It’s halftime whistle for 2014. And as always at this time of the year – the most inspiring, profound and interesting articles, videos, quotes, etc. I’ve found this year so far. Enjoy!
The future of our civilization is based on prudence, critical self reflection, belief in higher values, and wisdom in matters of ordinary, everyday life. It is not about grabbing as much as possible, as quickly as possible. — Tyler Cowen, Economist
Life Lessons by Dr.Suneel Sethi
As we move from winters to spring and from spring to summers, I sit down to memorise the life lessons learnt during all the seasons of my life passed, to be used in the present and future .A recollection of these lessons I share with you here will provide you with a platform to start the journey of self development and improvement with me and some great ideas to ponder about. As you read along the list of suggestions and my life lessons, I hope you, too, would be on fire with focus, passion and outright excellence. Here are some of the life lessons I learnt during the various seasons of my life.
One World: Arianna Huffington on Viewing Life with a Wider Lens
So often in modern society, we look at success as being defined narrowly as attaining money and power. Particularly in the business world, there is a tendency to forget that there should be other measures of success including health, well-being, empathy and morality. These are the things that make up the Third Metric and there is a move by many in the business world to ensure that more emphasis is places on these things. Arianna Huffington is one business leader who is speaking passionately about this move.
Attraction
Attraction are a Hungarian theatre group, with a unique act of creating pictures with shadows of their bodies. Hear we see them performing to the track “Read All About It” by Emeli Sande, in the first week of auditions of Britain’s Got Talent. A must watch!
Why can’t we do that?
| The Orangutan and the Hound Dog |
Fear is the Root of Your Problems
Every problem you or I have (and they are many, small and large), is rooted in fear. For some, that might seem obvious: the question is how to beat the fears. For others, it’s not so self-evident: why are my financial or relationship or procrastination problems caused by fear? Let us tackle both questions – the Why and the How.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly!
Dieter Langenecker
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