He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own. – Confucius
The nature of humans and collections thereof is that good is rewarded (and the not-good is either ignored, or punished).
When you serve others, you serve yourself.
How?
Because there really isn’t any other . . . .
If my Reality is how I experience the World, and how I experience the World determines what I feel and do, and I create my Reality then I can feel and do whatever I want. I had the above though the other in response to something I read and wanted to unpack it here a…
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat – Napoleon Hill At the risk of sounding like a ranting Dennis Green, things are what we say they are, and when we say they are things that serve us, that’s what they become. When confronted with a set-back, challenge, problem, issue, or…
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. – Annie Dillard Humans are distractible. Humans thrive on the feeling (and reality) of progress. But if we’re not intentional and don’t have a system, we won’t make any progress. The primary reason so few people don’t have what they want is because they aren’t willing to write it…
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius Arguing is generally a waste of time (but only 99% of the time) (better to have an actual conversation, where real listening takes place and ideas get exchanged and considered). There’s no point in debating what it is to be…
We say we want things, but there’s a way to determine what we really want. Look at what we have. Whatever it is we are creating in our lives is what we want. * * * That said, in the absence of clear and authentic desires and goals, we have a default want. One that…
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. – Eleanor Roosevelt Let’s get clear on a few terms: wishing, wanting, hoping and desiring, planning and intending. They are all thoughts. Thoughts in your head that create emotions in your body. These emotions either create in-action or action (read on and I…