-Don't compare yourself to somebody else, especially materially.
-We get stronger when we test ourselves.
-The final score is not the final score.
-It is better to travel hopefully that arrive. R. L. Stevenson.
-In great attempt it is glorious even to fail.
-There is no area of basketball in which I am a genius. None. Tactically and strategically I am just average, and this is not offering false modesty. We won championships because I was above average in analyzing players, getting them to fill roles as part of a team, paying attention to fundamentals and details, and working well with others.
-I loved all my players. I did not like them all, but I did love them all.
-The privilege of practicing had been taken away. It was the worst punishment of all: Gentlemen, practice is over.
-We were better off letting our opponents try to figure us out than spending time trying to figure them out. We focused on preparing for any eventuality rather than a particular style of play from a particular team.
-I never wanted to call the first time out during a game.
-There is very little difference in technical knowledge about the game of basketball among most experienced coaches. However, there is a vast difference between leaders in their ability to teach and to motivate those under their supervision.
-I wanted my players to display style and class in both victory and defeat.
-I used the bench to teach.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Wooden. Quotes IV
-Neatness and courtesy make you feel good about yourself. And when you feel good about yourself you are more productive.
-9 promises that can bring happiness
1. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.
2. Make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.
3. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best in yourself and others.
4. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
5. Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
6. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future.
7. Wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.
8. Give so much to improving yourself that you have not time to criticize others.
9. Be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, too happy to permit trouble to press on you.
-Losing is only temporary. Study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again.
-I believe we were more successful in some years when we did not win a championship than in some years when we did.
-The real competitors love a tough situation. That is when they focus better and function better. At moments of maximum pressure, they want the ball.
-Often great competitors don't quite have the physical skills of more gifted players, but they get more out of what they have at moments of great pressure.
-I base my judgment on not just what they had but how they used it.
-Work creates luck.
-Adversity often produces the unexpected opportunity. Look for it. Appreciate and utilize it.
-A true athlete should have character, not be a character.
-Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but rather by what you should have accomplished with you abilities.
-9 promises that can bring happiness
1. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.
2. Make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.
3. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best in yourself and others.
4. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
5. Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
6. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future.
7. Wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.
8. Give so much to improving yourself that you have not time to criticize others.
9. Be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, too happy to permit trouble to press on you.
-Losing is only temporary. Study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again.
-I believe we were more successful in some years when we did not win a championship than in some years when we did.
-The real competitors love a tough situation. That is when they focus better and function better. At moments of maximum pressure, they want the ball.
-Often great competitors don't quite have the physical skills of more gifted players, but they get more out of what they have at moments of great pressure.
-I base my judgment on not just what they had but how they used it.
-Work creates luck.
-Adversity often produces the unexpected opportunity. Look for it. Appreciate and utilize it.
-A true athlete should have character, not be a character.
-Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but rather by what you should have accomplished with you abilities.
Wooden. Quotes III
-I know many eminently successful people who never made a lot of money and never gained any high position or recognition. They simply and quietly raised a family, worked hard, and had a job that allowed them to take care of their family. These individuals and their families are a big success by my definition.
-The journey is better than the inn.
-The preparation is where success is truly found.
-The outcome of a game was simply a by-product of the effort we made to prepare.
-Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
-You can make mistakes, but you are not a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes.
-I have never gone into a game thinking we were going to lose. Never. Even though there have been games where the experts said there was no way we could win.
-What do you believe in? Are you willing to stand up for it despite what others may think or say?
-Never second-guess yourself. It's wasted effort.
-Details create success.
-What joy can be derived from overcoming someone who is not as capable as you are?
-I don't care if you are tall, but I do care if you play tall.
-No matter how much they accumulate, they never achieve peace of mind because they want more.
-Eight suggestions for succeeding:
1. Fear no opponent. Respect every opponent.
2. It's the perfection of the smallest details that make big things happen.
3. Hustle makes up for many a mistake.
4. Be more interested in character than reputation
5. Be quick, but don't hurry.
6. The harder you work, the more luck you will have.
7. Valid self-analysis is crucial for improvement.
8. There is no substitute for hard work and careful planning. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
-The journey is better than the inn.
-The preparation is where success is truly found.
-The outcome of a game was simply a by-product of the effort we made to prepare.
-Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
-You can make mistakes, but you are not a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes.
-I have never gone into a game thinking we were going to lose. Never. Even though there have been games where the experts said there was no way we could win.
-What do you believe in? Are you willing to stand up for it despite what others may think or say?
-Never second-guess yourself. It's wasted effort.
-Details create success.
-What joy can be derived from overcoming someone who is not as capable as you are?
-I don't care if you are tall, but I do care if you play tall.
-No matter how much they accumulate, they never achieve peace of mind because they want more.
-Eight suggestions for succeeding:
1. Fear no opponent. Respect every opponent.
2. It's the perfection of the smallest details that make big things happen.
3. Hustle makes up for many a mistake.
4. Be more interested in character than reputation
5. Be quick, but don't hurry.
6. The harder you work, the more luck you will have.
7. Valid self-analysis is crucial for improvement.
8. There is no substitute for hard work and careful planning. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
Lucy. By William Wordsworth
LUCY.
She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! —Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me!
Wooden. Quotes II
-You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
-Family is first. Always. Always.
-Show leadership. Show discipline. Show industriousness. Have traditional values. The person you are is the person your child will become.
-Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are.
-Learn as if you were going to live forever and live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
-There is nothing wrong with having faults so long as you work conscientiously to correct them.
-No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
-You often find what you are looking for.
-If you think too much about the pursuit of material things, you are going to hurt those youngsters you are working so hard to buy material things for.
-Happiness is in may things. It's in love. It's in sharing. But most of all, it's in being at peace with yourself knowing that you are making the effort, the full effort, to do what is right.
-True happiness comes from the things that cannot be taken away from you.
-Blaming somebody else, it's weakness.
-Six ways to bring out the best in people:
1. Keep courtesy and consideration for others foremost in your mind, at home and away.
2. Try to have fun without trying to be funny.
3. While you cannot control what happens to you, you can control how you react. Make good manners an automatic reaction.
4. Seek individual opportunities to offer a genuine compliment.
5. Sincerity, optimism, and enthusiasm are more welcome than sarcasm, pessimism, and laziness.
6. Laugh with others, never at them.
-I have prepared for death all of my life by the life I lived. Socrates.
-And now, like Socrates, I have no fear of death. When it comes I can be with her again.
-Family is first. Always. Always.
-Show leadership. Show discipline. Show industriousness. Have traditional values. The person you are is the person your child will become.
-Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are.
-Learn as if you were going to live forever and live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
-There is nothing wrong with having faults so long as you work conscientiously to correct them.
-No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
-You often find what you are looking for.
-If you think too much about the pursuit of material things, you are going to hurt those youngsters you are working so hard to buy material things for.
-Happiness is in may things. It's in love. It's in sharing. But most of all, it's in being at peace with yourself knowing that you are making the effort, the full effort, to do what is right.
-True happiness comes from the things that cannot be taken away from you.
-Blaming somebody else, it's weakness.
-Six ways to bring out the best in people:
1. Keep courtesy and consideration for others foremost in your mind, at home and away.
2. Try to have fun without trying to be funny.
3. While you cannot control what happens to you, you can control how you react. Make good manners an automatic reaction.
4. Seek individual opportunities to offer a genuine compliment.
5. Sincerity, optimism, and enthusiasm are more welcome than sarcasm, pessimism, and laziness.
6. Laugh with others, never at them.
-I have prepared for death all of my life by the life I lived. Socrates.
-And now, like Socrates, I have no fear of death. When it comes I can be with her again.
Wooden. Quotes
-Games actually seemed like they happened in a slower gear because of the pace at which we practiced.
-When four guys touched the ball in two seconds and the fifth guy hit a lay-up, man, what a feeling!. Bill Walton.
-The real competition he was preparing us for was life. Bill Walton.
-He discouraged expressing emotion on the court, stressing that it would eventually leave us vulnerable to opponents.
-Two sets of threes:
1. Never lie.
2. Never cheat.
3. Never steal.
1. Don't whine.
2. Don't complain.
3. Don't make excuses.
-Seven things to do:
1. Be true to yourself.
2. Help others.
3. Make each day your masterpiece.
4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
5. Make friendship a fine art.
6. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
7. Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for you blessings every day.
-Never believe you are better than anybody else, but remember that you are just as good as everybody else.
-We disagreed but we were never disagreeable.
-Love means many things. It means giving. It means sharing. It means forgiving. It means understanding. It means being patient. It means learning. And you must always consider the other side, the other person.
-The best thing a man can do for this children is to love their mother. Abraham Lincoln.
-When four guys touched the ball in two seconds and the fifth guy hit a lay-up, man, what a feeling!. Bill Walton.
-The real competition he was preparing us for was life. Bill Walton.
-He discouraged expressing emotion on the court, stressing that it would eventually leave us vulnerable to opponents.
-Two sets of threes:
1. Never lie.
2. Never cheat.
3. Never steal.
1. Don't whine.
2. Don't complain.
3. Don't make excuses.
-Seven things to do:
1. Be true to yourself.
2. Help others.
3. Make each day your masterpiece.
4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
5. Make friendship a fine art.
6. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
7. Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for you blessings every day.
-Never believe you are better than anybody else, but remember that you are just as good as everybody else.
-We disagreed but we were never disagreeable.
-Love means many things. It means giving. It means sharing. It means forgiving. It means understanding. It means being patient. It means learning. And you must always consider the other side, the other person.
-The best thing a man can do for this children is to love their mother. Abraham Lincoln.
Monday, September 18, 2017
Grit by Angela Duckworth
-Have a fierce resolve in everything you do. Demonstrate determination, resiliency, and tenacity. Do not let temporary setbacks become permanent excuses. Use mistakes and problems as opportunities to get better, not reasons to quit.
-Talent is common; what you invest to develop that talent is the critical final measure of greatness.
-If you want to create a great culture, you have to have a collection of core values that everyone lives.
-Each year that you play soccer for Anson Dorrance, you must memorize three different literary quotes, each handpicked to communicate a different core value. You will be tested in front of the team in pre-season and then tested again in every player conference. Not only do you have to memorize them, but you have to understand them. So reflect on them as well.
-It was not so much the physical challenges as the mental toughness required to cope with all the yelling and screaming.
-If you create a vision for yourself and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life.
-It is really the guy across from us that makes us who we are. Our opponent creates challenges that help us become our best selves.
-The social multiplier effect: one person's grit enhances the grit of the others.
-John Wooden: Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
-Always compete. You are either competing or you are not. Compete in everything you do. . Finish strong. Positive self-talk. Team first.
-Two key factors promote excellence in individuals and in teams: deep and rich support and relentless challenge to improve.
-No whining. No complaining. No excuses. Always protect the team. Be early.
-Talent is common; what you invest to develop that talent is the critical final measure of greatness.
-If you want to create a great culture, you have to have a collection of core values that everyone lives.
-Each year that you play soccer for Anson Dorrance, you must memorize three different literary quotes, each handpicked to communicate a different core value. You will be tested in front of the team in pre-season and then tested again in every player conference. Not only do you have to memorize them, but you have to understand them. So reflect on them as well.
-It was not so much the physical challenges as the mental toughness required to cope with all the yelling and screaming.
-If you create a vision for yourself and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life.
-It is really the guy across from us that makes us who we are. Our opponent creates challenges that help us become our best selves.
-The social multiplier effect: one person's grit enhances the grit of the others.
-John Wooden: Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
-Always compete. You are either competing or you are not. Compete in everything you do. . Finish strong. Positive self-talk. Team first.
-Two key factors promote excellence in individuals and in teams: deep and rich support and relentless challenge to improve.
-No whining. No complaining. No excuses. Always protect the team. Be early.
Teddy Roosevelt Quote on Bravery
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who point out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes VI
-Grit is forged in the crucible of adversity.
-First to practice and last to leave.
-Once you commit, you discipline yourself to do it. There is going to be times you don't want to go, but you have to go.
-I am giving you all I got.
-Go and follow your dreams and if they don't work out, then you can reassess.
-When you really do what you really want to do, it becomes a vocation.
-Children need freedom but also need limits.
-When our parents are loving, respectful and demanding, we not only follow their example , we revere it.
- I overcame situations slightly outside my comfort zone through trial and error, through doing... and I succeeded.
-Most people are born with tremendous potential. The real question is whether they are encouraged to employ the good old-fashioned hard work and their grit to its maximum. In the end, those are the people who seem to be the most successful.
-What poor kids need is a decent childhood.
-The Hard Thing Rule:
1. Everyone has to do a hard thing.
2. You can quit but not on a bad day. Only at the end of the term, or season.
3. You get to pick your hard thing.
-The real way to to become a great swimmer is to join a great team.
-If I am in a crowd of people doing things a certain way, I follow along.
-The source of our strength is the person we know ourselves to be.
-Doctors told him he might never walk again. You don't know me. Tom replied.
-Failures are going to happen, and how you deal with them may be the most important thing in whether you succeed. You need fierce resolve. You need to take responsibility. You call it grit. I call it fortitude.
-What do you look for in your leadership team? Capability, character, how they treat people. Would I let them run the business without me? Would I let my kids work for them?
-First to practice and last to leave.
-Once you commit, you discipline yourself to do it. There is going to be times you don't want to go, but you have to go.
-I am giving you all I got.
-Go and follow your dreams and if they don't work out, then you can reassess.
-When you really do what you really want to do, it becomes a vocation.
-Children need freedom but also need limits.
-When our parents are loving, respectful and demanding, we not only follow their example , we revere it.
- I overcame situations slightly outside my comfort zone through trial and error, through doing... and I succeeded.
-Most people are born with tremendous potential. The real question is whether they are encouraged to employ the good old-fashioned hard work and their grit to its maximum. In the end, those are the people who seem to be the most successful.
-What poor kids need is a decent childhood.
-The Hard Thing Rule:
1. Everyone has to do a hard thing.
2. You can quit but not on a bad day. Only at the end of the term, or season.
3. You get to pick your hard thing.
-The real way to to become a great swimmer is to join a great team.
-If I am in a crowd of people doing things a certain way, I follow along.
-The source of our strength is the person we know ourselves to be.
-Doctors told him he might never walk again. You don't know me. Tom replied.
-Failures are going to happen, and how you deal with them may be the most important thing in whether you succeed. You need fierce resolve. You need to take responsibility. You call it grit. I call it fortitude.
-What do you look for in your leadership team? Capability, character, how they treat people. Would I let them run the business without me? Would I let my kids work for them?
Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes V
-What do these grit paragons have in common? Daily rituals. Hours and hours of solitary deliberate practice.
-Purpose means the intention to contribute to the well-being of others.
-Pleasure is moderately important no matter how gritty you are.
-Higher scores on purpose correlate with higher scores on the Grit scale.
-Purpose is a tremendously powerful source of motivation.
-How you see your work is more important that your job title.
-Michael's passion is well-being through mindfulness. It took him years to integrate his personal interest in mindfulness with the other-centered purpose of helping people lead healthier, happier lives. Only when interest and purpose melded did he feel like he was doing what he had been put on this planet to do.
-Leaders and employees who keep both personal and prosocial interests in mind do better in the long run than those who are 100 percent selfishly motivated.
-It is not suffering that leads to hopelessness. It is suffering you think you can't control.
-I got up again and kept fighting.
-Optimists are just as likely to encounter bad events as pessimists. Where they diverge is in their explanations: optimists habitually search for temporary and specific causes of their suffering, whereas pessimists assume permanent and pervasive causes are to blame.
-I don't think in terms of disappointment. Everything that happens is something I can learn from.
-She suspected it was not just a long string of failures that made these children pessimistic, but rather their core beliefs about success and learning.
-They learned to interpret failure as a cue to try harder rather than as confirmation that they lacked the ability to succeed.
-People develop theories about themselves and the world, and it determines what they do.
-When you have setbacks and failures, you can't overreact to them. You need to step back, analyze them, and learn from them. But you also need to stay optimistic.
-Keep working hard and learning, and it will all work out.
-If you experience adversity that you overcome on your own during your youth, you develop a different way of dealing with adversity later on.
-Intelligence, or any other talent, can improve with effort. The brain changes itself when you struggle to master a new challenge.
-Rhonda eventually earned a PhD in mathematics and, after seventy-nine of her eighty applications for a faculty position were rejected, she took a job at the single university that made her an offer.
-You actually develop the ability to do mathematics. Don't give up!
-Purpose means the intention to contribute to the well-being of others.
-Pleasure is moderately important no matter how gritty you are.
-Higher scores on purpose correlate with higher scores on the Grit scale.
-Purpose is a tremendously powerful source of motivation.
-How you see your work is more important that your job title.
-Michael's passion is well-being through mindfulness. It took him years to integrate his personal interest in mindfulness with the other-centered purpose of helping people lead healthier, happier lives. Only when interest and purpose melded did he feel like he was doing what he had been put on this planet to do.
-Leaders and employees who keep both personal and prosocial interests in mind do better in the long run than those who are 100 percent selfishly motivated.
-It is not suffering that leads to hopelessness. It is suffering you think you can't control.
-I got up again and kept fighting.
-Optimists are just as likely to encounter bad events as pessimists. Where they diverge is in their explanations: optimists habitually search for temporary and specific causes of their suffering, whereas pessimists assume permanent and pervasive causes are to blame.
-I don't think in terms of disappointment. Everything that happens is something I can learn from.
-She suspected it was not just a long string of failures that made these children pessimistic, but rather their core beliefs about success and learning.
-They learned to interpret failure as a cue to try harder rather than as confirmation that they lacked the ability to succeed.
-People develop theories about themselves and the world, and it determines what they do.
-When you have setbacks and failures, you can't overreact to them. You need to step back, analyze them, and learn from them. But you also need to stay optimistic.
-Keep working hard and learning, and it will all work out.
-If you experience adversity that you overcome on your own during your youth, you develop a different way of dealing with adversity later on.
-Intelligence, or any other talent, can improve with effort. The brain changes itself when you struggle to master a new challenge.
-Rhonda eventually earned a PhD in mathematics and, after seventy-nine of her eighty applications for a faculty position were rejected, she took a job at the single university that made her an offer.
-You actually develop the ability to do mathematics. Don't give up!
Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes IV.
-The ten thousand hour rule and the then year rule.
-It is not that experts log more hours of practice. Rather, it's that experts practice differently.
-You are not improving because you are not doing deliberate practice.
-Experts strive to improve specific weaknesses.
-Many experts choose to strive while nobody is watching. The amount of time musicians devote to practicing alone is a much better predictor of how quickly they develop than time spent practicing with other musicians.
-What about reading for fun? Nada. There was not even a hint of a relationship between reading for fun, which they all enjoyed, and spelling prowess.
-Deliberate practice is experienced as supremely effortful.
-Deliberate practice is for preparation, and flow is for performance.
-Basic requirements of deliberate practice:
1. A clearly defined stretch goal.
2. Full concentration and effort.
3. Immediate and informative feedback.
4. Repetition with reflection and refinement.
-It's not hours of brute-force exhaustion you are after. It is high-quality, thoughtful training goals pursued, for just a few hours a day, tops.
-Trying to do things they cannot yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly they way experts practice.
-Focus on your weaknesses and focus one hundred per cent.
-Routines are godsend when it comes to doing something hard.
-When you have a habit of practicing at the same time and in the same place every day, you hardly have to think about getting started. You just do.
-It is not that experts log more hours of practice. Rather, it's that experts practice differently.
-You are not improving because you are not doing deliberate practice.
-Experts strive to improve specific weaknesses.
-Many experts choose to strive while nobody is watching. The amount of time musicians devote to practicing alone is a much better predictor of how quickly they develop than time spent practicing with other musicians.
-What about reading for fun? Nada. There was not even a hint of a relationship between reading for fun, which they all enjoyed, and spelling prowess.
-Deliberate practice is experienced as supremely effortful.
-Deliberate practice is for preparation, and flow is for performance.
-Basic requirements of deliberate practice:
1. A clearly defined stretch goal.
2. Full concentration and effort.
3. Immediate and informative feedback.
4. Repetition with reflection and refinement.
-It's not hours of brute-force exhaustion you are after. It is high-quality, thoughtful training goals pursued, for just a few hours a day, tops.
-Trying to do things they cannot yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly they way experts practice.
-Focus on your weaknesses and focus one hundred per cent.
-Routines are godsend when it comes to doing something hard.
-When you have a habit of practicing at the same time and in the same place every day, you hardly have to think about getting started. You just do.
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Friday, September 15, 2017
Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes III
-Improvise, adapt, overcome. Green Berets motto.
-On any long journey, detours are to be expected.
-Every human trait is influenced by both genes and experience.
-Against intuition, talents are not entirely genetic: the rate at which we develop any skill is also, crucially, a function of experience.
-She learns to do what she needs to do.
-Lectures don't have half the effect of consequences.
-We get grittier as we get older.
-The psychological assets that mature paragons of grit have in common: interest; practice; purpose; and hope.
-Within the last decade or so, scientists who study interests have arrived at a definitive answer. First, research shows that people are enormously more satisfied with their jobs when they do something that fits personal interests. Second, people perform better at work when what they do interests them.
-Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.
-Interests are not discovered by introspection, but by the interaction with the outside world.
-The grittier an individual is, the fewer career changes they're likely to make.
-If you would like to follow your passion but haven't yet fostered one, you must begin at the beginning: discovery. Ask yourself a few simple questions:
1. What do I like to think about?
2. Where does my mind wander?
3. What do I really care about?
4. What matters most to me?
5. How do I enjoy spending my time?
6. In contrast, what do I find absolutely unbearable?
-Grit is not just about quantity of time devoted to interests, but also quality of time. Not just more time on task, but also better time on task.
-On any long journey, detours are to be expected.
-Every human trait is influenced by both genes and experience.
-Against intuition, talents are not entirely genetic: the rate at which we develop any skill is also, crucially, a function of experience.
-She learns to do what she needs to do.
-Lectures don't have half the effect of consequences.
-We get grittier as we get older.
-The psychological assets that mature paragons of grit have in common: interest; practice; purpose; and hope.
-Within the last decade or so, scientists who study interests have arrived at a definitive answer. First, research shows that people are enormously more satisfied with their jobs when they do something that fits personal interests. Second, people perform better at work when what they do interests them.
-Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.
-Interests are not discovered by introspection, but by the interaction with the outside world.
-The grittier an individual is, the fewer career changes they're likely to make.
-If you would like to follow your passion but haven't yet fostered one, you must begin at the beginning: discovery. Ask yourself a few simple questions:
1. What do I like to think about?
2. Where does my mind wander?
3. What do I really care about?
4. What matters most to me?
5. How do I enjoy spending my time?
6. In contrast, what do I find absolutely unbearable?
-Grit is not just about quantity of time devoted to interests, but also quality of time. Not just more time on task, but also better time on task.
Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes II
Nietzsche. -No one can see in the work of the artist how it has become.
-Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort. Achievement is what happens when you take your acquired skills and use them.
-Eighty per cent of success in life is showing up.
-When you don't come back the next day, when you permanently turn your back on a commitment, your effort plummets to zero.
-Consistency of effort over the long run is everything.
-With effort, talent becomes skill and, at the very same time,effort makes skill productive.
-Do you have a life philosophy?
-Do things better than they have ever been done before.
-The pivotal moment came at a low point in his coaching career: just after getting fired as a head coach of the New England Patriots: Pete did a lot of thinking and reflecting. At the same time he was devouring the books of John Wooden.
-Though a team has to do a million things well, figuring out the overarching vision is of utmost importance.
-A clear, well-defined philosophy gives you the guidelines and boundaries that keep you on track.
-Why do you care about being punctual? Because being punctual shows respect for the people with whom you work. Why is that important? Because you strive to be a good leader.
-You are not capricious.
-Morally, there was not right decision, only a decision that was right for me.
-The gritty person will be disappointed, or even heartbroken, but not for long.
-Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort. Achievement is what happens when you take your acquired skills and use them.
-Eighty per cent of success in life is showing up.
-When you don't come back the next day, when you permanently turn your back on a commitment, your effort plummets to zero.
-Consistency of effort over the long run is everything.
-With effort, talent becomes skill and, at the very same time,effort makes skill productive.
-Do you have a life philosophy?
-Do things better than they have ever been done before.
-The pivotal moment came at a low point in his coaching career: just after getting fired as a head coach of the New England Patriots: Pete did a lot of thinking and reflecting. At the same time he was devouring the books of John Wooden.
-Though a team has to do a million things well, figuring out the overarching vision is of utmost importance.
-A clear, well-defined philosophy gives you the guidelines and boundaries that keep you on track.
-Why do you care about being punctual? Because being punctual shows respect for the people with whom you work. Why is that important? Because you strive to be a good leader.
-You are not capricious.
-Morally, there was not right decision, only a decision that was right for me.
-The gritty person will be disappointed, or even heartbroken, but not for long.
Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes
-What we eventually accomplish may depend more on our passion and perseverance than on our innate talent.
-I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I'll strive to be the grittiest.
-In the long run, grit may matter more than talent.
-Grit is mutable, not fixed.
-Who are the people at the very top of your field? What are they like? What do you think makes them special?
-High achievers were constantly driven to improve: they were never good enough; they were the opposite of complacent; and yet in a very real sense they were satisfied being unsatisfied. Each was chasing something of unparalleled importance, and it was the chase, as much as the capture, that was gratifying. Even if some of the things that they had to do were boring, or frustrating, or even painful, they would not dream of giving up. Their passion was enduring.
-Talent is not guarantee of grit.
-Grittier adults were more likely to get further in their formal schooling.
-Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is white another.
-Some of the students I expected to excel, because math came so easy to them, did worse than their classmates. On the other hand, some of my hardest workers were consistently my highest performers on tests and quizzes.
-Darwin: zeal and hard work are ultimately more important than intellectual ability.
-Focus on talent distracts us from something that is at least as important, and that is effort.
-High level of performance is, in fact, an accretion of mundane acts.
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-I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I'll strive to be the grittiest.
-In the long run, grit may matter more than talent.
-Grit is mutable, not fixed.
-Who are the people at the very top of your field? What are they like? What do you think makes them special?
-High achievers were constantly driven to improve: they were never good enough; they were the opposite of complacent; and yet in a very real sense they were satisfied being unsatisfied. Each was chasing something of unparalleled importance, and it was the chase, as much as the capture, that was gratifying. Even if some of the things that they had to do were boring, or frustrating, or even painful, they would not dream of giving up. Their passion was enduring.
-Talent is not guarantee of grit.
-Grittier adults were more likely to get further in their formal schooling.
-Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is white another.
-Some of the students I expected to excel, because math came so easy to them, did worse than their classmates. On the other hand, some of my hardest workers were consistently my highest performers on tests and quizzes.
-Darwin: zeal and hard work are ultimately more important than intellectual ability.
-Focus on talent distracts us from something that is at least as important, and that is effort.
-High level of performance is, in fact, an accretion of mundane acts.
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Friday, September 1, 2017
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Grit
Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long-term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. This perseverance of effort promotes the overcoming of obstacles or challenges that lie within a gritty individual's path to accomplishment, and serves as a driving force in achievement realization. Commonly associated concepts within the field of psychology include "perseverance", "hardiness", "resilience", "ambition", "need for achievement" and "conscientiousness". These constructs can be conceptualized as individual differences related to the accomplishment of work rather than talent or ability. This distinction was brought into focus in 1907 when William James challenged the field to further investigate how certain individuals are capable of accessing richer trait reservoirs enabling them to accomplish more than the average person, but the construct dates back at least to Galton, and the ideals of persistence and tenacity have been understood as a virtue at least since Aristotle.
Green card warrior. By Nick Adams. Memorable quotes.
-Getting to America the right way is hard.
-No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that's in the right and keeps on a-comin.
-Why is the legal immigration process so tough , but illegal immigration so easy? Why does it take years to do it the right way but it is almost immediate to do it the wrong way?
-If you are an illegal and crossed the Rio Grande, you get free food stamps, health insurance, don't have to pay taxes and are spoiled by every benefit from state and federal government. If you are a Syrian coming to America, you're undocumented unvetted, and welcome.
-But if you obey the law, you get kicked in the teeth. Repeatedly. How is any of this fair? Or reasonable? Or in accordance with the Constitution or the American ethos?
-No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that's in the right and keeps on a-comin.
-Why is the legal immigration process so tough , but illegal immigration so easy? Why does it take years to do it the right way but it is almost immediate to do it the wrong way?
-If you are an illegal and crossed the Rio Grande, you get free food stamps, health insurance, don't have to pay taxes and are spoiled by every benefit from state and federal government. If you are a Syrian coming to America, you're undocumented unvetted, and welcome.
-But if you obey the law, you get kicked in the teeth. Repeatedly. How is any of this fair? Or reasonable? Or in accordance with the Constitution or the American ethos?
Monday, August 14, 2017
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance. Quotes II
-Somehow my aunt and uncle's children ended up with more pedestrian gifts than I had come to expect as a child. They did not define their family Christmas holiday by the dollar value of gifts their daughter accumulated.
-I don't know what the answer is, precisely, but I know it starts when we stop blaming Obama or Bush, or faceless companies and ask ourselves what we can do to make things better.
-I don't know what the answer is, precisely, but I know it starts when we stop blaming Obama or Bush, or faceless companies and ask ourselves what we can do to make things better.
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance. Quotes I
-There is nothing lower than the poor stealing from the poor.
-The Blanton men were full of vice.
-I was nine months old the first time Mamaw saw my mother put Pepsi in my bottle.
-The best way up for the hillbilly was out.
-Despite the setbacks, both of my grandparents had an almost religious faith in hard work and the American Dream.
-You can do anything you want to.
-Mamaw and Papaw may have failed Bev in her youth. But they spent the rest of their lives making up for it.
-When I came home and told Papaw about my heartbreak, he turned it into triumph. I learned multiplication and division before dinner.
-In other words, despite all of the environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community, I received a different message at home. And that just might have saved me.
-Mamaw had done everything in her power to be better than the circumstances of her birth.
-We learned to value loyalty, honor and toughness.
-You never start a fight; you always end the fight if someone else starts it.
-Sometimes you have to fight even when you are not defending yourself. Sometimes it's just the right thing to to.
-God helps those who help themselves.
-He never apologized with words.
-The measure of a man is how he treats the women in his family.
-Those three years with Mamaw saved me.
-We spend to pretend that we are upper-class.
-I never saw only the worst of what our community offered, and I believe that saved me.
-Having a job and learning a bit about the world helped clarify precisely what I wanted out of my own life.
-I found a couple of teachers that inspired me to love learning.
-She promised that if she saw me in the presence of any person on the banned list, she would run him over with her car.
-No pep talk or speech could show me how it felt to transition from seeking shelter to providing it.
-Leadership depended far more on earning the respect of your subordinates than on bossing them around.
-Surrounding me was another message: that I and the people like me were not good enough; that the reason Middletown produced zero Ivy League graduates was some genetic or character defect. I could not possibly see how destructive that mentality was until I escaped it.
-I loathed debt and the sense of limitation it imposed.
-The incredible optimism I felt about my own life contrasted starkly with the pessimism of so many of my neighbors.
-What separates the successful from the unsuccessful are the expectations that they had from their own lives.
-The most expensive schools are paradoxically cheaper for low-income students.
-I stopped being ashamed: my parents' mistakes were not my fault.
-The wealthy and the powerful are not just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.
-Successful people are playing and entirely different game: they network.
-Social capital: networks of people and institutions.
-The old adage says that it is better to be lucky than good. Apparently having the right network is better than both.
-Life did not wait.
-The only way to take advantage of networking is to ask.
-Social capital is all around us. Those who tap into it prosper. Those who don't are running life's race with a major handicap.
-Not knowing things that many others do often has serious economic consequences.
-I realized then that I had a problem, that I must confront whatever it was that had, for generations, caused those in my family to hurt those whom they loved.
-Her marriage got even better, only after she realized that she did not have to be on guard all the time.
-Why do you fight with me like I am your enemy?
-I used words like weapons. That's what everyone around me did. I did it to survive. Disagreements were war, and you played to win the game. I did not unlearn these lessons overnight.
-The things I wanted most, a happy partner and a happy home, required constant mental focus.
-You have to stop making excuses and take responsibility.
-Mom deserves much of the blame. No person's childhood gives him or her a perpetual moral get out of jail free card.
-Upward mobility is never a clean-cut, and the world I left always finds a way to reel me back in.
-Mom instilled in me a lifelong love of education and learning.
-I think you have to have good role models around you, so you get to know different things. That exposure gives you something to dream for.
-They had a family member they could count on.
-Our high school ranked near the bottom of Ohio's schools, but that had little to do with the staff and much to do with the students.
-The real problem for so many of these kids is what happens at home.
-The Blanton men were full of vice.
-I was nine months old the first time Mamaw saw my mother put Pepsi in my bottle.
-The best way up for the hillbilly was out.
-Despite the setbacks, both of my grandparents had an almost religious faith in hard work and the American Dream.
-You can do anything you want to.
-Mamaw and Papaw may have failed Bev in her youth. But they spent the rest of their lives making up for it.
-When I came home and told Papaw about my heartbreak, he turned it into triumph. I learned multiplication and division before dinner.
-In other words, despite all of the environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community, I received a different message at home. And that just might have saved me.
-Mamaw had done everything in her power to be better than the circumstances of her birth.
-We learned to value loyalty, honor and toughness.
-You never start a fight; you always end the fight if someone else starts it.
-Sometimes you have to fight even when you are not defending yourself. Sometimes it's just the right thing to to.
-God helps those who help themselves.
-He never apologized with words.
-The measure of a man is how he treats the women in his family.
-Those three years with Mamaw saved me.
-We spend to pretend that we are upper-class.
-I never saw only the worst of what our community offered, and I believe that saved me.
-Having a job and learning a bit about the world helped clarify precisely what I wanted out of my own life.
-I found a couple of teachers that inspired me to love learning.
-She promised that if she saw me in the presence of any person on the banned list, she would run him over with her car.
-No pep talk or speech could show me how it felt to transition from seeking shelter to providing it.
-Leadership depended far more on earning the respect of your subordinates than on bossing them around.
-Surrounding me was another message: that I and the people like me were not good enough; that the reason Middletown produced zero Ivy League graduates was some genetic or character defect. I could not possibly see how destructive that mentality was until I escaped it.
-I loathed debt and the sense of limitation it imposed.
-The incredible optimism I felt about my own life contrasted starkly with the pessimism of so many of my neighbors.
-What separates the successful from the unsuccessful are the expectations that they had from their own lives.
-The most expensive schools are paradoxically cheaper for low-income students.
-I stopped being ashamed: my parents' mistakes were not my fault.
-The wealthy and the powerful are not just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.
-Successful people are playing and entirely different game: they network.
-Social capital: networks of people and institutions.
-The old adage says that it is better to be lucky than good. Apparently having the right network is better than both.
-Life did not wait.
-The only way to take advantage of networking is to ask.
-Social capital is all around us. Those who tap into it prosper. Those who don't are running life's race with a major handicap.
-Not knowing things that many others do often has serious economic consequences.
-I realized then that I had a problem, that I must confront whatever it was that had, for generations, caused those in my family to hurt those whom they loved.
-Her marriage got even better, only after she realized that she did not have to be on guard all the time.
-Why do you fight with me like I am your enemy?
-I used words like weapons. That's what everyone around me did. I did it to survive. Disagreements were war, and you played to win the game. I did not unlearn these lessons overnight.
-The things I wanted most, a happy partner and a happy home, required constant mental focus.
-You have to stop making excuses and take responsibility.
-Mom deserves much of the blame. No person's childhood gives him or her a perpetual moral get out of jail free card.
-Upward mobility is never a clean-cut, and the world I left always finds a way to reel me back in.
-Mom instilled in me a lifelong love of education and learning.
-I think you have to have good role models around you, so you get to know different things. That exposure gives you something to dream for.
-They had a family member they could count on.
-Our high school ranked near the bottom of Ohio's schools, but that had little to do with the staff and much to do with the students.
-The real problem for so many of these kids is what happens at home.
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes VIII
-Afterwards, you and your committee, which is comprised of the loving guides, masters, angels, and others who have helped to guide you over eons of time, plan your next life, so that you can rectify the wrongs you have done.
-To be truly happy requires an understanding of life and of death, and a loving, forgiving, spiritual nature. Introspection, meditation, loving service, kindness, and charity. These are some of the steps along the way. Practicing forgiveness of yourself and others, non-violence and good deeds, working to eliminate anger, fear, greed, self-centeredness, and false price, these are yet more steps.
-Although our lives travel along predetermined courses, fate is not responsible for our actions. And just as we must take complete responsibility for our negative and harmful behavior, so we need to take responsibility for our positive and loving behavior.
-We are not alone in the universe. Beyond our physical dimension, the unseen world appears to be populated by a myriad of spirits of varying abilities and progression.
-The more loving and wise we are, the more advanced we will be on the other side.
-What we call coincidences, are really God's fingerprints.
-To be truly happy requires an understanding of life and of death, and a loving, forgiving, spiritual nature. Introspection, meditation, loving service, kindness, and charity. These are some of the steps along the way. Practicing forgiveness of yourself and others, non-violence and good deeds, working to eliminate anger, fear, greed, self-centeredness, and false price, these are yet more steps.
-Although our lives travel along predetermined courses, fate is not responsible for our actions. And just as we must take complete responsibility for our negative and harmful behavior, so we need to take responsibility for our positive and loving behavior.
-We are not alone in the universe. Beyond our physical dimension, the unseen world appears to be populated by a myriad of spirits of varying abilities and progression.
-The more loving and wise we are, the more advanced we will be on the other side.
-What we call coincidences, are really God's fingerprints.
Friday, August 11, 2017
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes VII
-We are always loved and always protected.
-The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything... doing unselfishly.
-Violence is much more than just inflicting physical injury on another. It can be very subtle. Separating into "us" and "them" is an act of violence. Focusing on the differences between people rather than our commonality inevitably leads to violence, sooner or later.
-We fear "the other". We blame them for our problems rather than looking within ourselves. We attempt to solve our problems by "fixing" them, often with violence.
-We are swimming upstream against the current of love when we separate others as different. Love tells us that we are all connected, that we are all equal, that we are all the same.
-This light is not some neuro-chemical event occurring in an injured brain, but rather a wonderful glimpse into the world beyond.
-The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything... doing unselfishly.
-Violence is much more than just inflicting physical injury on another. It can be very subtle. Separating into "us" and "them" is an act of violence. Focusing on the differences between people rather than our commonality inevitably leads to violence, sooner or later.
-We fear "the other". We blame them for our problems rather than looking within ourselves. We attempt to solve our problems by "fixing" them, often with violence.
-We are swimming upstream against the current of love when we separate others as different. Love tells us that we are all connected, that we are all equal, that we are all the same.
-This light is not some neuro-chemical event occurring in an injured brain, but rather a wonderful glimpse into the world beyond.
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes VI
-To be in physical state is abnormal. When you are in spiritual state, that is natural to you. When we are sent back, it's like being sent back to something we do not know. It will take us longer. In the spirit world you have to wait, and then you are renewed. There is a state of renewal. It's a dimension like the other dimensions. We are all spirits... some are in physical state and others are in a period of renewal. And others are guardians. But we all go there. We have been guardians too.
-To remember that we are souls, that we are immortal and always exist in a vast sea of energy, is the key to joy and happiness.
-What is the difference in this life if you are wealthy and I am not? Only the treasures of spirit can be retained. What is the difference if you are powerful or famous and I am not. Happiness has no roots in power or fame, only in love. What is the difference if you are more liked and respected by others than I am? Perhaps I am daring to tell and to live the truth, and the truth is rarely popular. Happiness comes from within, not from without, not from the reflection of what others think of you. Jealousy is poison to the soul.
-Never lose the courage to take risks. You are immortal You can never be hurt.
-We often come around again and again with the same people, even though our relationships may change. This is one way we learn here in the physical state.
-It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving.
-Love dissolves fear.
-Live in the present, not the past or the future. The past is over; learn from it and let it go. The future is not yet here. Plan from it, but do not worry. Worry only wastes your time and energy.
-Paradise on earth is possible if we choose it.
-Our forgetfulness, our state of being unconscious is reversible.
-To remember that we are souls, that we are immortal and always exist in a vast sea of energy, is the key to joy and happiness.
-What is the difference in this life if you are wealthy and I am not? Only the treasures of spirit can be retained. What is the difference if you are powerful or famous and I am not. Happiness has no roots in power or fame, only in love. What is the difference if you are more liked and respected by others than I am? Perhaps I am daring to tell and to live the truth, and the truth is rarely popular. Happiness comes from within, not from without, not from the reflection of what others think of you. Jealousy is poison to the soul.
-Never lose the courage to take risks. You are immortal You can never be hurt.
-We often come around again and again with the same people, even though our relationships may change. This is one way we learn here in the physical state.
-It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving.
-Love dissolves fear.
-Live in the present, not the past or the future. The past is over; learn from it and let it go. The future is not yet here. Plan from it, but do not worry. Worry only wastes your time and energy.
-Paradise on earth is possible if we choose it.
-Our forgetfulness, our state of being unconscious is reversible.
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes V
-You have a relationship with yourself as well as with others. And you have lived in many bodies and in many times. So ask you present self why it is so fearful. Why are you so afraid to take reasonable risks? Are you afraid of your reputation, afraid of what others think? These fears are conditioned from childhood or before. Ask yourself these questions: What's to lose? What's the worst that can happen? Am I content to live the rest of my life this way?
-Teach them to experience. Teach them to love and to help one another.
-Arrogance is merely another face of fear.
-Forgiving does not mean forgetting. It means understanding.
-You are always loved. You are always protected and you are never alone.
-Instead of worrying about specific outcomes and results, just do the right thing. Reach out unselfishly.
-Money is neutral. What we do with money is the important part.
-Love one another with all of your hearts and do not fear, do not hold back. For the more you give, the more returns to you.
-Understand and forgive. That is the task of love.
-All is love... All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.
-We are always reunited with our loved ones, either on this side or the other.
-It is extremely important to pay attention to the coincidences, the synchronicities, and the deja vu experiences in our lives because they often represent the convergence of our spiritual plan and the actual path we are traveling during our lifetime.
-As we let go of our fears, the obstacles to love disappear and love flows freely within and between and among us.
-Teach them to experience. Teach them to love and to help one another.
-Arrogance is merely another face of fear.
-Forgiving does not mean forgetting. It means understanding.
-You are always loved. You are always protected and you are never alone.
-Instead of worrying about specific outcomes and results, just do the right thing. Reach out unselfishly.
-Money is neutral. What we do with money is the important part.
-Love one another with all of your hearts and do not fear, do not hold back. For the more you give, the more returns to you.
-Understand and forgive. That is the task of love.
-All is love... All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.
-We are always reunited with our loved ones, either on this side or the other.
-It is extremely important to pay attention to the coincidences, the synchronicities, and the deja vu experiences in our lives because they often represent the convergence of our spiritual plan and the actual path we are traveling during our lifetime.
-As we let go of our fears, the obstacles to love disappear and love flows freely within and between and among us.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes IV
-The relationship is more important than that television, magazine or newspaper. Turn off the television. Respect the other person.
-Renew the relationship through loving actions.
-Soulful relationships bring true joy into our lives.
-Reach out with love and compassion to help others without concern for what you may gain.
-It is a sin to take away another's joy.
-Give positive verbal messages. Compliment from the heart. Do no communicate to harm or to win.
-Never act or speak from anger. Words have a lasting effect and power, and they are not easily forgotten.
-The only test in this great school we call humanity is whether we are learning to discharge anger and embrace love. Holding onto anger poisons our relationships. Continue to love, even if the other is angry, hurt, and fearful. Love is a constant; anger is transient.
-Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
-Anger is rooted in judgment. We hold others to some standard that we have somehow fantasized, chosen, and applied to them. The may not even know about these standards but that doesn't matter to us. So often people are angry at us because we have not met their expectations.
-Renew the relationship through loving actions.
-Soulful relationships bring true joy into our lives.
-Reach out with love and compassion to help others without concern for what you may gain.
-It is a sin to take away another's joy.
-Give positive verbal messages. Compliment from the heart. Do no communicate to harm or to win.
-Never act or speak from anger. Words have a lasting effect and power, and they are not easily forgotten.
-The only test in this great school we call humanity is whether we are learning to discharge anger and embrace love. Holding onto anger poisons our relationships. Continue to love, even if the other is angry, hurt, and fearful. Love is a constant; anger is transient.
-Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
-Anger is rooted in judgment. We hold others to some standard that we have somehow fantasized, chosen, and applied to them. The may not even know about these standards but that doesn't matter to us. So often people are angry at us because we have not met their expectations.
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes III
-We choose when we will come into our physical state and when we will leave. We know when we have accomplished what we were sent down here to accomplish... When you have had the time to rest and re-energize your soul, you are allowed to choose your re-entry back into the physical state.
-Not accidentally or coincidentally are we born into our families. We choose our circumstances and establish a plan for our lives before we are even conceived.
-There are reasons for everything. No coincidences exist on the path of destiny.
-Destiny and free will co-exist and interact all the time. They are complementary, not contradictory.
-The soul appears to make a reservation for a particular physical body around the time of conception. No other soul can occupy that body. The union of soul and body is not completed, however until the moment of birth. Before this time, the soul of the unborn child can be both in and out of the body.
-There are seven planes... seven through which we must pass before we are returned. One of them is the plane of transition. There you wait. In that plane it is determined what you will take back with you into the next life.
-Sometimes a soul learns to love by becoming what it most despised.
-A hard life is not a punishment, but rather an opportunity.
-We change races, religions, sex, and economic advantage because we must learn from all sides.
-Relationships are a living laboratory.
-You may have chosen the more difficult life so that you could accelerate your spiritual progress.
-Happiness comes from within. Never give your power to anyone else.
-It is the job of those ahead to reach back, with compassion and with love, to help those behind.
-Love yourself.
-Learn to see with your heart, not your eyes.
-When you look into the eyes of another, any other, and you see you own soul looking back at you, then you will know you have reached another level of consciousness.
-Not accidentally or coincidentally are we born into our families. We choose our circumstances and establish a plan for our lives before we are even conceived.
-There are reasons for everything. No coincidences exist on the path of destiny.
-Destiny and free will co-exist and interact all the time. They are complementary, not contradictory.
-The soul appears to make a reservation for a particular physical body around the time of conception. No other soul can occupy that body. The union of soul and body is not completed, however until the moment of birth. Before this time, the soul of the unborn child can be both in and out of the body.
-There are seven planes... seven through which we must pass before we are returned. One of them is the plane of transition. There you wait. In that plane it is determined what you will take back with you into the next life.
-Sometimes a soul learns to love by becoming what it most despised.
-A hard life is not a punishment, but rather an opportunity.
-We change races, religions, sex, and economic advantage because we must learn from all sides.
-Relationships are a living laboratory.
-You may have chosen the more difficult life so that you could accelerate your spiritual progress.
-Happiness comes from within. Never give your power to anyone else.
-It is the job of those ahead to reach back, with compassion and with love, to help those behind.
-Love yourself.
-Learn to see with your heart, not your eyes.
-When you look into the eyes of another, any other, and you see you own soul looking back at you, then you will know you have reached another level of consciousness.
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes II
-Our lives are not the result of random actions and events. Lifetimes are wisely and carefully scripted to enhance our learning and evolution.
-We choose our parents, who usually are souls with whom we have interacted in prior lifetimes.
-We review the lives we have just left, learn our lessons, and plan for our next life. Learning doesn't end with the death of the body.
-One important level is the learning stage, where we review our lives. We re-experience every encounter, every relationship. We feel the emotions of the people whom we have helped or hurt, loved and hated, or affected positively or negatively. We feel their emotions very deeply.
-Usually we reincarnate in different relationships. We come around again and again with our loved ones.
-We are always being reunited. We always come back together, again and again.
-When you look at another person, in relationship, in therapy, in life, see their soul through lifetimes and eons of time. Not just the transitory physical being across from you. You too are such a soul.
-We are eternal souls. We never really die.
-A loved relative or friend or a spiritual being is often waiting at the light to greet the out of body traveler and to impart important information or messages.
-Through understanding your past lessons and debts, you will remember your goals for the current life.
-We are beyond life and death, beyond space and beyond time. We are all immortal, and we exist throughout eternity.
-We choose our parents, who usually are souls with whom we have interacted in prior lifetimes.
-We review the lives we have just left, learn our lessons, and plan for our next life. Learning doesn't end with the death of the body.
-One important level is the learning stage, where we review our lives. We re-experience every encounter, every relationship. We feel the emotions of the people whom we have helped or hurt, loved and hated, or affected positively or negatively. We feel their emotions very deeply.
-Usually we reincarnate in different relationships. We come around again and again with our loved ones.
-We are always being reunited. We always come back together, again and again.
-When you look at another person, in relationship, in therapy, in life, see their soul through lifetimes and eons of time. Not just the transitory physical being across from you. You too are such a soul.
-We are eternal souls. We never really die.
-A loved relative or friend or a spiritual being is often waiting at the light to greet the out of body traveler and to impart important information or messages.
-Through understanding your past lessons and debts, you will remember your goals for the current life.
-We are beyond life and death, beyond space and beyond time. We are all immortal, and we exist throughout eternity.
Messages from the masters. By Brian Weiss. Quotes I
-Our task is to learn, to become God-like through knowledge. We know so little... By knowledge we approach God, and then we can rest. Then we come back to teach and help others.
-I believe we do reincarnate until we learn our lessons and graduate.
-The ultimate key is understanding.
-Masters, highly evolved souls not in physical form.
-The energy of love is potentially more powerful than any bomb and more subtle than any herb.
-One person or one experience might be disappointing, but the next might be truly extraordinary and should not be discounted because of previous events.
-We are all going to the same place.
-You can begin to understand something when you experience its essence. Your belief becomes a knowing.
-We need to love and respect one another, to see and appreciate the innate beauty and dignity of everyone, because we are all souls, all of the same substance.
-We go through so many stages when we're here. We shed a baby body, go into a child's, from child to and adult, an adult into old age. Why shouldn't we go one step beyond and shed the adult body and go onto a spiritual plane? That is what we do. We don't just stop growing; we continue to grow. When we get to the spiritual plane we keep growing there too. We go through different stages of development. When we arrive, we're burn out. We have to go through a renewal stage, a learning stage, and a stage of decision. We decide when we want to return, where and for what reasons. Some choose not to come back. They choose to go on to another stage of development. And they stay in spirit form... some for longer than others before they return. It is all growth and learning... continuous growth. Our body is just a vehicle for us while we're here. It is our soul and our spirit that last forever.
-I believe we do reincarnate until we learn our lessons and graduate.
-The ultimate key is understanding.
-Masters, highly evolved souls not in physical form.
-The energy of love is potentially more powerful than any bomb and more subtle than any herb.
-One person or one experience might be disappointing, but the next might be truly extraordinary and should not be discounted because of previous events.
-We are all going to the same place.
-You can begin to understand something when you experience its essence. Your belief becomes a knowing.
-We need to love and respect one another, to see and appreciate the innate beauty and dignity of everyone, because we are all souls, all of the same substance.
-We go through so many stages when we're here. We shed a baby body, go into a child's, from child to and adult, an adult into old age. Why shouldn't we go one step beyond and shed the adult body and go onto a spiritual plane? That is what we do. We don't just stop growing; we continue to grow. When we get to the spiritual plane we keep growing there too. We go through different stages of development. When we arrive, we're burn out. We have to go through a renewal stage, a learning stage, and a stage of decision. We decide when we want to return, where and for what reasons. Some choose not to come back. They choose to go on to another stage of development. And they stay in spirit form... some for longer than others before they return. It is all growth and learning... continuous growth. Our body is just a vehicle for us while we're here. It is our soul and our spirit that last forever.
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Colección Sabiduría Oriental
1. Panchatantra
2. El libro del tao. Lao Zi.
3. Hacia la paz interior. Dalai Lama.
4. Preguntas a un maestro Zen. Taisen Deshimaru
5. La libertad primera y última. Krishnamurti
6. El libro tibetano de los muertos. Padma Sambhava
7. El libro de la perfecta vacuidad. Lie Zi.
8. El Zen y la cultura japonesa. Daisetz T. Suzuki
9. Las enseñanzas de Ramana Maharshi. Ernesto Ballesteros
10. Zhuang Zi. Maestro Zhuang.
11. Shambala. Chögyam Trungpa.
12. La práctica del Zen. Taisen Deshimaru
13. La esencia del Zen. Bodhidharma.
14. El hinduismo. Louis Renou.
15. Buda y el evangelio del budismo. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
16. Tratado de las Cinco Ruedas. El Arte de la Guerra. Miyamoto Musashi
17. El mundo del budismo tibetano. Dalai Lama
18. La experiencia filosófica de la India. Raimon Panikkar
19. La religión del hombre. Rabindranath Tagore.
20. La enseñanza de Buda. Dhammapada.
21. El arte de vivir. Krishnamurti.
22. Los cuatro libros. Confucio.
23. I Ching. El Libro de las mutaciones. Richard Wilhelm
24. La ciencia del Brahman. Once Upanisad Antiguas
25. Lo que el Buda enseñó. Walpola Rahula.
26. La importancia de vivir. Lin Yutang.
27. Técnicas del Yoga. Mircea Eliade.
28. Místicos y magos del Tibet. Alexandra David-Neel.
29. Kama Sutra. Mallanaga Vatsyáyána
30. Bhagavad-Gita.
31. El camino del Tao. Alan Watts.
32. Transformación y sanación. Thich Nhat Hanh
33. Mis experiencias con la verdad. Mahatma Gandhi
2. El libro del tao. Lao Zi.
3. Hacia la paz interior. Dalai Lama.
4. Preguntas a un maestro Zen. Taisen Deshimaru
5. La libertad primera y última. Krishnamurti
6. El libro tibetano de los muertos. Padma Sambhava
7. El libro de la perfecta vacuidad. Lie Zi.
8. El Zen y la cultura japonesa. Daisetz T. Suzuki
9. Las enseñanzas de Ramana Maharshi. Ernesto Ballesteros
10. Zhuang Zi. Maestro Zhuang.
11. Shambala. Chögyam Trungpa.
12. La práctica del Zen. Taisen Deshimaru
13. La esencia del Zen. Bodhidharma.
14. El hinduismo. Louis Renou.
15. Buda y el evangelio del budismo. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
16. Tratado de las Cinco Ruedas. El Arte de la Guerra. Miyamoto Musashi
17. El mundo del budismo tibetano. Dalai Lama
18. La experiencia filosófica de la India. Raimon Panikkar
19. La religión del hombre. Rabindranath Tagore.
20. La enseñanza de Buda. Dhammapada.
21. El arte de vivir. Krishnamurti.
22. Los cuatro libros. Confucio.
23. I Ching. El Libro de las mutaciones. Richard Wilhelm
24. La ciencia del Brahman. Once Upanisad Antiguas
25. Lo que el Buda enseñó. Walpola Rahula.
26. La importancia de vivir. Lin Yutang.
27. Técnicas del Yoga. Mircea Eliade.
28. Místicos y magos del Tibet. Alexandra David-Neel.
29. Kama Sutra. Mallanaga Vatsyáyána
30. Bhagavad-Gita.
31. El camino del Tao. Alan Watts.
32. Transformación y sanación. Thich Nhat Hanh
33. Mis experiencias con la verdad. Mahatma Gandhi
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Mental training for peak performance by Steven Ungerleider quotes II
-I have never been to a competition where I didn't see myself win in my mental images before I got there. It is just part of the whole training package.
-I remembered my imagery, my work ethic, the thousands of hours in the pool, the daily double workouts, and my game plan.
-Her biggest mental practice strategy was to visualize her family, friends, and support system. By seeing these people in her mind, it relaxed her and reminded her how far she had come and why it felt so good to be a great swimmer.
-The winner is the one with the fewest doubts.
-If your mind is distracted or cluttered with self-doubt, then the muscle memory and subsequent motions will be cluttered, jerky and not at all a clean athletic motion.Our minds and bodies are deeply connected.
-Once you visualize the element and get comfortable in your mind, you will then be able to perform it on the bar.
-Trust yourself and your imagery that this is all going to work, and work safely.
-If you have a bad start, stay calm and put if behind you.
-Practice as if it were the biggest race of your life.
-Have that supreme confidence when you train and bring it with you when you compete.
-It is not the skills these athletes posses that make them standouts. It's their passion, their mental focus on the game.
-Winning is all about attitude, passion, and respect for the game.
-It is important to never separate the mind from the body in things we do.
-I can turn things around if I will take one point at a time.
-Love the game with all your heart.
-Always learn and want to improve your game.
-Don't allow negative thoughts.
-Tell yourself that you will do well.
-Best athletes are the ones who anticipate the unexpected.
-You have the players and team as a unit.
-I did not panic if things went wrong. I made myself stay calm telling myself it would work out.
-Act as you want to feel. I would smile, stand up straight, move confidently and I actually felt better, happier, less nervous.
-I handle competition very well because I know that you don't have control over all of the world, stuff happens.
-You must just let go and not have total need for control: allow things to be as they are. That's my training and competition mentality at all times.
-Use affirmations and self-talk.
-If you don't know where you are going, you will never get there. You need to decide what you want to accomplish and plan your training accordingly.
-Think positively and keep telling yourself you can do it.
-I remembered my imagery, my work ethic, the thousands of hours in the pool, the daily double workouts, and my game plan.
-Her biggest mental practice strategy was to visualize her family, friends, and support system. By seeing these people in her mind, it relaxed her and reminded her how far she had come and why it felt so good to be a great swimmer.
-The winner is the one with the fewest doubts.
-If your mind is distracted or cluttered with self-doubt, then the muscle memory and subsequent motions will be cluttered, jerky and not at all a clean athletic motion.Our minds and bodies are deeply connected.
-Once you visualize the element and get comfortable in your mind, you will then be able to perform it on the bar.
-Trust yourself and your imagery that this is all going to work, and work safely.
-If you have a bad start, stay calm and put if behind you.
-Practice as if it were the biggest race of your life.
-Have that supreme confidence when you train and bring it with you when you compete.
-It is not the skills these athletes posses that make them standouts. It's their passion, their mental focus on the game.
-Winning is all about attitude, passion, and respect for the game.
-It is important to never separate the mind from the body in things we do.
-I can turn things around if I will take one point at a time.
-Love the game with all your heart.
-Always learn and want to improve your game.
-Don't allow negative thoughts.
-Tell yourself that you will do well.
-Best athletes are the ones who anticipate the unexpected.
-You have the players and team as a unit.
-I did not panic if things went wrong. I made myself stay calm telling myself it would work out.
-Act as you want to feel. I would smile, stand up straight, move confidently and I actually felt better, happier, less nervous.
-I handle competition very well because I know that you don't have control over all of the world, stuff happens.
-You must just let go and not have total need for control: allow things to be as they are. That's my training and competition mentality at all times.
-Use affirmations and self-talk.
-If you don't know where you are going, you will never get there. You need to decide what you want to accomplish and plan your training accordingly.
-Think positively and keep telling yourself you can do it.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Mental training for peak performance by Steven Ungerleider quotes
-There is a relationship between watching the very best and the imitating that outstanding athletic features.
-Thoughts directly affect feelings, and ultimately athletic movement and activity.
-Breathe deeply to settle the butterflies.
-You should feel so confident that you can expect the unexpected.
-The real champions are the ones who can get beyond the moment, put distractions on the back burner, and stay completely focused.
-You can't have any negative thoughts.
-Stay relaxed, stay confident.
-Mind is the master of muscle.
-Your mind should always be your strongest weapon in your game.
-I like to acknowledge the fear, channel it, and refocus it toward a positive energy state.
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-Thoughts directly affect feelings, and ultimately athletic movement and activity.
-Breathe deeply to settle the butterflies.
-You should feel so confident that you can expect the unexpected.
-The real champions are the ones who can get beyond the moment, put distractions on the back burner, and stay completely focused.
-You can't have any negative thoughts.
-Stay relaxed, stay confident.
-Mind is the master of muscle.
-Your mind should always be your strongest weapon in your game.
-I like to acknowledge the fear, channel it, and refocus it toward a positive energy state.
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
Bobby Knight Philosophy
Knight was an innovator of the motion offense, which he perfected and popularized. The system emphasizes post players setting screens and perimeter players passing the ball until a teammate becomes open for an uncontested jump shot or lay-up. This required players to be unselfish, disciplined, and effective in setting and using screens to get open.
Knight's offense also emphasized a two-count. Players in the post are expected to try to post in the paint for two seconds and if they don't receive the ball they go set a screen. Players with the ball are expected to hold the ball for two seconds to see where they are going to take it. Screens are supposed to be held for two seconds, as well.
Often during practice, Knight would instruct his players to a certain spot on the floor and give them options of what to do based on how the defense might react. In contrast to set plays, Knight's offense was designed to react according to the defense.
Knight's offense also emphasized a two-count. Players in the post are expected to try to post in the paint for two seconds and if they don't receive the ball they go set a screen. Players with the ball are expected to hold the ball for two seconds to see where they are going to take it. Screens are supposed to be held for two seconds, as well.
Often during practice, Knight would instruct his players to a certain spot on the floor and give them options of what to do based on how the defense might react. In contrast to set plays, Knight's offense was designed to react according to the defense.
On defense Knight was known for emphasizing tenacious "man-to-man" defense where defenders contest every pass and every shot, and to help teammates when needed. However, Knight has also incorporated a zone defense periodically after eschewing that defense for the first two decades of his coaching career.
Knight's coaching also included a firm emphasis on academics. All but four of his four-year players completed degrees, a ratio of nearly 98 percent. Nearly 80 percent of his players graduated compared to the national average of 42 percent for Division I schools.
Friday, May 12, 2017
Saturday, April 22, 2017
11 things life's all about. Robin Sharma
The 11 most essential pursuits of a legendary life:
1. Self-honor.
2. Personal heroism
3. Genuine connection.
4. Creative expression.
5. Delivery on opportunity
6. Modelling possibility.
7. Experiencing beauty.
8. Pushing adventure.
9. Scaling humility.
10. Serving humanity
11. Intimacy with mortality.
1. Self-honor.
2. Personal heroism
3. Genuine connection.
4. Creative expression.
5. Delivery on opportunity
6. Modelling possibility.
7. Experiencing beauty.
8. Pushing adventure.
9. Scaling humility.
10. Serving humanity
11. Intimacy with mortality.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes and XI
-Don't let what you don't have get in the way of what you do have. Recognize and maximize what is in you today.
-Stay in a winning frame of mind for the entire contest.
-Refocus quickly after making a mistake.
-The most important thing is how a guy prepares himself to do battle.
-What do you do before a game to set the right tone?
-Trust the talent you have from training and be instinctive with you decision making and automatic with your physical skills.
-Thoughts determine feelings, and feelings influence performance.
-The difference between involvement and commitment.
-Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.
-Only you can control your attitude and effort.
-THE CHAMPIONS HONOR PLEDGE.
By my efforts, I will keep my body strong, my mind focused,
and my determination unstoppable.
I resolve to compete in the present with power,
purpose and passion.
I know that every sore muscle and drop of sweat
is an investment in excellence.
I strive to be my best, nothing less, and joy
will come from my striving.
True, pain always comes, but I can endure it.
My body wins when my mind refuses to give in.
In defeat, I will reflect and learn.
In victory, I will savor the glorious moment.
Tomorrow, my efforts always start anew.
-Stay in a winning frame of mind for the entire contest.
-Refocus quickly after making a mistake.
-The most important thing is how a guy prepares himself to do battle.
-What do you do before a game to set the right tone?
-Trust the talent you have from training and be instinctive with you decision making and automatic with your physical skills.
-Thoughts determine feelings, and feelings influence performance.
-The difference between involvement and commitment.
-Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.
-Only you can control your attitude and effort.
-THE CHAMPIONS HONOR PLEDGE.
By my efforts, I will keep my body strong, my mind focused,
and my determination unstoppable.
I resolve to compete in the present with power,
purpose and passion.
I know that every sore muscle and drop of sweat
is an investment in excellence.
I strive to be my best, nothing less, and joy
will come from my striving.
True, pain always comes, but I can endure it.
My body wins when my mind refuses to give in.
In defeat, I will reflect and learn.
In victory, I will savor the glorious moment.
Tomorrow, my efforts always start anew.
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes X
-The discomfort we feel when we exercise is an important part of the strengthening process.
-Get comfortable being uncomfortable.
-It's not about how much practice time you put in. It's about what you put into the practice time.
-Ask yourself three questions:
1. What did I do that was good?
2. What needs to get better?
3. What changes should I make to become my best?
-Hard work always beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
-Always compare yourself with other champions and high performing role models in your approach to training and competition.
-Take what appears to be a boring training exercise and pull all of your concentration into making it the best possible training exercise without waste.
-If someone comes to give you a gift and you do not receive it, to whom does the gift belong?
-Overthinking leads to under performing.
-Mastering your sports skills and knowing your game will give you the green light to go unconscious in the moment of action.
-Nothing external can affect you internally without your permission. So maintain a winning feeling regardless of the circumstances.
-Keep cool and composed in the heat of competition.
-My confidence came with the knowledge that I'd out trained everyone in that race.
-Do you want to win? Do you?
-If you can believe it, you can achieve it.
-Mental game scoreboard:
1. Goal setting.
2. Mental imagery.
3. Self-talk.
4. Confidence.
5. Focus.
6. Breath control.
7. Mental toughness.
8. Anxiety management.
9. Enjoyment.
10. Body language.
11. Intensity.
12. Personal affirmations.
-Get comfortable being uncomfortable.
-It's not about how much practice time you put in. It's about what you put into the practice time.
-Ask yourself three questions:
1. What did I do that was good?
2. What needs to get better?
3. What changes should I make to become my best?
-Hard work always beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
-Always compare yourself with other champions and high performing role models in your approach to training and competition.
-Take what appears to be a boring training exercise and pull all of your concentration into making it the best possible training exercise without waste.
-If someone comes to give you a gift and you do not receive it, to whom does the gift belong?
-Overthinking leads to under performing.
-Mastering your sports skills and knowing your game will give you the green light to go unconscious in the moment of action.
-Nothing external can affect you internally without your permission. So maintain a winning feeling regardless of the circumstances.
-Keep cool and composed in the heat of competition.
-My confidence came with the knowledge that I'd out trained everyone in that race.
-Do you want to win? Do you?
-If you can believe it, you can achieve it.
-Mental game scoreboard:
1. Goal setting.
2. Mental imagery.
3. Self-talk.
4. Confidence.
5. Focus.
6. Breath control.
7. Mental toughness.
8. Anxiety management.
9. Enjoyment.
10. Body language.
11. Intensity.
12. Personal affirmations.
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes IX
-Failure is a wonderful teacher if we learn the lessons it has to teach us and then act on them.
-Refuse to be intimidated by anyone of anything.
-Treat everyone with respect, but never treat yourself with disrespect.
-We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it. Joseph Addison.
-Stay patient and persistent when things are not yet the way you want them to be.
-Continue to go hard in training and act as if you are in the starting lineup rather than succumbing to defeatists thinking. When you are sitting on the bench, stay upbeat and root for your teammates. Visualize yourself making plays on the court of field while you follow the action. Be mentally ready to go when your name is called.
-To perform at a champion's level, understand that practice is everything.
-Rehearse and re-rehearse all of your skills and routines through high quality training until they are committed to muscle memory and can be performed instinctively on the field of play.
-I make my weaknesses my strength, and my strengths stronger.
-Be who you are. Do what you do and play how you play. Remind yourself: this is who I am and what I do everyday.
-Prime time is all the time.
-I think most of success is mental, because I ran against a lot of individuals who were probably more physically talented. But I was able to outsmart them and out think them and out prepare them.
-Refuse to be intimidated by anyone of anything.
-Treat everyone with respect, but never treat yourself with disrespect.
-We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it. Joseph Addison.
-Stay patient and persistent when things are not yet the way you want them to be.
-Continue to go hard in training and act as if you are in the starting lineup rather than succumbing to defeatists thinking. When you are sitting on the bench, stay upbeat and root for your teammates. Visualize yourself making plays on the court of field while you follow the action. Be mentally ready to go when your name is called.
-To perform at a champion's level, understand that practice is everything.
-Rehearse and re-rehearse all of your skills and routines through high quality training until they are committed to muscle memory and can be performed instinctively on the field of play.
-I make my weaknesses my strength, and my strengths stronger.
-Be who you are. Do what you do and play how you play. Remind yourself: this is who I am and what I do everyday.
-Prime time is all the time.
-I think most of success is mental, because I ran against a lot of individuals who were probably more physically talented. But I was able to outsmart them and out think them and out prepare them.
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes VIII
-Your mind-set is that you have nothing to lose and everything to win. You are going for gold.
-True motivation always comes from within.
-Always compete. Always battle. Never settle in the quest for your personal best, and outer success will soon follow you.
-Be your own toughest rival.
-The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
-Compete against your teammates in practice, but support them during games.
-To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
-Our opportunity to shine in the game of life and in athletics is fleeting. The clock is ticking.
-You find that you have peace of mind when you know that it was a 100 percent effort that you gave.
-Champions are always willing to learn from constructive criticism. They also believe in themselves regardless of others' negative opinions.
-Realize that the world is full of experts who have been proven wrong. If you want to find someone to doubt you, or locate a cynic, the search won't take long nor be difficult. Believe in yourself, even if you are the only one who believes in you.
-During competition, quickly forget mistakes. Dwelling on a mistake often leads to making another or even bigger mistake.
-I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I've been trusted to take the winning game shot and missed. I've failed over and over, and over again in my life. And that's why I succeeded. M. Jordan.
-True motivation always comes from within.
-Always compete. Always battle. Never settle in the quest for your personal best, and outer success will soon follow you.
-Be your own toughest rival.
-The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
-Compete against your teammates in practice, but support them during games.
-To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
-Our opportunity to shine in the game of life and in athletics is fleeting. The clock is ticking.
-You find that you have peace of mind when you know that it was a 100 percent effort that you gave.
-Champions are always willing to learn from constructive criticism. They also believe in themselves regardless of others' negative opinions.
-Realize that the world is full of experts who have been proven wrong. If you want to find someone to doubt you, or locate a cynic, the search won't take long nor be difficult. Believe in yourself, even if you are the only one who believes in you.
-During competition, quickly forget mistakes. Dwelling on a mistake often leads to making another or even bigger mistake.
-I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I've been trusted to take the winning game shot and missed. I've failed over and over, and over again in my life. And that's why I succeeded. M. Jordan.
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes VII
-I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. When you think about the consequences, you always think of a negative result. Michael Jordan.
-Rather than trying to perform without fear, strive to perform with confidence.
-Pressure is a privilege, not a problem.
-I just do my best, so there is not pressure.
-Think of this moment as you occasion to thrive. You will either win or learn from your performance.
-Making a portion of practice time pressurized, realistic, and more competitive, help mentally prepare for competition.
-Avoid the under performing by overthinking. Let your body do what you've trained it to do. Get out of your head and get into your performance. Trust that all your skills are right at your fingertips.
-Train it and trust it.
-The first step is to train your talent in practice. The second step is to trust your talent in competition. The third step is to keep repeating the first two steps.
-Trust is a must for peak performance.
-Rather than trying to perform without fear, strive to perform with confidence.
-Pressure is a privilege, not a problem.
-I just do my best, so there is not pressure.
-Think of this moment as you occasion to thrive. You will either win or learn from your performance.
-Making a portion of practice time pressurized, realistic, and more competitive, help mentally prepare for competition.
-Avoid the under performing by overthinking. Let your body do what you've trained it to do. Get out of your head and get into your performance. Trust that all your skills are right at your fingertips.
-Train it and trust it.
-The first step is to train your talent in practice. The second step is to trust your talent in competition. The third step is to keep repeating the first two steps.
-Trust is a must for peak performance.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes VI
-During practice and preparation, make sure to keep the focus on the process of improvement.
-A champion takes pride in being a comeback specialist.
-When your shots aren't dropping in basketball, be a glove on defense. Step up your game, rather than throwing in the towel.
-Your job when you play is not to win or please others, it is to do what you have been coached to do by carrying out your specific assignments with the right attitude to the best of your abilities.
-Know what your job is and do your job.
-A champion adheres to the no-excuse rule.
-Take full responsibility for your play.
-Improvise, adapt, and overcome.
-That's me. I will keep doing what I am doing, and I will keep playing the way I am playing.
-Focus on what you want to happen, not what you are afraid might happen.
-A champion takes pride in being a comeback specialist.
-When your shots aren't dropping in basketball, be a glove on defense. Step up your game, rather than throwing in the towel.
-Your job when you play is not to win or please others, it is to do what you have been coached to do by carrying out your specific assignments with the right attitude to the best of your abilities.
-Know what your job is and do your job.
-A champion adheres to the no-excuse rule.
-Take full responsibility for your play.
-Improvise, adapt, and overcome.
-That's me. I will keep doing what I am doing, and I will keep playing the way I am playing.
-Focus on what you want to happen, not what you are afraid might happen.
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes V
-Body language: make a golden impression. Your own body language reveals your thoughts and feelings to others. Thus, high power postures can generate powerful responses. Looking like a winner will help you play like a winner.
-Warriors never slouch into battle.
-Adopt the pose of a supremely confident athlete for the duration of your practices and games.
-Your BEST:
Body language (strong)
Eye contact (focused)
Speech (assertive, encouraging)
Tone of voice (self-assured)
-Dress for success in competition and in life. If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.
-Attitude is the key source for peak performance.
- I start strong and finish stronger.
-Always play to win the shot, game, starting position, scholarship, or your personal best times or scores. If you play not to lose, you are placing yourself in a no-win situation.
-Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising each time we fall.
-Flow, don't force.
-Warriors never slouch into battle.
-Adopt the pose of a supremely confident athlete for the duration of your practices and games.
-Your BEST:
Body language (strong)
Eye contact (focused)
Speech (assertive, encouraging)
Tone of voice (self-assured)
-Dress for success in competition and in life. If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.
-Attitude is the key source for peak performance.
- I start strong and finish stronger.
-Always play to win the shot, game, starting position, scholarship, or your personal best times or scores. If you play not to lose, you are placing yourself in a no-win situation.
-Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising each time we fall.
-Flow, don't force.
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes IV
-I don't think there is any such thing as setting your goals too high. The higher you set your goals, the more you are going to work.
-See it, feel it, and enjoy it.
-Visualization takes you to your peak performance.
-I am pressing the reset button and deleting that memory from my mind. Next play!
-Confidence in tough situations is the mark of a great player.
-Train like you are number 2 and compete like you are number 1.
-Focus on your performance, not on unwanted outcomes.
-Mental toughness is the ability to remain positive and proactive in the most adverse of circumstances.
-Get your butterflies to fly in formation.
-A moderate level of anxiety or excitement is necessary for optimal performance.
-Tactics on performance anxiety:
1. Be well prepared.
2. Nerves are natural.
3. Ally with the anxiety.
4. Breathe evenly and deeply
5. Get creative and use your imagination.
6. Stay in the here and now.
7. Stay in a positive thought channel.
8. Take yourself lightly.
-See it, feel it, and enjoy it.
-Visualization takes you to your peak performance.
-I am pressing the reset button and deleting that memory from my mind. Next play!
-Confidence in tough situations is the mark of a great player.
-Train like you are number 2 and compete like you are number 1.
-Focus on your performance, not on unwanted outcomes.
-Mental toughness is the ability to remain positive and proactive in the most adverse of circumstances.
-Get your butterflies to fly in formation.
-A moderate level of anxiety or excitement is necessary for optimal performance.
-Tactics on performance anxiety:
1. Be well prepared.
2. Nerves are natural.
3. Ally with the anxiety.
4. Breathe evenly and deeply
5. Get creative and use your imagination.
6. Stay in the here and now.
7. Stay in a positive thought channel.
8. Take yourself lightly.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Clear sinuses
Clear Sinuses
Try this steam inhalation technique to clear sinus congestion. Boil a pot of distilled water. Remove from the stove and – while the water is still steaming – add a few drops each of peppermint and tea tree essential oils. Immediately close your eyes, lower your face over the water, and drape a damp towel over the back of your head. (Be sure to also cover the edges of the pot to trap the steam.) Inhale deeply and regularly for several minutes to reduce inflammation and open up your airways. Remember to keep your eyes closed the entire time!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Faltas indirectas en futbol
Según indica la Regla 12 de las Reglas del Juego oficiales de la FIFA para la temporada 2008/2009, el árbitro debe conceder un tiro libre indirecto al equipo contrario si el portero, dentro de su propia área de penalti, comete cualquiera de las siguientes infracciones:
1. Controlar el balón con las manos durante más de seis segundos antes de soltarlo.
2. Rocar el balón de nuevo con sus manos después de que lo ha soltado y antes de que haya sido tocado por otro jugador.
3. Tocar el balón con las manos después de que un compañero de equipo se lo haya enviado con el pie deliberadamente.
4. Tocar el balón con sus manos después de haberlo recibido directamente de un lanzamiento de un compañero de equipo.
También se concede un tiro libre indirecto al equipo contrario si, a juicio del árbitro, un jugador:
5. Juega de una manera peligrosa.
6. Obstaculiza el avance de un oponente.
7. Impide que el portero suelte el balón de sus manos, comete cualquier otra infracción que no se haya mencionado anteriormente en la Regla 12, por la cual se pare el juego por precaución o se envíe fuera del campo a un jugador.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes III
-Change is the name of the winning game.
-You go for the gold, battle against the best and your best.
-When you get knocked down by disruptive change, get up right away. The answer for a champion is to play it where it lies.
-These are the 12 mental skills:
1. Goal setting.
2. Mental imagery.
3. Self-talk
4. Confidence.
5. Focus.
6. Breath control
7. Mental toughness.
8. Anxiety management.
9. Enjoyment.
10. Body language.
11. Intensity.
12. Personal affirmation works.
-Thoughts determine feelings, then feelings influence performance.
-In quick reaction sports like basketball and soccer, simply shout to yourself: Next play!
-Self-talk can produce significant improvements in sports performance.
-Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. BABE RUTH.
-Tell yourself: I've done this before and I can do it now.
-Confidence without complacency keeps you on target when you are playing well and winning.
-Focus, or selective attention, is your dedication to the task at hand to the exclusion of all else.
-You go for the gold, battle against the best and your best.
-When you get knocked down by disruptive change, get up right away. The answer for a champion is to play it where it lies.
-These are the 12 mental skills:
1. Goal setting.
2. Mental imagery.
3. Self-talk
4. Confidence.
5. Focus.
6. Breath control
7. Mental toughness.
8. Anxiety management.
9. Enjoyment.
10. Body language.
11. Intensity.
12. Personal affirmation works.
-Thoughts determine feelings, then feelings influence performance.
-In quick reaction sports like basketball and soccer, simply shout to yourself: Next play!
-Self-talk can produce significant improvements in sports performance.
-Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. BABE RUTH.
-Tell yourself: I've done this before and I can do it now.
-Confidence without complacency keeps you on target when you are playing well and winning.
-Focus, or selective attention, is your dedication to the task at hand to the exclusion of all else.
Saturday, February 18, 2017
The champion's mind by Jim Afremow. Memorable quotes II.
-Champions are not made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside: a desire, a dream, a vision. MUHAMMAD ALI
-What will your life look like when you have become your own champion?
-You need to see it to achieve it.
-The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching. ANSON DORRANCE.
-We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. A dream is not impossible, so go get yours. D. K. HOLMES.
-Be great in act, as you have been in thought. W. SHAKESPEARE.
-Act as if you are a total champion for set amounts of time each day by exceeding normal expectations.
-Do it. Then say it.
-Stand tall and walk strong. Keep your head in the game.
-If you are not getting better, you are getting worse.
-Stay focused.
-Life is a series of choices, and time is treasure.
-The teamwork is the most important thing, because when you have a group of guys who are playing for each other, playing hard and playing together, that trumps talent any day. CHRIS PAUL.
-A team has a shared destiny and as such, all behaviors must be for the benefit of the team and the greater good.
-3 self-reflection questions regarding your role as a teammate:
1. What am I doing that is hurting my team?
2. What am I not doing that is hurting my team?
3. What are the specific action steps I will take to be a better teammate moving forward?
-The strength of the team is the strength of the leaders.
-A wining attitude is most needed during tough times. Rather than pointing fingers or complaining, a championship-caliber team faces a loss or a lackluster performance with the attitude that 'we are all going to get better and find a way to make this work'
-Before you can lead others, you must be able to lead yourself. Define success for those under your leadership as total commitment and effort to the team's welfare. The show it yourself with your own effort and performance. Most of those you lead, will do the same. Those who don't, should be encouraged to look for a new team.
-10 suggestions for becoming a champion leader:
1. Develop a vision.
2. Share credit and accept blame.
3. Have a strong sense of confidence and optimism about what you are doing. Stay calm and in control during a moment of crisis. Athletes need to know there is hope, and they will look to coaches and team leaders for cues.
4. Care, really care about others.
5. Respect and appreciate your role, and the role of others.
6. Lead by example, on and off the field.
7. Hold everyone accountable, including yourself.
8. Learn to adapt to any situation.
9. Share in all of the sacrifices and hardships of the team.
10. Do the right thing.
-What will your life look like when you have become your own champion?
-You need to see it to achieve it.
-The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching. ANSON DORRANCE.
-We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. A dream is not impossible, so go get yours. D. K. HOLMES.
-Be great in act, as you have been in thought. W. SHAKESPEARE.
-Act as if you are a total champion for set amounts of time each day by exceeding normal expectations.
-Do it. Then say it.
-Stand tall and walk strong. Keep your head in the game.
-If you are not getting better, you are getting worse.
-Stay focused.
-Life is a series of choices, and time is treasure.
-The teamwork is the most important thing, because when you have a group of guys who are playing for each other, playing hard and playing together, that trumps talent any day. CHRIS PAUL.
-A team has a shared destiny and as such, all behaviors must be for the benefit of the team and the greater good.
-3 self-reflection questions regarding your role as a teammate:
1. What am I doing that is hurting my team?
2. What am I not doing that is hurting my team?
3. What are the specific action steps I will take to be a better teammate moving forward?
-The strength of the team is the strength of the leaders.
-A wining attitude is most needed during tough times. Rather than pointing fingers or complaining, a championship-caliber team faces a loss or a lackluster performance with the attitude that 'we are all going to get better and find a way to make this work'
-Before you can lead others, you must be able to lead yourself. Define success for those under your leadership as total commitment and effort to the team's welfare. The show it yourself with your own effort and performance. Most of those you lead, will do the same. Those who don't, should be encouraged to look for a new team.
-10 suggestions for becoming a champion leader:
1. Develop a vision.
2. Share credit and accept blame.
3. Have a strong sense of confidence and optimism about what you are doing. Stay calm and in control during a moment of crisis. Athletes need to know there is hope, and they will look to coaches and team leaders for cues.
4. Care, really care about others.
5. Respect and appreciate your role, and the role of others.
6. Lead by example, on and off the field.
7. Hold everyone accountable, including yourself.
8. Learn to adapt to any situation.
9. Share in all of the sacrifices and hardships of the team.
10. Do the right thing.
The champion's mind. Memorable quotes
-Don't envy the champion. Be the champion.
-If you can spot greatness, you've got greatness.
-The same positive mental qualities you admire in others are also within you and waiting to be fully expressed.
-We could be or even surpass the heroes we admire and respect the most.
-Sports are 90% mental and the other half is physical. YOGI BERRA
-If you want to play like the best athletes, then you have to think like them.
-The attitude with which we approach the situation can determine our success or failure. PEYTON MANNING.
-What separates the top few from the many in a sport? Mentality.
-Among the top 100 players, physically there is not much difference... It's a mental ability to handle the pressure, to play well at the right moments. DJOKOVIC
-Your mental game matters the most.
-Mind is everything. Muscle, just pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. PAAVO NURMI.
-The mental abilities of confidence, concentration, and composure are crucial for being a champion in everything you undertake, be it work, or sports, or both.
-Just as you can build physical strength though training, you can also build mental strength through training.
-A champion makes greatness happen, despite what may seem like impossible odds.
-No coach or team thinks in terms of happy or comfort. Those are not words that exist. You keep competing, executing, and trying to improve. It doesn't matter if you have the best record or the worst record. GREGG POPOVICH.
-Attitude is a decision, and it is also a learned behavior, requiring discipline and energy to sustain.
-If you can spot greatness, you've got greatness.
-The same positive mental qualities you admire in others are also within you and waiting to be fully expressed.
-We could be or even surpass the heroes we admire and respect the most.
-Sports are 90% mental and the other half is physical. YOGI BERRA
-If you want to play like the best athletes, then you have to think like them.
-The attitude with which we approach the situation can determine our success or failure. PEYTON MANNING.
-What separates the top few from the many in a sport? Mentality.
-Among the top 100 players, physically there is not much difference... It's a mental ability to handle the pressure, to play well at the right moments. DJOKOVIC
-Your mental game matters the most.
-Mind is everything. Muscle, just pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. PAAVO NURMI.
-The mental abilities of confidence, concentration, and composure are crucial for being a champion in everything you undertake, be it work, or sports, or both.
-Just as you can build physical strength though training, you can also build mental strength through training.
-A champion makes greatness happen, despite what may seem like impossible odds.
-No coach or team thinks in terms of happy or comfort. Those are not words that exist. You keep competing, executing, and trying to improve. It doesn't matter if you have the best record or the worst record. GREGG POPOVICH.
-Attitude is a decision, and it is also a learned behavior, requiring discipline and energy to sustain.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Angels in my hair by Lorna Byrne. Memorable quotes IV
-Miracles happen all the time.
-That golden chain coming from your dad's soul and connecting to yours is becoming weaker and will eventually break.
-All your angels are with you, all the time, even when you cannot see or hear us. You keep us all employed.
-People hear the angels talking to them but they frequently think it's a silly thought and disregard what they are being asked to do. If a person shows any signs of listening to our whispers about helping someone, even with the simplest of tasks, we will inspire confidence within them. People are always afraid they will make fools of themselves by helping someone.
-Throughout the Christian world the birthday of Jesus is the time to reach out to others, to share and build understanding, to break down boundaries, to bury our hatred and let our strong innate desire for love and peace rise up.
-The heart is the symbol of the shield of life; the giver of life and love, the protector of the earth, of what is right and wrong.
-God tests us all sometime. It's part of our spiritual growth.
-We have to understand that this is our path, the journey our souls have chosen long before we are born into this world.
-We become obsessed with material things.
-Souls always forgive; it's as if souls never give up. They are like the angels; one soul never gives up on another.
-It's only a ring, a material object. Just remember Joe's love.
-You do all you can do. Your children and I love you very much.
-Prayer of Thy Healing Angels
that is carried from God by Michael, Thy Archangel.
Pour out, Thy Healing Angels,
Thy Heavenly Host upon me,
And upon those that I love,
Let me feel the beam of Thy
Healing Angels upon me,
The light of your Healing Hands.
I will let Thy Healing begin,
Whatever way God grants it,
Amen.
-Archangels are like generals among the angels; the have power over angels and souls, and all angels obey them. They send angels to all parts of the universe to do God's will and carry His messages.
-One thing we must always remember is that the angels that God sends us from the heavens can really help us if we allow them to, if we open our hearts and allow the angels to come into our lives.
-There is a reason to live. There is hope in all circumstances.
-That golden chain coming from your dad's soul and connecting to yours is becoming weaker and will eventually break.
-All your angels are with you, all the time, even when you cannot see or hear us. You keep us all employed.
-People hear the angels talking to them but they frequently think it's a silly thought and disregard what they are being asked to do. If a person shows any signs of listening to our whispers about helping someone, even with the simplest of tasks, we will inspire confidence within them. People are always afraid they will make fools of themselves by helping someone.
-Throughout the Christian world the birthday of Jesus is the time to reach out to others, to share and build understanding, to break down boundaries, to bury our hatred and let our strong innate desire for love and peace rise up.
-The heart is the symbol of the shield of life; the giver of life and love, the protector of the earth, of what is right and wrong.
-God tests us all sometime. It's part of our spiritual growth.
-We have to understand that this is our path, the journey our souls have chosen long before we are born into this world.
-We become obsessed with material things.
-Souls always forgive; it's as if souls never give up. They are like the angels; one soul never gives up on another.
-It's only a ring, a material object. Just remember Joe's love.
-You do all you can do. Your children and I love you very much.
-Prayer of Thy Healing Angels
that is carried from God by Michael, Thy Archangel.
Pour out, Thy Healing Angels,
Thy Heavenly Host upon me,
And upon those that I love,
Let me feel the beam of Thy
Healing Angels upon me,
The light of your Healing Hands.
I will let Thy Healing begin,
Whatever way God grants it,
Amen.
-Archangels are like generals among the angels; the have power over angels and souls, and all angels obey them. They send angels to all parts of the universe to do God's will and carry His messages.
-One thing we must always remember is that the angels that God sends us from the heavens can really help us if we allow them to, if we open our hearts and allow the angels to come into our lives.
-There is a reason to live. There is hope in all circumstances.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Angels in my hair by Lorna Byrne. Memorable quotes III
-Many of us have fear of death, but there is no need for it. At the moment of death there is no pain, no discomfort; some people may have pain right up to that last moment, but then there is none. You have no fear and anxiety. You go freely. Death is like birth. You are being born into a new life. You actually don't die. It's only this physical shell that you leave, like an empty eggshell.
-When you die you are not on your own. You are accompanied all the time by angels and those spirits who have gone before you. You won't want to come back. Why, when you have no more pain, no more tears, no more sadness, would you want to get back into a human body? That is why when people die they do not want to return, and the only thing that brings a soul back to a human body is God sending it back, because it is not yet time.
-I assure you: there is more, much more.
-Despite the shortage of money, those years were great; they were wonderful times when it was lovely to be alive, to see my children smiling and to see Joe being able to enjoy life for a while.
-Angels are walking beside us. They are there all the time. We just need to reach out and let them help.
-When you die you are not on your own. You are accompanied all the time by angels and those spirits who have gone before you. You won't want to come back. Why, when you have no more pain, no more tears, no more sadness, would you want to get back into a human body? That is why when people die they do not want to return, and the only thing that brings a soul back to a human body is God sending it back, because it is not yet time.
-I assure you: there is more, much more.
-Despite the shortage of money, those years were great; they were wonderful times when it was lovely to be alive, to see my children smiling and to see Joe being able to enjoy life for a while.
-Angels are walking beside us. They are there all the time. We just need to reach out and let them help.
Angels in my hair by Lorna Byrne. Memorables quotes II
-When he died the angels were there with him and especially the Angel of Death, as were some members of his family who had gone before him, and they all gently took Mark straight to Heaven.
-I am watching angels kneeling beside people, holding them in their arms, being with them, whispering in their ears that they will be all right.
-I walked back to work that day knowing that every man, woman, and child has that good, that love, that joy inside of them. I believe one day all that goodness will overcome all the bad and the human race will evolve triumphantly, body and soul united.
-Prayer is extremely powerful: when we pray we don't pray alone; our guardian angel always prays with us and so do any other angels who may be with us at the time. Even loved ones who are already in Heaven join with us when we pray.
-Sometimes we pray without even realizing we are doing so, especially when we are thinking of a loved one who is sick or a friend with difficulties. When a prayer comes from the depths of our being it is incredibly powerful, and a person's religion or creed doesn't come into it: God hears the prayers of all his children equally.
-All of God's angels are with you all the time.
-The baby's soul already knows if its mother will miscarry. Regardless of what happens, the baby's soul still loves its parents and will always be by their side. It will be there to help them through life. If you have ever lost a baby, never forget that that little baby's soul chose you to be its mother or father. It actually chose you before it was even conceived; that little soul loves you and was full of joy that you were able to conceive it.
-The little souls told me to let their mother know that they have always been around her and would always be with her.
-When the time comes for you to pass over, those five little souls will have their hands stretched out to you to bring you to Heaven as well.
-I was traveling through a tunnel of silver and gold, an enormous tunnel made of shiny white angels. I couldn't see the end of the tunnel as its path curved. I knew without being told that I was on my way to Heaven, and I felt no fear, just tremendous joy.
-I turned back to the angel and said: "No matter how much I love Joe and the children, I still don't want to go back to the human world. Why would I go? Here I am in the presence of God. Here I am perfect in every way. I feel unbelievably alive; I feel no pain and no sadness of any kind. Why do I have to go back?
-I am watching angels kneeling beside people, holding them in their arms, being with them, whispering in their ears that they will be all right.
-I walked back to work that day knowing that every man, woman, and child has that good, that love, that joy inside of them. I believe one day all that goodness will overcome all the bad and the human race will evolve triumphantly, body and soul united.
-Prayer is extremely powerful: when we pray we don't pray alone; our guardian angel always prays with us and so do any other angels who may be with us at the time. Even loved ones who are already in Heaven join with us when we pray.
-Sometimes we pray without even realizing we are doing so, especially when we are thinking of a loved one who is sick or a friend with difficulties. When a prayer comes from the depths of our being it is incredibly powerful, and a person's religion or creed doesn't come into it: God hears the prayers of all his children equally.
-All of God's angels are with you all the time.
-The baby's soul already knows if its mother will miscarry. Regardless of what happens, the baby's soul still loves its parents and will always be by their side. It will be there to help them through life. If you have ever lost a baby, never forget that that little baby's soul chose you to be its mother or father. It actually chose you before it was even conceived; that little soul loves you and was full of joy that you were able to conceive it.
-The little souls told me to let their mother know that they have always been around her and would always be with her.
-When the time comes for you to pass over, those five little souls will have their hands stretched out to you to bring you to Heaven as well.
-I was traveling through a tunnel of silver and gold, an enormous tunnel made of shiny white angels. I couldn't see the end of the tunnel as its path curved. I knew without being told that I was on my way to Heaven, and I felt no fear, just tremendous joy.
-I turned back to the angel and said: "No matter how much I love Joe and the children, I still don't want to go back to the human world. Why would I go? Here I am in the presence of God. Here I am perfect in every way. I feel unbelievably alive; I feel no pain and no sadness of any kind. Why do I have to go back?
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Angels in my hair by Lorna Byrne. Quotes
-When babies die, their spirits stay with their mothers for as long a they are needed.
-All babies see angels and spirits.
-Your guardian angel is the gatekeeper of your body and your soul. He was assigned to you before you were even conceived; as you grew in your mother's womb he was there with you at every moment protecting you.
-Angels need to be asked for help.
-Your religion makes no difference.
-It is your tears that souls need to set them free.
-Animals see angels so easily.
-It is never too late for us to change our minds and make the right choice. Angels can help us to make the right choice if we choose to listen.
-Sometimes tough things have to happen in order for people to change, and for things to change in their lives. Miracles happen all the time. People just fail to notice them.
-Death for mos humans is a continuous flow from one life to another.
-Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
-Even at difficult times when we think nobody cares, that nobody loves us, the angels are there. Always remember: angels' love is unconditional.
-All babies see angels and spirits.
-Your guardian angel is the gatekeeper of your body and your soul. He was assigned to you before you were even conceived; as you grew in your mother's womb he was there with you at every moment protecting you.
-Angels need to be asked for help.
-Your religion makes no difference.
-It is your tears that souls need to set them free.
-Animals see angels so easily.
-It is never too late for us to change our minds and make the right choice. Angels can help us to make the right choice if we choose to listen.
-Sometimes tough things have to happen in order for people to change, and for things to change in their lives. Miracles happen all the time. People just fail to notice them.
-Death for mos humans is a continuous flow from one life to another.
-Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
-Even at difficult times when we think nobody cares, that nobody loves us, the angels are there. Always remember: angels' love is unconditional.
Monday, January 2, 2017
Your erroneous zones by Wayne Dyer. 22 characteristics of people freed of erroneous zones.
1. They
like virtually everything about life.
2. They
are free from guilt.
3. They
are nonworriers.
4. These
people are independent.
5. There
is an absence of approval seeking.
6. They
represent a lack of enculturation.
7. They
know how to laugh, and how to create laughter.
8. They
accept themselves without complaint.
9. They
appreciate the natural world.
10. They have insight into the behavior of others.
11. They never engage in useless fighting.
12. They are not sickly people.
13. They are honest.
14. They don't blame.
15. They have little concern with order, organization, or systems in their lives.
16. They posses high energy levels.
17. They are aggressively curious.
18. They are not afraid to fail.
19. They display an admirable lack of defensiveness.
20. Their values are not local.
21. They have no heroes or idols.
22. They love themselves.
Your erroneous zones by Wayne Dyer. Quotes III
-Eliminate external references of comparison.
-Eliminate invitations based on obligation and fairness.
-You can do anything that you set your mind to accomplish.
-Things themselves will not improve alone. If your life is better is because you have done something constructive to make it better.
-You are not necessarily what you say. What you do in your present moments is the only indicator of what you are as a person.
-The real doers of the world have no time for criticizing others. They're too busy doing.
-Boredom is a choice. Doing nothing leads to boredom.
-One act of courage can eliminate all that fear.
-Decide not to be tired until the moment before you get into bed.
-Obligation breeds guilt and dependency, while choice fosters love and independence.
-The moment you need, you become vulnerable, a slave.
-Only by treating yourself as the most important person and not always sacrificing yourself for your children will you teach them to have their own self-confidence and believe in themselves.
-Effective parents foster independence rather than dependence, and create not scenes about normal desires to be autonomous.
-The parents feel that their own happiness is paramount because without it there can be no family harmony.
-These parents perceive the desire of their children to struggle for themselves, with the assistance but not overbearance of a caring parent, as healthy and not to be denied.
-A relationship based on love is one in which each partner allows the other to be what he chooses with no expectations and no demands.
-If both partners work at becoming free of erroneous zones, and loving each other in the sense of allowing the other partner to choose his own fulfillment, then the marriage can flower and grow.
-Habit is no reason to do anything.
-By thinking highly of yourself and refusing to let others control you, you won't hurt yourself with present moment anger.
-Laughter is the sunshine of the soul.
-Get rid of the expectations you have for others.
-Eliminate invitations based on obligation and fairness.
-You can do anything that you set your mind to accomplish.
-Things themselves will not improve alone. If your life is better is because you have done something constructive to make it better.
-You are not necessarily what you say. What you do in your present moments is the only indicator of what you are as a person.
-The real doers of the world have no time for criticizing others. They're too busy doing.
-Boredom is a choice. Doing nothing leads to boredom.
-One act of courage can eliminate all that fear.
-Decide not to be tired until the moment before you get into bed.
-Obligation breeds guilt and dependency, while choice fosters love and independence.
-The moment you need, you become vulnerable, a slave.
-Only by treating yourself as the most important person and not always sacrificing yourself for your children will you teach them to have their own self-confidence and believe in themselves.
-Effective parents foster independence rather than dependence, and create not scenes about normal desires to be autonomous.
-The parents feel that their own happiness is paramount because without it there can be no family harmony.
-These parents perceive the desire of their children to struggle for themselves, with the assistance but not overbearance of a caring parent, as healthy and not to be denied.
-A relationship based on love is one in which each partner allows the other to be what he chooses with no expectations and no demands.
-If both partners work at becoming free of erroneous zones, and loving each other in the sense of allowing the other partner to choose his own fulfillment, then the marriage can flower and grow.
-Habit is no reason to do anything.
-By thinking highly of yourself and refusing to let others control you, you won't hurt yourself with present moment anger.
-Laughter is the sunshine of the soul.
-Get rid of the expectations you have for others.
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Your erroneous zones. Quotes II
-Using yourself as a guide and not needing the approval of an outside force is the most religious experience you can have.
-Knowing that you'll always get some disapproval for everything you feel, think, say, or do is the way out of the tunnel of despair.
-The people who seem to get the most approval in life are those who never seek it out, who have no desire for it, and who are not preoccupied with achieving it.
-Once you label me, you negate me. Soren Kierkegaard.
-Instead of feeling guilty about something you have already done, why not simply resolve not to behave in an antisocial manner again?
-Determine whether the results of your actions are pleasing and productive for you.
-The best antidote of worry is action.
-Once you lose interest in life, you are potentially shatterable.
-Decide that any and all unhappiness that you choose will never be the result of someone else, but rather that it will be the result of you and your own behavior.
-Justice doesn't exist.
-If you are upset because of not being able to do something that someone else has done, then you are giving them control over you.
-You need to eliminate the other references and throw away the binoculars that focus on what others are doing.
-If you focus on yourself rather than compare yourself to others, then you will have no opportunity to upset yourself with the lack of equality you observe.
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-Knowing that you'll always get some disapproval for everything you feel, think, say, or do is the way out of the tunnel of despair.
-The people who seem to get the most approval in life are those who never seek it out, who have no desire for it, and who are not preoccupied with achieving it.
-Once you label me, you negate me. Soren Kierkegaard.
-Instead of feeling guilty about something you have already done, why not simply resolve not to behave in an antisocial manner again?
-Determine whether the results of your actions are pleasing and productive for you.
-The best antidote of worry is action.
-Once you lose interest in life, you are potentially shatterable.
-Decide that any and all unhappiness that you choose will never be the result of someone else, but rather that it will be the result of you and your own behavior.
-Justice doesn't exist.
-If you are upset because of not being able to do something that someone else has done, then you are giving them control over you.
-You need to eliminate the other references and throw away the binoculars that focus on what others are doing.
-If you focus on yourself rather than compare yourself to others, then you will have no opportunity to upset yourself with the lack of equality you observe.
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