Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Ideas for 2009
Techniques for 2009
You could do a lot worse than this in social settings, if you just:
- Let the other person finish the sentence before interrupting.
- Find some reason to compliment the person you're with.
- Don't start eating until everyone is served.
- Don't show pictures of your family unless someone asks.
- Never ask for separate bills when someone suggests to split things evenly.
- Ask for advice from someone you like, even if you don't really need it.
- Follow someone else's suggestion for an activity, even if you're not good at it.
- Don't be the last to sit at the table or the first to leave it.
- Pretend you're sharing deep secrets and keep your voice down on your mobile phone calls.
- Dress appropriately for the setting—jeans are not "business casual" unless you're a cowboy.
Kungfu Panda about the NOW
You are too concerned about what was and what will be.
There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
Monday, December 29, 2008
My greatest fear is...
Maryanne Williamson wrote this and it was used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.
We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us.
And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
THE 30 DAY CHALLENGE
Hand write this poem out and do so in the first person. Then to read it twice a day in front of the mirror for one whole month. If you forget even once, you have to start again from scratch.
Here is your chance to read this out loud to yourself and to do the exercise. It will transform who you are being in a matter of days.
“My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate. My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure. It is my light, not my darkness, that frightens me most.
I ask myself, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who am I not to be? I am a child of God (insert your preferred spiritual name). My playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around me. I was born to make manifest the glory of God(insert your preferred spiritual name)
that is within me. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us.
And when I let my own light shine, I unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As I am liberated from my own fear, my presence automatically liberates others.”
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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