If you want to make any improvement in your life, you must first accept the way it is now. Don’t try to judge it and make it wrong. Don’t try to glorify it or distort the truth to make it more attractive. Just accept the way things are. I believe a lot of personal improvement […]
Profound Wisdom
I found myself reading Herman Hesse’s famous novel Siddhartha over my holiday break. The story follows the man Siddhartha as he goes along his quest for truth, stumbles into confusion and despair but eventually finds wisdom. There is one particular passage at the end of the novel where Siddhartha is trying to give his friend, […]
How to Change Your Beliefs
What causes someone to persist when another would give up? What causes a person to focus and utilize all their resources towards a goal? What ultimately creates the difference between happiness and despair? The answer is beliefs. I’ve tried a lot of crazy methods to improve my beliefs structure. Most of them didn’t work very […]
Anchor Moments
You build up the confidence to go over and talk to the attractive stranger. You have thought of something interesting to say and you stroll by. Suddenly a fleeting expression on the strangers face causes your confidence to shake. You no longer feel your opening remark is nearly as witty or interesting as it had […]
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