Buddhist parable If you’re experiencing a negative thought, feeling, or event, it’s as if you’ve already been pierced by one arrow. But if you react to it with another negative thought or feeling, you’re shooting yourself with a second arrow, making the injury even worse. Acknowledge the reality of a problem in a calm nonreactive,Continue reading “The practice of groundness 2021, Brad Stulberg”
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Tiny Habits 2019 | BJ Fogg
Small changes that change everything,create sustainable change, one “tiny habit” at a time. Tiny habits it’s a meditation on the virtues of not biting off more than you can chew. If you want to make positive changes stick, you have to think small. Want to get in shape? Start with two push ups a day.Continue reading “Tiny Habits 2019 | BJ Fogg”
Booksummary|Shift into a higher gear| by Delatorro McNear II
Make sure you’re facing life in the right direction – with the past behind you and the future in front of you If you think of a motorcycle as a metaphorical representation of your life, the rear wheel is your past: the skills, knowledge, and lessons you’ve learned from previous experiences. By leveraging the giftsContinue reading “Booksummary|Shift into a higher gear| by Delatorro McNear II”
How to Deal with Changes
“The only constant is change” Four types of changes together form the matrix of four possibilities-big or small,self-initiated, or externally imposed Whenevr you’re dealing with changes there are two fundamental questions that you can ask-does it have a big or small impact in your life? Second, did you initiate the change yourself or has itContinue reading “How to Deal with Changes”
Overcome procrastination
Bring time, energy, priority in sync Leverage our personal energy you don’t want to end up squandering your most productive and valuable time, leaving yourself with the little energy for the most important task. Your priorities can easily get hijackade when you allow other things to determine what you get done on each day. LearningContinue reading “Overcome procrastination”
Do pause
In the world of email and instant messaging, we demand ever fast responses from each other, and often it’s the speed of the response we value rather than it’s quality. In essence,a pause is breaking your rhythm-whatever that rhythm might look like Taking a pause allows us to appreciate a different kind of music, too.Continue reading “Do pause”
How to fit into workplace culture and bypass others’ low expectations of you
There are still many stereotypes lingering in the workplace, like an executive of colour’s ability to lead an all-white organization. Although it is demoralizing to confront low expectations from others, it is more harmful when you internalise their doubts into your own mind. Simply noticing you are not considered for opportunities as regularly as yourContinue reading “How to fit into workplace culture and bypass others’ low expectations of you”
Meandering leads to perfection 