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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu Have you ever read a wonderful piece of advice and then completely failed to implement it? I’ve recently been looking a lot of advice in the face and asking, “Why bother?” All those gurus sitting in their white castles don’t know the details of [...] December 1st, 2009 | Category: aspirations, career, frugal living, happiness, health, inspirational quote | Leave a comment
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| There once was a rich and powerful king who commissioned his noblemen to bring him a symbol. Something that would make him happy when he was sad, and sad when he was happy. They brought him back a ring with the inscription: “This too, shall pass.” Every time you travel down one path, you miss out on the path you didn’t take. It’s something we rarely think out, because missing something causes regret. We want it all. But it’s a fact: we can’t have it all. We have limited resources, and it’s good to accept that. At any given time, there’s only [...] There have been a couple of recent posts over at Wisebread.com about following your dreams, in response to which quite a few people claimed it was impossible. Considering that I’m currently taking quite a big risk to follow my dreams, I find this topic really interesting. These are the steps that I took to follow my [...] November 18th, 2009 | Category: Personal, aspirations, career, happiness, productivity | Leave a comment
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| There’s an interesting post in the Simple Dollar archives about the peak end rule, which lead me to do a bit of research on my own about this hypothesis. Initially put forward by a Nobel prize-winner, the peak end rule basically says that experiences we enjoy tend to have a pleasant middle and a strong [...] “Work is love made visible.” – Kahlil Gibrail When you do something you love, you wake up excited, work intensely and happily, and go to bed looking forward to another day of work. It’s not work you force yourself to do for the money, it’s work you love to do, and would do for free or [...] I’m a huge fan of Trent Hamm over at The Simple Dollar. It’s an amazing blog, and Trent has a wonderful perspective about life that I love. Recently, Trent’s been talking about the area where he lives, and how it plays a huge role in his lifestyle. He lives in the mid-west, which is idyllic for [...] Studies show that money makes you happier. If you’re really poor, you don’t doubt that. Even if you’re quite well-off, you still don’t doubt that, but now you want a yatch and a BMW, not just a functioning car. So we all want more money. But apart from its uses, where does money fit into your life? [...] Buying happiness and being frugal are not necessarily contradictory. Buying happiness means spending money on things that will actually make you happier, not things you’ll forget. Here are some things you can spend on that really will make you happier: Time: We all want more time, and money can buy this. You could hire someone to [...] We must become the change we want to see in the world – Gandhi I think the secret to being happy has already been solved. There’s enough information out there now to know how to be happier. It’s not easy, but it’s possible, and quite worth the effort. But for most people, and certainly for me, the first [...] |
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