Ability
7 Ways To Excel At Resting
Monday, September 29th, 2008 photo credit: Daveybot
“Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgement will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is [...]
Use Self Reflection To Get Some Direction
Friday, September 5th, 2008 photo credit: tanakawho
Have you ever done something and then thought to yourself, “Why did I do that”? Have you ever wondered to yourself how you will ever get to where you want to be, or even where it is that you want to be?
Taking the time to properly reflect on your life is a [...]
Don’t Abandon Your Dreams
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 photo credit: josef.stuefer
We don’t like to wait. For anything. Not in line, not in traffic, and not even for things we’d like to have in our lives. We believe it’s always better to take action than to wait around for things to happen. But, when does taking action start to hurt you, and waiting start to [...]
Self Awareness Leads To The Life You’ve Always Imagined
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 photo credit: seanmcgrath
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” - Joseph Campbell
“Be Yourself” is a popular piece of advice. Everyone likes to hear it, yet what does it really mean? The Ancient Greeks said to “Know Thyself,” but why is it so important to know who you are? The concept of Self is not that clear, yet [...]
Be Persuasive By Being Certain
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008photo credit: ul_Marga
One of the most charismatic and persuasive personal qualities that you can possess is certainty. Having an unshakable belief in yourself and in what you do is an extremely attractive quality mainly because there is so little certainty in the world. Things are constantly changing and the world seems more chaotic every day. This scares [...]
Be Idle and Achieve
Monday, June 30th, 2008 photo credit: seanmcgrath
Idle time is one of the least valued and most valued things in our lives. Least valued because we tend to think that faster is always better and most valued because we’re already going so fast that all we want is to be able to slow down. Periods of slowness are important [...]
Effortless Decision Making
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 photo credit: miyukiutada
Anytime I have ever made a really important decision in my life and the results were favorable, it was generally because I went along with a strong feeling that I had that wasn’t based on much concrete information. Generally, lists of Pros and Cons (and other similar methods) don’t usually work for me [...]
The Value of Obstacles
Monday, June 16th, 2008photo credit: AndrewEick
A weird thing about human nature is that we think we want to be able to do whatever we want, but we would never do what we want if we, essentially, weren’t forced to do it by our environment. Be grateful for the constraints of your life because it makes you do things [...]
Finding Pleasure in Priorities
Friday, June 13th, 2008There are lot of negative connotations around the word “pleasure.” Even though our most necessary functions (eating, having sex, sleeping, socializing) are pleasurable in order to ensure that we do them, most people still distrust things that are pleasurable to them, fearing that they won’t be able to control themselves when it comes to the pleasurable activity. Pleasure is [...]
Use Your Weaknesses to Complement Your Strengths, Not to Overpower Them
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008I am an introvert. But, growing up, I would have preferred to have been an extrovert: outgoing, social to a fault, and able to speak my mind on the spot. As a teenager and into my twenties, I tried to be and do all of these things, but I could never really do them like the people around me seemed [...]