away from the video’s “time.”)
While folding laundry just now I had a powerful thought. I realized – not for the first time, certainly – that one’s philosophy is so, so important to quality of life and results. In terms of “philosophy,” I am speaking of our personal philosophy: the set of beliefs we have about ourselves, others and what is possible….
A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. – Robert Oxton Bolton One way I understand what beliefs are is to say they are thoughts we have don’t question and continue to think (albeit largely unconsciously). I love how Bolton describes a belief as idea…
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. – Washington Irving I want to take a little bit of a different direction and use this quote to talk about “finding your purpose.” Based on what I’ve read and some pretty deep thinking, I believe “purpose” is misunderstood. It would seem that the popular understanding of purpose…
The problem isn’t that I (or any of us . . . ) have a hole in my soul (large, small or tiny), it’s that I’ve created, and nurtured, a belief that I have a hole in my soul (along with the idea that souls can have holes). And that, un-consciously or otherwise, I maintain…
Things will get better when you get better. – Brian Tracy Absolutely. But not unless, and until, you get better. Better internal language/dialog Better habits. Better initiative and action-taking. Better emotional intelligence. Better exercise routine. Better nutrition. Better relationships. Better saving/spending. Better you.
I was having a conversation with a friend who I hadn’t seen in a while. As I’m wont to do, I started offering my thoughts on living well, how our lives work and all that. He listened patiently, and might even have gleaned something useful from my blabbering. Something I mentioned, that seemed to pique…