Nov
15
November 15, 2008 – 2:16 pm
I came across Your Life’s Story Told in One Sentence over at Marc and Angel Hack Life. It is a very interesting and useful post that starts like this:
Constraints make us focus. They force us to zero-in on a specific purpose. The less material we have to work with, the more resourceful we must be. [...]
Nov
9
November 9, 2008 – 5:20 pm
Jonathan at Illuminated Mind writes an excellent post about How to Find Your Purpose in Life. I love his explanation of purpose:
Your purpose has nothing to do with your degree, your resume, your career, or vocation. Your purpose is independent of all those things. In fact, it’s much bigger than any of those. Purpose has [...]
Oct
23
October 23, 2008 – 2:46 pm
I have posted about The Rule of One or Curly’s Law, a post at Rebel Zen reminded me about Curly and his secret of life. The secret is simple, One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean shit. The problem of course is figuring out what your own “one [...]
Oct
19
October 19, 2008 – 10:23 am
Jason at JibberJobber posted about The Visualization - Where Will You Be? and Career Management Visualization - an example.
I hate your job has an interesting post about Personal Mission Statements: Way Cool where it says something well worth to remember and consider:
Do you realize that the average person spends more time planning a vacation than [...]
Sep
11
September 11, 2008 – 7:14 am
Jonathan Mead is one of my favourite bloggers. He has a guest post at Zen Habits about 7 Essentials For Living Your Fullest Potential.
As a coach I use the tag line Unlocking your potential. It is your life, make the most of it!. Jonathan’s post is highly relevant, potential is a fussy term. Jonathan writes [...]
Sep
6
September 6, 2008 – 6:02 pm
When browsing around over at Rebel Zen I came across Curly’s law. It is from the movie City Slickers. Jack Palance plays Curly (which gives him an Oscar for best supporting actor) and Billy Crystal plays Mitch.
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is?
Curly: This. [holds up one finger]
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. [...]
Aug
22
August 22, 2008 – 7:49 pm
I got this lovely text in a Yahoo Group I belong to. Original author is unknown, the text was posted by Ann.
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce [...]
May
10
I got the link in my daily Forward Steps message and I really love these eight principles.
Stop Hiding Who You Really Are
Start Being Intensely Selfish
Stop Following the Rules
Start Scaring Yourself
Stop Taking It All So Damn Seriously
Start Getting Rid of the Crap
Stop Being Busy
Start Something
Now go and watch the movie over at The Eight Irresistible Principles [...]
Dec
30
December 30, 2006 – 7:09 pm
This is the tag line for BlackRock, an investment company. It is also food for thoughts, being prepared and having alternatives at hand makes life easier. The more we consider our options, the more open we are to see and grab opportunities when they turn up.
