Category: Food for Thought
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A little Personal Pep Talk to Manage Overreaction
Maintaining calmness—not overreacting or taking things too personally — keeps your mind clear, your emotions peaceful, and your composure under control in otherwise uncontrollable situations. You’ve experienced this: calm composure is a human superpower. So ask yourself: “How can I respond from a place of clarity and strength today, rather than reacting in anger or…
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Wise Words
In my world, nothing ever goes wrong. Nisargadatta Mahara What does that mean? That’s an eyes-open statement. It’s not his world that’s different, it’s him; his undistorted, unfiltered perspective. He has removed the artificial barrier of ego from the perceiver-perception-perceived union and so the three become one and perfection is the certain result. Jed McKenna
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You Are a Different Person in Every Mind
A different version of you exists in the mind of everyone that has ever met you, and it’s very different from what you think about yourself. The person you think you are does not even exist outside of your mind. We all believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity—but if we dare to examine…
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Deep Thinkers vs Over Thinkers
Curiosity and explorative adventure guides deep thinkers. Deep thinkers see big pictures. Deep thinkers GTD (Get Things Done). Over thinkers are driven by fear and anxiety. Over thinkers, get stuck in the details—paralyzed in their thoughts. Beware the intellectuals you surround yourself with. There’s a BIG difference between deep thinkers and over thinkers.
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Do It Now
The Important Stuff Anyway Only put off until tomorrow what you’re willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso
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Decision Making
The most practical decision-making is not making better choices, it’s learning to deal with uncertainty. The most common thing holding people back from the right answer is holding on to previous beliefs. Instead of instinctively rejecting new information, take in what comes your way through a thoughtful system of evaluating probabilities and then pivot.
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If I Am
If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not? Epicurus
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Cows do NOT Give Milk
COWS DON’T GIVE MILK A father used to say to his children when they were young: — When you all reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life. One day, when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that…
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Mental Garden
From As a Man Thinketh by James Allen Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. James Allen Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own…
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Words That Matter
and The Wright Right Correct Words Really Matter Any word that’s really important is also confusing. Words like trust, love, friend, fair, honest, lead, connect, authentic, justice, dignity–they have dozens of different meanings. Perhaps that’s because they’re important. It’s worth spending a moment to understand what we mean when we say something that might mean…