#1 Resilience is the kind of thing one suffers its way into, not something to be stumbled upon. The ability to be resilient is the kind of thing that requires intention, not passivity. To be able to get over obstacles and conquer the challenges that will come your way without quitting, the only way is…
Read moreHow to be more honest part 2
The often arduous and sometimes emotionally scaring mountain climb that honesty represents becomes more bearable when you realize that to tell the truth, is not a curse or punishment, but a gift. A gift we often deprive our loved ones and sometimes even ourselves for the fear of the process. One way to ease the…
Read moreThoughts on merit and luck
Accomplishment by merit will forever be more fulfilling than accomplishment by luck regardless of how long the stint of the latter may last…As there comes a time when one is forced to ponder on what kind of life one could have lived if luck wasn’t a factor. What kind of accomplishments could have been had…
Read moreHow to become more self-reliant
1. Self-reliance is the ultimate expression of self-trust. When most people are paralyzed by the unknown, the self-reliant individual is capable of looking into the void, and finding the light at the end of the tunnel. The path out of confusion starts with the belief that one can, and that the key lies somewhere within….
Read moreHow to improve work ethic
The more you work the worthier you become to that which you work for. One might not win in the end, but there is no better consolation prize in life, than the feeling of having done all one could do to accomplish a goal and to know that failure was not due to a weakness…
Read moreHow to become more open-minded
To be close-minded is to be closed to the idea that what you think will happen might not happen. To be anything other than open-minded is to not just be close-minded, but also arrogant. Especially when nothing but gut feeling and no credible experience is behind the belief that you know what will actually happen….
Read moreHow to survive a bad day
A bad day, like a bad season, or a bad meal, is the kind of thing one faces a bite at a time. The most important thing is to not make things worse, as that’s the only way any form of positive momentum can become possible. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging….
Read moreHow to get more in tune with your emotions
Among the set of traits humanity seems to find to be the least useful and the most obtrusive, emotions often rank at the top. So it’s no wonder that the amount of content on how to get rid of it increasingly outweighs the amount of content on how to get more in touch with it….
Read moreHow to become less emotional
The domestication of one’s emotions is perhaps one of the hardest challenges imposed on humanity. Unlike any other challenge, the obstacle is nothing other than oneself. At least a part of it. To become less emotional, one has to tolerate the discomfort that comes from not giving in to what the irrational voices within say…
Read moreHow to deal with ignorance
True ignorance is not just the absence of knowledge or wisdom, but to think one is special enough to be immune from this intellectual plague. The most important knowledge of all is not scientific or spiritual, but the realization of one’s lack of enlightenment. While you might know a thing or two about a thing…
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