"Perfection is not when there is no more to add but when there is no more to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery.
Less is always better than more. On the spiritual path, we need to shed our attachments to material things and to the mental and emotional burdens we seem to constantly pick up.
"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less." -William of Ockham.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
497. Achievement and Your Sphere of Comfort
"There is always a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want." -Tim Ferris
496. The Safest Investment in the World
"U.S.Treasury Bills are the safest investment in the world." - Richard Suttmeier. Unfortunately they probably have the lowest returns in the world. Science, Technology, and China's Drive for Modernization (Hoover international studies)
495. Adaptation and Adaptability
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the UNreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw.
494. Goal Setting vs Wishful Thinking
There is a distinction between goal setting and wishful thinking. When you set an effective goal you are giving a direct command to your subconscious. It has quantity, measurability and a time frame attached to it. The setting of goals gets you past your perceived limitations and allows you to spot opportunities that were unseen up to now.
493. How We See the World.
When making judgments about the world or about people, it is good to rember that, as a rule, we do not see things as they are but rather as WE are. Learn to strip out the ego (i.e. your ego) from the equation when evaluating things.
492. The Open Mind
The future exists in infinite possibilities. By developing and keeping an open minded approach we capture our highest opportunities. Minds are like parachutes, they only function properly when they are open.
491. Achievement
"The first formal condition for achieving anything great is that you should be independent of public opinion." -Hegel
Public opinion is fickle. It can be with you one day and against you the next. When all is said and done, it remains only that, an opinion. Opinions are worthless. True judgements based on examination and analysis of the facts are much more valuable. Mere unsupported opinion is worthless.
Public opinion is fickle. It can be with you one day and against you the next. When all is said and done, it remains only that, an opinion. Opinions are worthless. True judgements based on examination and analysis of the facts are much more valuable. Mere unsupported opinion is worthless.
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