Tag: control

• May 4, 2021

  Who is in control?

  “How many of our demands could be reduced if we put some energy into prioritizing, organizing, and streamlining the routines that now fritter away our attention?” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Are you controlling your smartphone, or is it controlling you? The days seem to be getting longer and blending into one. It’s hard to maintain a focus…
• May 1, 2021

  Caught in the past and future

  “If you’re not mindful, you might spend much of your day feeling like you’re fleeing a burning building or swimming to dry land after a shipwreck.”  Sam Harris We spend much of our time thinking about the past and future. We can’t change what happened in the past, although we can learn from it. And…
• September 26, 2020

  React to judgments not events

  “If any external thing causes you distress, it is not the thing itself that troubles you, but your own judgment about it. And this you have the power to eliminate now.” Marcus Aurelius The stoics are the most practical practical of philosophers. Even though it was written almost 2,000 years ago, Marcus Aurelius’ book Meditations…
• September 10, 2020

  How does your desk look?

  “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Take a look at your desk. How does it look? What is it signalling? Is it neat and organised? Or cluttered and confused? Reflection of our inner world The state of our desk (or desktop, inbox)…
• September 2, 2020

  There is a space between stimulus and response

  “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl The easy way is to just blame others or circumstances when things don’t work out. This causes great suffering and unhappiness.  Many of the unexpected bad…