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Tag: knowledge

  • Delayed gratification and happiness

    “High performers delay gratification, but not happiness.” – Bob Riding, Design happiness A very successful friend of mine has talked to me at length about delayed gratification. I find hope in the recognition of similarities in our approach to life. There is something deeply satisfying, undeniably exciting about working for a better future, about knowing…

  • Consciousness | Growing, Pain, Healing and Joy

    “We cannot go back. We can only go forward.” -M. Scott Peck, M.D. Here in-lies a bittersweet truth of evolving into consciousness. Once we see, we can never unsee. We can never go back. Find comfort in knowing that ignorance is, in fact, not bliss. Since we cannot go back, we must grow up. Growing…

  • The Greatest Speech Ever Made | Charlie Chaplin

    This touching, inspiring and sometimes shocking speech is an excerpt from the controversial film, The Great Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin, released in October, 1940. Please enjoy, share and take its timeless messages to heart.

  • Evolve

    “…no one comes up from the basement playing perfectly.” – David Byrne, musician, artist Mastery is a process, not an event.  It’s about day-in and day-out efforts – the practice, the honing of knowledge and skills, the trials, errors, and eventually getting it right. You have to start – somewhere, somehow – to reach that…

  • Favorable Conditions Never Come

    “If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.” -C.S. Lewis

  • 8 Ways To Get Smarter Every Week

    1 out of every 4 Americans don’t read any books during the course of an average year. For many Americans, learning stops after formal education. The more active your brain stays during your life, the less likely you will be to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Getting smarter involves a combination of learning new information,…