Category: Action
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Words, not volume
“Raise you words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi Everyday we are likely to meet with the temptation to raise our voice. Anger, frustration, pain, envy, confusion, hatred….a number of feelings can spark the fire or wrath unleashed in the form of loud speech.…
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Time Well Spent
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. – Bertrand Russel Leisure time…..after we’ve worked hard, how do we spend our time? After we’ve earned money, how do we spend it? After we’ve done what…
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Machine
What do military bodies, fortune 500 companies, crime organizations, or any other large entities have in common? They value order, routine, discipline, and overall aim to run like clockwork in a Swiss watch – each little cog doing its part to help the organization achieve its purpose. These entities want…
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Return to the Wise Road
“Be not unhappy, or discouraged, or dissatisfied, if you do not succeed in acting always by the right principles; but when you have failed, try again, and be content if most of your acts are consistent with man’s nature. Love that to which you return; do not return to philosophy…
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Confucius Series: Motivation
The Master said: ‘Can one avoid concurring with exemplary sayings? But to make them the basis of self-improvement is considered the most valuable thing. Can one avoid being pleased with blandishments? But to unravel the motivation is considered the most valuable thing. If someone is pleased but does not unravel…
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Old Saints and Young Warriors
Obviously it is in the youthful period of life that we have most to gain from a thorough recognition of the instinctual side. A timely recognition of sexuality, for instance, can prevent that neurotic suppression of it which keeps a man unduly withdrawn from life, or else forces him into…
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Eye of the Tiger
A true form of action within the great force of “Time” is only in the present. There is past and future also, but these do not happen. The past affects us now, but it does not disallow room for us to decide our own final action. Future hasn’t happened yet,…
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Confucius Series: Action over Speech
The Master said: ‘The gentleman wishes to be slow in speech but prompt in action.’ – 孔夫子 Master Kong (Confucius) The Analects 4:24 In The Analects, Confucius gravitates towards the “gentleman”. We can regard this as an ideal man – strong, resilient, calm, kind, a leader, community oriented, takes initiative,…
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Carl Jung Series: Be Convinced
“Be the man through whom you wish to influence others. Mere talk has always been counted hollow, and there is not trick, however artful, by which this simple truth can be evaded in the long run. The fact of being convinced and no the thing we are convinced of —…
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Just do it. (Not sponsored by Nike)
“Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow.” – Kurt Vonnegut As a writer, Kurt knows full well taking action is critical. I thought of making this blog countless years ago but took no action. If I’d…
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