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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Friday, December 30, 2016
Your erroneous zones. Quotes
-A judicious mixture of hard work, clear thinking, humor and self-confidence are ingredients of effective living.
-An insight must be repeated, and repeated, and repeated again.
-You are the sum total of your choices.
-Feelings are reactions you choose to have.
-A feeling is a physical reaction to a thought.
-You make yourself unhappy because of the thoughts that you have about the people or things in your life.
-You are too worthy to be upset by someone else, especially someone who is so unimportant in your life.
-It is up to you to take control of your own mind.
-If you are growing you are alive. If you are not growing then you might as well be dead.
-Love: the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you.
-Once you recognize how good you are, you won't have to have others reinforce your value or values by making their behavior conform to your dictates.
-Learn from the error and resolve not to repeated but don't associate it with your self-worth.
-Never confuse your self-worth with your behavior or the behavior of others toward you.
-You may not life your behavior in a given instance, but that has nothing to do with your self-worth. You can choose to be worthy to yourself forever, and then get on with the task of working on your self-images.
-The happier you make yourself, the more intelligent your are.
-You are as smart as you choose to be.
-By comparing yourself you make others more important than you.
-Your children are not your children. They came through you but not from you. Kahlil Gibran
-An insight must be repeated, and repeated, and repeated again.
-You are the sum total of your choices.
-Feelings are reactions you choose to have.
-A feeling is a physical reaction to a thought.
-You make yourself unhappy because of the thoughts that you have about the people or things in your life.
-You are too worthy to be upset by someone else, especially someone who is so unimportant in your life.
-It is up to you to take control of your own mind.
-If you are growing you are alive. If you are not growing then you might as well be dead.
-Love: the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you.
-Once you recognize how good you are, you won't have to have others reinforce your value or values by making their behavior conform to your dictates.
-Learn from the error and resolve not to repeated but don't associate it with your self-worth.
-Never confuse your self-worth with your behavior or the behavior of others toward you.
-You may not life your behavior in a given instance, but that has nothing to do with your self-worth. You can choose to be worthy to yourself forever, and then get on with the task of working on your self-images.
-The happier you make yourself, the more intelligent your are.
-You are as smart as you choose to be.
-By comparing yourself you make others more important than you.
-Your children are not your children. They came through you but not from you. Kahlil Gibran
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
26 lessons from 2016. Robin Sharma
#1. A superb mindset without an elevated heartset [a word I've been introducing in my work along with "healthset" and "soulset"] is a fake win. You need all four of these interior arenas operating at world-class to bring your brightest fire into the world.
#2. Being productive at your craft is important. Being productive in your devotion to grow as a human is essential. [Inner empires precede outer ones].
#3. Be a warrior when it comes to delivering on your ambitions. And a saint when it comes to treating people with respect, modeling generosity and showing up with outright love.
#4. The most important things in life have nothing to do with things.
#5. Creative masters get that time in solitude is the A-Player's peak protocol. [There's a difference between being busy and being productive. And there's a reason why the legends spend a lot of time alone].
#6. Being out on the jagged edges of your abilities is a scary place to be. So few have the guts to play here. Your weaker self thinks you're being foolish. People think you're strange. Peers will copy you when you get good. But this is where the great ones live.
#7. Your income reflects your self-identity. Your impact reveals your personal story.
#8. What society calls impossible, the visionary sees as the untried.
#9. Everyone alive today is doing the best they can do based on the way they see the world. Their level of perception is driving the quality of their behavior. Don't judge them. Understand them.
#10. People who cause others pain are people in a lot of pain.
#11. Your elite performance routines will not work if you don't do the work to make them work.
#12. Own your morning and you'll win your day [yes--I'm still writing The 5 AM Club. It's been two years. I just want to get every word right for you. Thank you for your patience. And the tremendous encouragement].
#13. Your past was perfect preparation for your gorgeous future. Honor it versus regret it.
#14. Long meals with loved ones, sunsets and full moons, walks in the woods on crisp Autumn days and deep talks with new friends [in the South of Italy] are massive forms of wealth. Money doesn't buy true riches like these.
#15. Humility shows your greatness. [When I hung out with Woz--the co-founder of Apple--at The Titan Summit in Zurich a few weeks ago, I met one of the most modest + kindest people I've ever met. Powerful experience for me]. True Titans don't brag.
#16. To lead is to serve. [This past July, standing in Nelson Mandela's prison cell on Robben Island, I got that insight deeper into my core than ever before].
#17. Most people have really good hearts. They're just really scared to take down the armor that has allowed them to survive. Your job is to inspire them to do so.
#18. My life works a lot better when I'm reading every day. And a house full of books [analog] is a magical home.
#19. Make the time to mentor, coach and develop your team. You'll grow your business swiftly by helping your people unleash their gifts beautifully. And it's the right thing to do. [Leaders grow more leaders].
#20. Less ego. More authenticity. Less me, more we. Less talk, more do.
#21. The toxic people you've allowed into your life are costing you your dreams.
#22. The more I invest in personal growth + professional game, the more my ability to influence positively rises exponentially.
#23. Talk to yourself like you love yourself. You wouldn't speak to your loved ones the way you sometimes speak to you.
#24. The more powerful you become the less you'll need to advertise how powerful you are.
#25. You really can Lead Without a Title. I met the JoBurg janitor again this past year. The Michelangelo of The Washroom. Still sees himself as an Ambassador for South Africa [someone please give this man a medal]. Still works like it's the most important job on the planet. Still smiles like a little kid. Still teaches me what being a good person is all about.
#26. Stop waiting for the world to provide more heroes. And--today--start becoming one of them.
#2. Being productive at your craft is important. Being productive in your devotion to grow as a human is essential. [Inner empires precede outer ones].
#3. Be a warrior when it comes to delivering on your ambitions. And a saint when it comes to treating people with respect, modeling generosity and showing up with outright love.
#4. The most important things in life have nothing to do with things.
#5. Creative masters get that time in solitude is the A-Player's peak protocol. [There's a difference between being busy and being productive. And there's a reason why the legends spend a lot of time alone].
#6. Being out on the jagged edges of your abilities is a scary place to be. So few have the guts to play here. Your weaker self thinks you're being foolish. People think you're strange. Peers will copy you when you get good. But this is where the great ones live.
#7. Your income reflects your self-identity. Your impact reveals your personal story.
#8. What society calls impossible, the visionary sees as the untried.
#9. Everyone alive today is doing the best they can do based on the way they see the world. Their level of perception is driving the quality of their behavior. Don't judge them. Understand them.
#10. People who cause others pain are people in a lot of pain.
#11. Your elite performance routines will not work if you don't do the work to make them work.
#12. Own your morning and you'll win your day [yes--I'm still writing The 5 AM Club. It's been two years. I just want to get every word right for you. Thank you for your patience. And the tremendous encouragement].
#13. Your past was perfect preparation for your gorgeous future. Honor it versus regret it.
#14. Long meals with loved ones, sunsets and full moons, walks in the woods on crisp Autumn days and deep talks with new friends [in the South of Italy] are massive forms of wealth. Money doesn't buy true riches like these.
#15. Humility shows your greatness. [When I hung out with Woz--the co-founder of Apple--at The Titan Summit in Zurich a few weeks ago, I met one of the most modest + kindest people I've ever met. Powerful experience for me]. True Titans don't brag.
#16. To lead is to serve. [This past July, standing in Nelson Mandela's prison cell on Robben Island, I got that insight deeper into my core than ever before].
#17. Most people have really good hearts. They're just really scared to take down the armor that has allowed them to survive. Your job is to inspire them to do so.
#18. My life works a lot better when I'm reading every day. And a house full of books [analog] is a magical home.
#19. Make the time to mentor, coach and develop your team. You'll grow your business swiftly by helping your people unleash their gifts beautifully. And it's the right thing to do. [Leaders grow more leaders].
#20. Less ego. More authenticity. Less me, more we. Less talk, more do.
#21. The toxic people you've allowed into your life are costing you your dreams.
#22. The more I invest in personal growth + professional game, the more my ability to influence positively rises exponentially.
#23. Talk to yourself like you love yourself. You wouldn't speak to your loved ones the way you sometimes speak to you.
#24. The more powerful you become the less you'll need to advertise how powerful you are.
#25. You really can Lead Without a Title. I met the JoBurg janitor again this past year. The Michelangelo of The Washroom. Still sees himself as an Ambassador for South Africa [someone please give this man a medal]. Still works like it's the most important job on the planet. Still smiles like a little kid. Still teaches me what being a good person is all about.
#26. Stop waiting for the world to provide more heroes. And--today--start becoming one of them.
62 Ways to make 2017 your best year yet. Robin Sharma
62 WAYS TO MAKE 2017 YOUR BEST YEAR YET
1. Remember that leadership isn’t about your position. It’s about your influence.
2. Get fit like a pro athlete.
3. Lift people up versus tearing people down.
4. Protect your good name. An impeccable reputation takes a lifetime to build. And 60 seconds to lose.
5. Surround yourself with positive, ethical people who are committed to excellence.
6. Remember that even a 1% daily innovation rate amounts to at least a 100% rate of innovation in 100 days.
7. Believe in your dreams (even when others laugh at them).
8. Measure your success, not by your net worth but by your self worth (and how happy you feel).
9. Take an intelligent risk every 24 hours. No try-No Win.
10. Read “Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist“.
11. Watch “Man on Wire“.
12. Regardless of your title at work, be a team builder.
13. Remember that business is all about relationships and human connections.
14. Say “please” more.
15. Say “thank you” more.
16. Know your Big 5: the five things that need to happen by the end of this year for you to feel its been your best year yet.
17. Read your Big 5 every morning while the rest of the world is asleep.
18. Read “As You Think“. At least twice this year.
19. Be willing to fail. It’s the price of greatness.
20. Focus less on making money and more on creating value.
21. Spend less, save more.
22. Leave everything you touch better than you found it.
23. Be the most positive person in every room you’re in.
24. Run your own race.
24. Stay true to your deepest values and best ideals.
25. Write a handwritten thank you note to a customer/friend/loved one every day.
26. When you travel, send love letters to your kids on hotel stationery. In time, they’ll have a rich collection to remember your travels by.
27. Read “Atlas Shrugged“.
28. Be a problem solver versus a trouble maker.
29. Rather than doing many things at mediocrity do just a few things-but at mastery.
30. Honor your parents.
31. Commit to doing great work-whether anyone notices it or not. It’s one of life’s best sources of happiness.
32. Give more than you receive (another of the truths of happiness).
33. Have your 1/3/5/10/25 years goals recorded on paper and review them weekly.
34. Be patient. Slow and steady wins the race. The only reason businesses that went from zero to a billion in a year or two get featured in magazines is because 99% of businesses require a lot more time to win.
34. Underpromise and then overdeliver.
35. See part of your job as “a developer of people” (whether you work in the boardroom or the mailroom).
36. Wear your heart on your sleeve. When people see you’re real, they’ll fall in love with you.
37. Be authentic versus plastic.
38. Read “The Alchemist“.
39. Remember that life wants you to win. So get out of your own way.
40. Consider that behind every fear lives your next level of growth (and power).
41. Eat less food.
42. Drink more water.
43. Rest when you need to.
44. Read “SUCCESS” magazine.
45. Write your eulogy and them live your life backwards.
46. Demand the best from yourself.
47. Remember that the more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.
48. See everything that happens to you as an opportunity to grow (and therefore, as a precious gift).
49. Be obsessed with learning and self-development.
50. Become comfortable alone (you are the only person you get to be with your whole life).
51. Smile. It’s a stunningly effective way to win in business and life.
52. Reflect on the shortness of life.
53. Be bold when it comes to your dreams but gentle with those you love.
54. Remember that success is dangerous because it can kill drive/innovation/passion and going the extra mile. Be successful yet stay hungry.
55. Read “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin“.
56. Be of deep value to this world.
57. Own beautiful things but don’t let them own you.
58. Use excellent words.
59. Laugh more.
60. Don’t complain, gossip or be negative.
61. Plan as if you’ll live forever but live as if you’ll die tomorrow.
62. Feel free to pass these lessons on to those you want to help.
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