This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don’t have that kind of feeling for what it is you’re doing, you’ll stop at the first giant hurdle.
George Lucas
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
DailyOM today is about control, here is part of it.
Trying to maintain control in this life is a bit like trying to maintain control on a roller coaster. The ride has its own logic and is going to go its own way, regardless of how tightly you grip the bar. There is a thrill and a power in simply surrendering to the ride and fully feeling the ups and downs of it, letting the curves take you rather than fighting them. When you fight the ride, resisting what’s happening at every turn, your whole being becomes tense and anxiety is your close companion. When you go with the ride, accepting what you cannot control, freedom and joy will inevitably arise.
We can give in to our fear and anxiety, or we can surrender to this great mystery with courage. When we see people on a roller coaster, we see that there are those with their faces tight with fear and then there are those that smile broadly, with their hands in the air, carried through the ride on a wave of freedom and joy. This powerful image reminds us that often the only control we have is choosing how we are going to respond to the ride.
Source: DailyOM
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
You seldom get what you go after unless you know in advance what you want.
Maurice Switzer
I am working on my goals for the next year, based on what happened this year and what I would like to achieve in the new year.
What about you, Have you got specific with your goals yet?
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
Jason Alba has an interesting post, Living Life 16 Minutes At A Time, where he describes how he managed more in less time since he for a while had to work in 16 minutes sessions.
I find this really interesting, it is sometimes far too easy to lose focus and do something else. With a limited time available for a certain task you have to stay focused.
Since life is not work alone I prefer a mix. Take three serious sessions doing important things and then reward yourself using every forth session for leisure, whatever you feel like doing.
Another thing to remember, work with your email in sessions too. While doing something else, close down your email (all of them). Email is a major distraction, limit it as much as possible.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
BECAUSE had some great quotes on their front page.
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo
“Be the change you seek in the world.” Gandhi.
The Michelango-quote is terrific, a good guide when it comes to setting ones goal.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)
This quote turned up in a LinkedIn-group today and the quote, as it was meant to, did make me think. Why is it so hard to sail away for the safe harbor?
The feeling of safety makes us hesitate and take the easy way out (stay in harbor) and not the exciting way (leave for the high sea).
Read more: Catch the trade winds in your sails
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
Guy Kawasaki has a very interesting post about The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. The rule says that a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.
Guy writes that this rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc. But I think few slides and large font is a rule that goes for any presentation. The slides are supposed to support your presentation, they are not intended to contain your presentation.
Suggested reading: How to Present and Pitch – A Guide to the Perfect Pitch
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
Zen Habits is one of my favourite blogs. The topics covered are mostly things I am interested in, writing is great and often personal. The About-text says:
Zen Habits will cover: achieving goals, productivity, being organized, GTD, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, getting a flat stomach, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits.
Some interesting posts are How NOT to Multitask – Work Simpler and Saner, Are Your Days Crazy? Take Control and a series that starts with Edit Your Life, Part 1: Commitments.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
Have you ever wondered what some of those job, career and employment terms mean?
Now you can find that out in the Job-Seeker’s Glossary of Key Job-Hunting, Career, Job-Search, and Employment Terms.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
The other day I found this interesting note on the internet:
In the time of the great explorers Columbus, Magellan, and Drake many areas of the earth’s surface, especially the oceans, were uncharted. Most of the people still believed that the earth was flat. Legend among seaman held that sea monsters and other creatures lived in these uncharted regions. As a result, the map makers of this era commonly place the words “beyond this point there be dragons” on uncharted areas.
That is the way we feel when we get outside our personal comfort zones, beyond this point there will be dragons. But if we want to grow outside our current comfort zone then we have to challenge these dragons now and then.
This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑
Recent Comments