Ralph Waldo Emerson on foolish consistency
vutran | May 22, 2020, 10:52 a.m.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Garry Keller on expertise
vutran | May 22, 2020, 10:48 a.m.
"Elite performers actively seek out teachers, coaches and engage in supervised trainings. The trainings that help moving from "E" to "P", amateurs do not have that practice."
— Garry Keller
Shantideva on Transcendent
vutran | May 22, 2020, 10:46 a.m.
“Transcendent patience does not come to be, when harm is absent.”
— Shantideva
Read More →Garry Keller on the choice of between author and victim
vutran | May 22, 2020, 10:45 a.m.
"When life happens, you can be either the author of your life or the victim of it. Those are your only two choices— accountable or unaccountable. This may sound harsh, but it’s true. Every day we choose one approach or the other, and the consequences follow us forever."
— Garry Keller
Read More →Bronnie Ware on belittling friends
vutran | May 22, 2020, 10:44 a.m.
"If a friend is making you feel small, end the friendship. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been friends for years, or if you don’t have that many friends, or if you have to see them all the time. Nothing is more damaging to your sense of self worth than surrounding yourself with people who pick away at you. Feeling lonely is better than feeling small."
— Bronnie Ware in The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Garry Keller on natural ceiling of achievement
vutran | May 20, 2020, 6:33 a.m.
"Highly productive people don’t accept the limitations of their natural approach as the final word on their success. When they hit a ceiling of achievement, they look for new models and systems, better ways to do things to push them through. They pause ?ust long enough to examine their options, they pick the best one, and then they’re right back at it. Ask an “E” to cut some firewood and the Entrepreneurial person would likely shoulder an axe and head straight for the woods. On the other hand, the Purposeful person might ask, “Where can I get a chainsaw?” With a “P”mindset, you can achieve breakthroughs and accomplish things far beyond your natural abilities. You must simply be willing to do whatever it takes"
— Garry Keller
Lin Yutang on wisdom and busyness:
vutran | May 18, 2020, 6:13 p.m.
"Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise."
— Lin Yutang
