Tag: change
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The power of music
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Plato “Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Do you ever wake…
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You cannot change without changing something.
“Start doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi How many of us want to change but do nothing about it? Let’s say you want to run a marathon. How far have you run over the last month? Let’s say you want to read more books.…
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It can all be taken away, but we still have one choice
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl Life can suddenly change in the space of a day. Yesterday things seemed to be smooth sailing, and everything was fine.…
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A career with no regrets
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” Lucille Ball Do you ever think about the things you might regret in the future? I was out at lunch today. Someone at the table asked about how my career is going. Here we usually default to a generic response like…
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Suffering for the weekend
“It’s actually a problem to really look forward to holidays and to weekends. It indicates two things: 1) It takes the joy out of the everyday. Because now you’re living in the future and suffering the rest of the time. 2) You have accepted a way of life in which most of your time is…
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Our choices matter, regardless of ‘Free Will’
“You can’t take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can’t truly be blamed for your flaws, but it matters that you correct upon them.What does make sense is a commitment to wellbeing, to improving your life, and the lives of everyone around you.” Sam Harris I was listening to…
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The ancestor of your future happiness
“All of us can think of moments in our life where we picked up that phone, we had the courageous conversation, we went out the door against all logic, and we transformed our life. And you look back, and you say if I hadn’t done that in that moment, my life would be irredeemably impoverished. So the…
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Feeling like a fool? Who cares.
“One of the biggest things that holds us back is in life is that we are unwilling to look like an idiot in the short term to be successful in the long term” Shane Parrish What are you unwilling to feel? And how is it getting in the way? We feel embarrassed or ashamed about…
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During your lowest moment today
“As you go about your day today, see if you can identify your lowest moment. The point in time when you are least happy, least in touch with how good your life is, or can be, most agitated, or contracted, or worried. And in that moment, see if you can bring to mind one thing…