Greetings.
今天要說的這本書，可以說是近期最震撼我的書了。以前我們討論的，總是由難民或非法移民的角度出發，我們看見他們在地中海的橡皮艇翻覆，造成無數死傷，我們也看見不少人不惜傾家蕩產，或是跋山涉水，就為了成功到達了歐洲！
“The ultimate measure of a man is…
Or how I’m learning to listen to myself instead.
My name is Aya Baker, I’m 29 years old, I’m working as a Lawyer at FCBarcelona Soccer School Dubai , LesMills Trainer for four programs, and a full-time mum, sounds like I’m a super woman? this is what I thought, until I gave it all up!
“How do we show up as the very best version of ourselves, every day, for our entire lives?”
This is the question I chase. My life’s work.
As many of you know, the Callahan clan moved from California to Connecticut earlier this year. I wrote about that transition here on my blog, The Intentional, and posted it to the appropriate social media channels. Amongst the chorus of wisdom and encouraging words, there…
Sexual charisma and magnetism is something that all of us would like to have more of. No matter how much we have is not enough. We want to be sexually attractive to the opposite sex in general and specifically to our partner.
If you add up the citizens of Australia, South Korea, Canada, France, Germany and the…
While I mostly agree with the rest of the list, below are points I want to add:
1 Life Often Gives Experiences You Don’t WantWith some experiences, we don’t know whether we want it or not until we experience them.
This year helped me realize I need to work on my self-confidence (I don’t think this is…
Đó là lời dịch tiếng Việt cho câu “Less is More”, thứ đã và đang trở thành một chủ để cho nhiều người suy nghĩ về cuộc sống…
I’ve been working as an iOS developer for the last 8 or so years. When I first moved to Israel back in 2008, my intention was to spend a few months learning Hebrew, and return back to the US to continue working as a teacher in The Kabbalah Centre.
This story originally appeared on fromcaterpillarstobutterflies.com.
In the words of our CEO, Wade Keenan, ‘everyone is attempting to design an equation around how…
Who do you think you are? What’s the essence that creates the person you are?
Trials and triumphs on my solo journey within to embody the Wild Woman
One of the most useful concepts I learned in college was, “locus of control”.
Everyone has a different journey & story to finding the path to their spirituality, if they happen to take that path that…
I set the chargesStrategically around the load baring wallsOf my lifeAnd then I pushed the plungerThat caused the implosionOne after…
One fine day at my office, I was reading a newspaper in the morning.
Engineers were about to come. Some engineers were coming and a few were greeting me for the morning.
If you are into self-help books, podcasts, articles or what ever it may be that helps you grow…
This piece is spot on and is so timely for me personally. The individual component of a healthy relationship is one that is typically dissolved over time for many reasons. I have observed that it’s the couples that keep their personal goals, growth and needs a priority are the ones who have a deeper and more meaningful relationship. I’ve always…
Everyone has faced self-doubt in their lives. Some of us fight a never ending battle with it, others of us are able to overcome and subdue this feeling.
When I say self-doubt, I mean the irrational fear that you aren’t good enough. That what you…
Stop looking at them.
Yes, them.
I love this quote. Cheers for the read and the note 😃
This article analyzes one of the most important components to building unity and accountability in…
Have you ever watched someone do something, and think, ‘Aww…I would love to do that’? Have you seen others on social…
This is the first article in a series of posts about developing skills for coping with…
I grimace when I watch someone taking a selfie.
How many times in your life do you take the time to soundcheck, before you perform your chosen action?
Being a sociology major can exciting and enlightening, but also the source of so much indecision and confusion. Beyond the major or minor requirements, there are an extensive amount options one can take during their time at Hofstra.
Dear Kay,
This is your more competent self speaking. I have decided that this letter format would be the best way to talk to you. It is helpful for you to get ideas out of your head in order for them to actually get into your head…
Are you the same person that you were when you woke up this morning? How many times has…
Have we ever thought that we can be happy without depending on others ?Have we ever thought that we can be happy without the…
In the second week we focused on personal development. This entailed a Skills Audit (or SWOT Analysis), creating SMART Goals and filling in some questionnaires to identify our styles of learning.
Thank you for reading Elaine. I’m glad the article resonates for you.
Everyone should react to property loss this way. It can be devastating when you lose your life’s work, but if you still have your life and the life of your loved ones, it can be rebuilt.
Escaping death should put tragedy into perspective and make you appreciate what really matters in life.
Ascension is the highest stage of human development known to mankind. It happens when all of the energies, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual are integrated in complete harmony into one individual soul. In addition this soul must return back to physical reality and become integrated with the energies…
I had a conversation recently with a long-time friend and former colleague who wanted to understand how I was able to…
Review: seekingarrangement.com
Seeking arrangement.com is the website I tried out since I was getting no luck on meeting somebody on Tinder, Plenty of Fish etc. Yes it is prostitution but in the end I found it a big waste of time. The main reason is I would say about 90% of the time the girls never showed up and canceled or…
The biggest problem most people have has more to do with timing. Often when you do everything “right” you still might not see the outcome you desire.
You can steer the direction you’re heading, but the speed you get there is usually out of your control. Sometimes this means you have to refocus your efforts while the momentum…
The other day I was talking to a friend about meditation. She just started using an app and she was curious about my experience. She wanted to know the good, the bad and the ugly. “Well, building the habit is the toughest part”, I told her…
Based on the title you may be thinking, “is this blog supposed to be for my 3-year-old son?” In actuality this post is for…
Children face a world that is changing quickly. The careers that they start in their 20’s may morph dramatically even within a decade. To prepare them for a world filled with rapid change, we can follow the advice of Cal Newport in So Good…
Natural law is simple! Effort is cumulative and will lead to your eventual success in life. The more we do and the more we learn through our mistakes and successes, the easier it becomes.
Cheaters and frauds refuse to put out personal effort and instead they are…
I came across this wisdom yesterday and it is something I needed to help me make a final push on…
Wearing an eye mask is one of the two biggest things I’ve done to improve my sleep.
I’m a light sleeper, so light and sound wake me up easily. The eye mask reduces the length of time I need to fall asleep. It falls off (or I pull it off in the middle of the night) but falling asleep is half the battle.
I recently bought a camera with the intention of getting into street photography. I thought it may…
It’s not surprising how most of the people want to have superpowers which enables them to easily…
I’ve always had this notion that celebrating small wins is pretentious, and we’re simply expecting too lowly of ourselves. Surely, we can do better than that? However, I soon realised the importance of giving ourselves enough credits for the small wins in our lives.
Thank you for the recommendations! I’ve read all the books on your second list (and loved them as well, at the time), but none of the first. Now I have some great new additions to my to-read list :)
Thank you also for this great post in general! I’ve been seeing “speed reading” pop up everywhere for the past several years…
When we look at the fashion model on the cover page of a celebrated magazine, we usually find ourselves saying or thinking “wow, what a personality, wish I had one”. To be an owner of a personality similar to a ramp model takes lot of physical labour…
We are the ones who’ve been let down
The only rights we have are those rights which we claim by nature through our own efforts. Nature does not set one person above the other. The child of the King may set himself higher than others and in doing so that becomes his act, his declaration. When the other children approve and recognize him…
Excellent post. I would also add when you lose momentum, don’t fret. Focus on the positive. Find the gains you’ve already made, and take one step forward.
Remember, there is no “way” to happiness. “Happiness is the way.” So don’t get down on yourself. Get up. Dust yourself off, and rebuild the momentum from where you are now.
Although I would replace the word talent with skill (I think talent speaks more to a fixed mindset vs a growth mindset) I agree.
Focus on the positive wins, and that viewpoint will leverage those wins into greater achievements.
Another powerful way to transform your fear into something positive is by using visualization and association. Imagine the next time your paralyzed with fear your actually doing something exciting.
Imagine a time when your about to go on an exciting trip or do an exciting activity the rush of adrenaline you felt. Now, in…
Lets face it we all want to help the world in one way or another, whether you want to act upon it or not. Some act upon it and make a change, creating a difference without a doubt and others want to but do not act upon it . Then you have the small amount of others who do not…
Thanks Robyn, appreciate it
Open things are the most beautiful — open flowers, open eyes, open hearts, open minds.
I’m going to share a concept that is so slippery and difficult that it will take many attempts to get it right. The ultimate goal in life is to have a fully integrated belief system that allows you to live the type of life that you desire. This belief system needs to be…
Dear Child, what have they said to you? What have they made you believe?
I’ve always found writing easier than talking. I think it’s because I like to process what I’m going to say before I say it, so I have a chance to edit it and make it sound better if I want it to.
It is a word I cannot spell without spell check. It stands for all the things I wish I did but didn’t do, that were too late to get done by the time I got around to doing them. It is tomorrow’s project that always waits for that elusive tomorrow to roll around. This monster has killed more dreams than fear and…
How I became Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author?
Originally posted on YourStory.com
“It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success” — Lionel Messi
What seems to be an overnight success is actually a result of many sleepless nights. I realized it when I started…
Love/Hate
I don’t know, if its love, or hate,That I feel for you,I only know that it burns, hurts and blazes,What I feel for you.I don’t know, if its a blessing or a curse,That you give me,I only know, that you make my life,Difficult and rich.
And yet for the grasshopper the hardest thing about moving forward is when the heart yearns for a place to call home in an empty field of daisy.
The biggest death to all is the gift of vulnerability and the acceptance of truth. Innately we are in tuned to our intuition. But consciously we compromise versions of ourself to…
https://youtu.be/Fpsy-lMu57I
I don’t know why those who to claim to know everything about you pretend to not notice when you are grappling with depression.
It has been said there are three great stages in a woman’s life. These are the three faces of the goddess, maid, mother and Crone. For the male this evolutionary stage involves crossing the great abyss and the destruction of the false ego. For the female the great abyss is entering the…
We often find ourselves preaching our peers and juniors about how confidence can turn around the game in our favor. When we hit a blockade or get stuck in a tough situation, confidence of winning can get us through, dramatically. Many of us regard confidence as an asset that…
I am a loser.
Not by fate but bad choices.
I will overcome.
As much as I remember, I used to be one of those girls extremely shining outside, but much more introvert and observant inside. Writing was always a way for me to express myself and to let the words which are crossing my mind be expressed by what are not said by my mouth. Because sometimes I…
Sometimes I find the right balance for my nature and ongoing journey towards health — and other times hustle results in exhaustion and a killer headache. It can cost me dearly.
I love this shot. My cat, Ginger being held back due to the cold snap and constant raining. 💕
For some reason this shot serves as an instruction, a metaphorical reality of sorts indicating subliminally to let go of things we are unable to change … the burdens we keep dragging, the circles…
This is powerful. Stack your habits over time to grow that power exponentially.
Use mini habits to get started. Grow the size of your habit gradually over time, but keep the mini habit in place on days when you can’t go big.
De vez en cuando hay que hacer limpieza, deshacerse de lo que ya no usas, guardar aparte lo que quieras conservar y mantener al alcance de la mano lo que sigues necesitando. No me gusta tirar cosas, las almaceno, y al cabo del tiempo me doy cuenta que al final solo uso el 10% de lo que tengo…
The calendar and timer are both critical to accomplishing your primary task of the day!
Sometimes all you need to make a big change or achieve something that’s eluded you for a long time is the simple mindset shift.
When it isn’t that mindset shift is still critical because it gives you the willingness to keep trying new things and make adjustments when you fail. If gives you hope and by extension persistence.
So a little back preface before the meat of this. I’m a real estate agent in Boston and let me tell you this market is competitive as fuck. Everyone is on the ball because being a few minutes late responding can cost you a decent commission…
This life that we are gifted with, can be crazy tough at times…
Great realization being guided by what works for you instead of following what others preach and accept. Some business owners resist designing their lives because they can’t take the pressure put by those living conventionally. Those who let themselves be guided only by their values live their lives on their own terms.
It depends on what you’re starting right? If you’re starting to rob a bank …
Truly awe-inspiring words, kevin. Fabulous.
I find the best comparison is between yourself today and yourself yesterday. It’s the only comparison that really matters, because it allows you to track your progress.
What drives you? Do you really think you have what it takes? Life has a way of eventually forcing you to play the best hand you have to give…
Always remember that there is always a moon, shining up at night.
I struggle with myself, day by day because I am not perfect, and somehow in our mind we are programed to have this strive for perfection. Although I don’t always recognize it, but yes, sometimes I wish I could be the best human that ever lived. You will probably say that it is the “ego mind”…
To reflect
I’ll reflect on the me I was 6 years ago. I’ll reflect on the puddles of imperfection I passed as I walked down a road of failures and embraced sunlight of growth. I’ll turn some rights when I meant go make a left.
It would be foolish to deny that there are external authorities more powerful than I am. But my attitude and belief will not change! I will always seek to follow the still small voice of conscience and the Christ spirit that speaks to me from within my heart! This is the only authority that I recognize, an…
A positive affecting affirmation to help yourself:
"I know I have the power to literally change my circumstances through my every action and reaction. I possess the power to positively alter my destiny through my situations through my every decision I…
Anger, fear, pain and anguish are all lower emotional energies. Determination and resolve are the traits we acquire as we develop these energies. The development of these energies is not easy because there is often a gap between the way we wish things were and the way things really are…
Intersession Let us wander in the blue;Restricted only, by how far we can go.Only one bond should remain:Everyone, as he strives, receives. ***** Not to Good; not from Evil,Do we want to redeem the world,Only to the desire to create;A poet’s power is God’s power. ***** Let us gladly…
