Tag: reflection

• May 13, 2021

  We know what we are capable of

  “I learned that I alone know my personal capabilities better than anyone else. It is so difficult for people to measure grit, determination, hard work, and human potential. When given the chance, we can potentially see them more clearly than anyone else. We just need to make sure we listen and hear that inner voice.”…
• 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…
• April 28, 2021

  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…
• April 23, 2021

  Brave conversations

  “Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.” Margaret Wheatley We seemed to be so focused on what is quick and expedient. We rush from one encounter to another. We opt for the sound bite over an in-depth article. Why is this the case? Maybe the nature of technology, social media and the news…
• April 21, 2021

  Make time for thinking

  “You were born with the greatest weapon in all of nature—the rational, conscious mind. It has the power to expand your vision far and wide, giving you the unique capacity to distinguish patterns in events, learn from the past, glimpse into the future, see through appearances.” Robert Greene We all have a powerful tool in…
• April 17, 2021

  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.…
• April 14, 2021

  We could be the change that we seek

  “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Barack Obama We constantly hear that the world is changing fast, but how much are we changing? We get fed up with the current state…
• April 10, 2021

  The disease of ambition

  “The ease of having an ambition is that it can be explained to others; the very disease of ambition is that it can be so easily explained to others.” David Whyte I have been pondering David Whyte’s thought-provoking chapter on ‘Ambition’ in his book Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. It…
• April 9, 2021

  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.…