Ego needs honors in order to be validated. Confidence, on the other hand, is able to wait and focus on the task at hand regardless of external recognition.
Ego loves this notion, the idea that something is fair or not. Psychologists
Diogenes of Sinope said we sell things of great value for things of very little, and vice versa. —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 6.2.35b
Cut flowers can outlast movies that people have poured millions into.
Control your perceptions. Direct your actions properly. Willingly accept what’s outside your control.
Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been. —MARCUS AURELIUS R
Choice—to do and think right Refusal—of temptation Yearning—to be better Repulsion—of negativity, of bad influences, of what isn’t true Preparation—for what lies ahead or whatever may happen Purpose—o...
CLARIFY YOUR INTENTIONS Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad. —SENEC...
But the person who has rehearsed in their mind what could go wrong will not be caught by surprise.
Bad luck is actually a chance for us to make up some time. We're like runners who train on hills, or at an altitude so they can beat the runners who expected the course would be flat.
Ask yourself: Is that really worth it? Is it really that pleasurable? Consider that when you crave something or contemplate indulging in a harmless vice.
Advertising can add fuel to a fire, but rarely is it sufficient to start one.
Adults create perennial sellers—and adults take responsibility for themselves. Children expect opportunities to be handed to them; maturity is understanding you have to go out and make them.
A man is worked upon by what he works on, Frederick Douglass once said.
Today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of the world or drown it out with more noise?
Through our perception of events, we are complicit in the creation—as well as the destruction—of every one of our obstacles.
The old Celtic saying tells us, See much, study much, suffer much, that is the path to wisdom.
That line in the movie Fight Club: You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet.
Sometimes being superficial—taking things only at first glance—is the most profound approach.
Reclaim the ability to abstain because within it is your clarity and self-control.