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Jun 17, 2011, 6:04 pm
"... Like most journeys, self-evolvement has a starting point. That starting point is the recognition that some (or even most) of your guiding values and beliefs are based on imitation of...
The life you are living is a copy of someone else’s. It is a patchwork quilt of borrowings and unconscious ... Comment - Like
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May 26, 2011, 7:58 pm
"No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking."
~ Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), anthropologist; Comment - Like
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May 2, 2011, 10:40 pm
"For those who fight for it, life has a flavour the sheltered will never know."
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
~ Wiseman (Scott Glenn) in the fantasy movie, 'Sucker Bunch'; Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2011, 9:43 am
"If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself...your dreams will come to you."
~ Randy Pausch, from his last lecture in September 2007, at Carnegie Mellon University, where he taught computer science; he was only 47 years old when he died from pancreatic cancer; he was, as... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2011, 8:14 am
Here's the link to a fascinating collection of 'Offbeat Interview Questions Asked to Make You Think'.
What follows is just a quick sampling:
• There are 9 balls one of which is lighter than the others. How would you find the lighter ball in 2 tries?
• If you had two 6-sided dice, what's ... Comment - Like
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Apr 11, 2011, 8:34 am
"Profits are better than wages. Wages will make you a living. Profits can make you a fortune."
~ Master Motivator Jim Rohn; Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2011, 7:00 am
“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go. Only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”
~ Karen Ravn, author of 'Our Inward Journey'; Comment - Like
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Mar 6, 2011, 5:58 pm
"Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is that which is sprouting all the time out of death and disintegration."
~ Henry Miller (1891–1980), author of "With Edgar Varèse in the Gobi Desert," The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (1945); Comment - Like
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Mar 5, 2011, 10:05 am
"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count.
A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter.
A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run."
- Sydney J. Harris, (1917–1986), American journalist for the 'Chicago Daily News' & later the 'Chicago Su... Comment - Like
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Feb 27, 2011, 9:43 am
Here's the link to '10 Best Places to Live for Escaping World Conflict'.
A quick summary:
10. Switzerland;
9. Costa Rica
8. Papua New Guinea
7. Canada
6. Seychelles
5. Finland
4. Tuvalu
3. Iceland
2. Bhutan
1. New Zealand Comment - Like
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Feb 24, 2011, 11:31 pm
"I believe in limited vision... You can't see that far ahead. It's like driving down; you need to know where you're going. In order to keep heading in the right direction, you just keep plugging along with your eyes on the road directly in front of you."
~ Fred DeLuca, 63, American billionaire & co... Comment - Like
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Feb 8, 2011, 10:02 am
"The Zen-inspired painter seeks the 'truth' of a landscape, like that of religion, in sudden enlightenment. This allows no time for careful detailed draftsmanship. After long contemplation, he is expected to be able to seize inner truth in a swordlike stroke of the brush..."
~ a passage from a book ... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2011, 2:57 am
Who are you?
What do you want?
What’s your story?
What’s the story you want to create?
~ from Deepak Chopra, in a recent interview on the CBS Interactive Business Network during which he talked about 'The Two Questions Every Business Leader Has to Ask'; Comment - Like
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Jan 27, 2011, 8:52 am
"Your life has the potential to be a wondrous journey, filled with exciting moments and astonishing experiences. It can be a thrilling ride if you are open to exploring all that is available to you. Adventure is the result of your willingness to live life with a spirit of enthusiasm."
~Chérie Cart... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2011, 12:06 am
June Davis, director of Aviv Centers for Living Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day Center, offers the following seven strategies as a guideline to daily best practices for all of us to help maximize our brain power:
◦ Continue to learn something new each day;
◦ Engage in life and social activities;
◦ I... Comment - Like
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Jan 17, 2011, 1:53 am
1. What do you choose to own and what is merely passing through your life?
2. Which items that you own (clothes, technology, books, CDs, DVDs, ornaments, pictures) have you not actually used, remembered or appreciated in any way in the last year? Who else could make better use of them now?
3. What a... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2011, 5:52 pm
"Strategy demands that you ask tough questions of yourself. It challenges your beliefs. And that's a hard thing to ask of humans. We're wired to ignore anything that might cause us to change our mind...
... It's a lot easier to focus on a tactic. We like to master things, and you can do this at a ta... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2011, 5:50 am
Every day, before leaving the office, save a few minutes to think about what just happened. Look at your calendar and compare what actually happened — the meetings you attended, the work you got done, the conversations you had, the people with whom you interacted, even the breaks you took — with... Comment - Like
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Jan 12, 2011, 11:02 pm
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high & falling short, but in setting our aim too low & achieving our mark."
- Michaelangelo; Comment - Like
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Jan 12, 2011, 10:56 pm
Am I What I Can Be Or Just A Shadow Of My Potential?
This simple self-analysis will help you to find the answer and put you on course for a far more successful life:
1. Do I influence people to take action or am I always acting at the behest of others?
2. When I am in a selling position, do I contro... Comment - Like
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Dec 29, 2010, 4:21 pm
Here's the link to many interesting resources about brain fitness, from SharpBrains, a market research & publishing firm tracking the research & marketplace for brain fitness & cognitive health. Comment - Like
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Dec 29, 2010, 2:24 am
"A committed decision to reach a predetermined specific goal, combined with burning desire, followed by immediate, massive action repeated consistently for as long as it takes until your goal is reached."
~ Tom Venuto, bodybuilder, fitness coach, & author of 'Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle', also co-... Comment - Like
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Dec 25, 2010, 1:54 am
Imagine you have enough money that you have everything that you ever wanted and you can buy whatever you want. Then what will you do ?
~ from billionaire investor Warren Buffet; Comment - Like
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Dec 24, 2010, 10:30 pm
“Strategy is about folding the future into the present... There are no generic strategies – executives are constantly searching for new sources of competitive advantage. Strategies have to be unique. They have to invent new rules and new games. It’s all about discovering and creating wealth...... Comment - Like
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Dec 23, 2010, 5:58 pm
Here's the link to an interesting, though belated, article, in the form of a .pdf document entitled, 'Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?'. Readers can download the pdf document.
In this article originally published in 'American Educator', cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham at the U... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 5:27 pm
What three things are you going to pack in your leadership tackle box to help you in taking a leading role next year?
What three things are you not going to pack that will help lighten the load and not interfere with you being a successful leader next year?
What are three changes you are going to le... Comment - Like
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Dec 21, 2010, 4:47 am
"No sensible science-fiction writer tries to predict anything... Neither do the smartest futurologists. What those people do is try to imagine every important thing that may happen (so as to do in the present things which may encourage the good ones and forestall the bad) and that's what SF writers ... Comment - Like
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Dec 15, 2010, 12:18 am
• What does the future hold for me and what should I do about it?
• How do I ensure that I get the type of personal &/or professional future I want?
• Where should I be looking to maximise my opportunities and minimise my risks?
• How can I build my personal capacity for creativity and innov... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2010, 11:27 pm
“In the pursuit of tomorrow, we often run into scheduling potholes — those waiting periods that force us to linger in the present tense. Stuck in the “now” (for how long, we don’t know), we must wait patiently for the next available ride into the future. It is a chance to take a breather. ... Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2010, 8:50 am
"... As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters..."
~ J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivering her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the H... Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2010, 8:32 am
1. What do you want most in life?
2. What are the most important things you’ve accomplished so far?
3. If you could look back in 20 years time, what would you have accomplished?
4. Within the next 10 years, what would you liked to have achieved?
5. Within the next 5 years, what would you liked to ... Comment - Like
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Dec 10, 2010, 6:42 pm
When did I do my worst thinking today?
When did I do my best thinking?
What did I actually think about today?
Did I figure out anything?
Did I allow any negative thinking to frustrate me unnecessarily?
If I had to repeat today, what would I do differently? Why?
Did I do anything today to further my ... Comment - Like
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Dec 9, 2010, 10:16 pm
What do I focus my attention on?
Is it possible I am missing seeing some things because I am focusing my attention in other directions?
What can I do, each and every day, to focus a little bit of my attention in a different direction, thus expanding the range of my vision? Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2010, 12:49 am
"Futuristic leaders ACHIEVE results because they truly BELIEVE a different future is possible. They CHANGE their own and their organization's behavior, habits, and culture, in order to obtain their collective DREAM.
Futuristic leaders fully EXPECT to reach their goal -- and also fully "expect the ... Comment - Like
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Dec 5, 2010, 10:42 pm
Paul Plsek, who wrote 'Creativity, Innovation & Quality', offers his synthesis model for the creative problem solving process, which he has designated as 'Directed Creativity'.
It comprises four phases:
1) Preparation:
2) Imagination:
3) Development:
4) Action:
This is in turn broken down into the f... Comment - Like
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Dec 4, 2010, 6:37 pm
"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of... Comment - Like
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Nov 30, 2010, 6:24 pm
• If it weren’t for time, money or circumstances, how would you choose to spend your life?
• What do you enjoy doing most that you’re not doing now?
• What special talents, skills and knowledge do you have that you’re not fully employing?
• What is your core passion that has little to ... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2010, 11:14 pm
"Learning how to approach and solve problems, and accepting that there is often more than one answer to a question or more than one way of dealing with it is a key part of... education and ... The ability to determine the essence of a problem, and indeed to see that there is a problem, is a vital i... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2010, 12:26 am
"A common belief is that knowledge is power. It's not. Knowledge is ubiquitous in the Internet Age and thus grants no special privileges, no unique power. Certainly we need to have knowledge and stay current. But the real power comes from what we do with knowledge. In other words, in the 21st centur... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2010, 4:58 am
"If you have a vision and you find that someone doesn't share that vision, you either change the vision or change the people you share it with. We learn and grow one goal at a time. But to set meaningful goals, we need imaginative insight or vision."
~ Dr. Roberta Bondar, the world’s first astron... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2010, 10:27 am
"... Many problems aren't problems at all - only opportunities for unseen solutions waiting to be formed!"
~ Michael McMillan; Comment - Like
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