Tag: reflection
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Easy or hard choices
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” Jerzy Gregorek This quote made me pause and reflect on the choices I make in my life. Do I make enough hard choices? Should I be making more hard choices? Hard vs easy choices I understand hard choices as being those things which are challenging to get…
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Why wait to be happy
“Above all, there is one mistake you cannot afford to make, you cannot wait until you have solved all your problems to be happy.” – Sam Harris Most of us believe that “one day” we will be happy, when we accomplish everything. But the problems never stop. Life is a series of never ending problems.…
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Reinvent yourself
“He not busy being born is busy dying.” – Bob Dylan Many of us have had to find ways to reinvent ourselves during these difficult times. I know I have. What I have found is that through struggle and then reinvention also comes great meaning and fulfillment. Although it has been challenging, it feels more…
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Are you a good boss to yourself?
“The world’s worst boss might very well be you. Because the most important boss whom each of us answers to is ourselves. And what it means to have a better boss is to have a boss who raises the bar for us but still gives us a break when we fail. What we need is…
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Your imperfect path
It’s always good to be reminded – who’s path are we on? We will always be flailing behind while trying to copy someone else’s path. After all, that is their path, not ours. The only true way is following our own path. Only we can do that. Only we have our unique interests, background and…
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Choose your inputs wisely
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Jim Rohn Be mindful of what is influencing your thinking during these challenging times. It’s easy to get sidetracked down a path or fear reading news or social media for eight hours a day, or maybe settling into binge-watching whole seasons…
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Is authenticity overrated?
“If you go to see Hamilton on Broadway when it reopens, you’re certainly hoping for no one in the cast to be authentic, you want everyone in the cast to give their best possible performance.” Seth Godin I recently heard Seth Godin challenging the popular idea of “being authentic”. Seth’s statement got me thinking as…
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Time for a little gratitude
“Remember what it was like to want all that you now have – and then realise that you now have it.” Sam Harris We are often racing so fast from one challenge to the next that we never stop and realise how far we have come in our journey. Take a step back Look at…
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Knowing is not the same as doing
“Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.” Robin Sharma I’ve been trying to learn some new skills and have quickly realised that knowing is not the same as doing. You can read all the books in the world and watch all the lectures, but until…
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Can trust exist without authenticity?
“With that privilege (of being different) comes a very sincere temptation to hold back who we are. And if we hold back who we are, we are less likely to be trusted. And if we are less likely to be trusted, we are less likely to be given stretch assignments. And without those stretch assignments,…