Archive for the 'Change' Tag

The Saint The Surfer And The CEO is the third book by Robin Sharma that I have read. This book is about a person’s three final questions:

Did I live wisely?
Did I love well?
Did I serve greatly?

These questions are dealt with while the book’s main character spends time with the saint, the surfer and the CEO.
In [...]

I got this in one of my Daily Forwards Step:
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
André Gide
This rings true to me, we often have to leave things behind to be able to find something new.
To have what you want, what are you willing [...]

I got this quote in one of my Daily Forwards Step:
Don’t be hard like a rock, be soft like water. Ultimately the soft wins over the hard. Be like water, soft, flowing, at ease. The hardness inside will eventually be reduced to sand, and the rock will completely disappear.
Lao Tzu
What areas of your life do [...]

Discover Your Destiny With The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is labeled “A potent pathway to self-awakening that will help you to live your greatest life and claim the happiness, prosperity and inner peace that you deserve”. The book is written by Robin Sharma, author of The monk who sold his Ferrari.
The Monk is back [...]

DailyOM today is about Every Step Is Forward - No Going Back.
There are times when we feel that we are spinning our wheels in the mud in terms of our spiritual progress. This can be especially true following a period of major growth in which we feel as if we’ve gained a lot of ground. [...]

This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
The greatest discovery of my lifetime was that a person can change the circumstances of his life by changing his thoughts.
William James
Change is an important issue, both on a personal level and for society and our world. It brings another quote to [...]

This quote turned up in my Daily Forwards Step:
That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along.
Lisa Alther
It is true that when you change not everyone around you like the new you. But I find changing myself [...]

DailyOm today is about Now Is The Time - Bloom Where You Are Planted. Part of the text goes like this:
We have a habit of presenting life with a set of conditions—ifs and whens that must be fulfilled before we will say yes to the gift of our lives. Now is the time for each [...]

DailyOM today is about Starting New - A Moment Of Choice. Part of the text goes like this:
Making the choice to start anew has its own energy — it’s a promise made to you. The forward momentum creates a sort of vacuum behind it, pulling toward you all you need to help you continue moving [...]

This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Lin Yutang
This quote is also in the Zen To Done e-book. In Turning 2008 into 80-20 [...]

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