A matter of perspective …
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln
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The conventional view …
“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking” – John Kenneth Galbraith
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Weeding the mind …
“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.” ― Horace Walpole
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Everyone starts with dissatisfaction …
“Everyone begins the journey on the path by experiencing dissatisfaction. Something is missing somewhere, and we are frantically looking for it. But even though we run faster and faster, we do not discover anything at all. There is the constant sense that we are missing the point. So we start to ask questions. ” – Chogyam…
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Mistakes …
“We don’t learn from our mistakes, we learn from thinking about our mistakes” – Ralph Tyler
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We have enough brain power …
“Finally, and most importantly, I wanted to show that we can all be outstanding scientists. The secret of being a good scientist, I believe, lies not in our brain power. We have enough. We simply need to look at reality and think logically and precisely about what we see.” – Dr Eliyahu Goldratt
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Responsive to change …
“It is not the strongest or most intelligent of the species who survive, it is those most responsive to change” – Charles Darwin
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Handling your weaknesses …
There are two ways you can handle your weaknesses. You can let them run you or you can run head first into them. If you are going to run head first into them it is a good idea to have a plan.
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Myself …
“As I think of myself, so I shall be.” – Vironika Tugaleva
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Remembering …
“Life demands more thinking than remembering.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The potential behind our resistance.
In an earlier post I discussed Efrat’s cloud, a very simple way to describe why we resist change. Efrat’s cloud explains that in order for us to be happy we need satisfaction and security. Our need for satisfaction creates a pressure on us to want to change while the need for security creates a pressure on…
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Why we resist change.
“There is a cloud that, in a way, haunts me, or at least I keep finding it everywhere that I look, and that is Efrat’s Cloud.” – Dr. Kelvyn Youngman. In 1995 Efrat Goldratt was a Ph.D. student in Israel. She is the daughter of Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt who conceived the Theory of Constraints Thinking…
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Perfectionism …
“Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.” ― Brené Brown
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Judge a man by his questions …
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” ― Voltaire
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Everybody is unique …
“Everybody is unique and has the potential to do extraordinary things. The first step is often challenging accepted thinking.” Richard Branson
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Always aim at …
“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
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What if you could have a personal breakthrough?
What if you could have a personal breakthrough? What would you achieve?
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You don’t have to explore your past to have a breakthrough.
Most people understand that our current thinking and behaviour is caused by our experiences in the past. If an experience worked for us, then our brain stores the thinking and behaviour for later use and creates a neural shortcut. If it didn’t work, then the thought is more likely to degrade. There is a little…
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Science is a way of thinking …
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” ― Carl Sagan
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it …
“A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.” ― Byron Katie
