Life will throw curve balls at you all the time. What can you do? How would you react when you’re unprepared? How would you feel when you already have lots of things on your plate… when you’re stressed out? This all depends on you — you could lose your nerves, go crazy and get frustrated or you … Continue reading Control your control
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What do you value?
As we grow older and hopefully wiser, we begin to understand the simple things in life are invaluable. Things we might’ve taken for granted such as health, family, friendships, happiness, hard work, and peace of mind. We realize these become more important than whatever else comes after them. We value things that last longer, make … Continue reading What do you value?
It’s unpredictable
We often tell ourselves to leave things for tomorrow — we procrastinate. But nobody knows if we’ll wake up tomorrow at the same state of life: being able to walk, speak, listen, taste, feel…or even wake up at all. Life will always be unpredictable. That’s the pure reason it’s interesting. In stoicism, Stoics tend to remind us … Continue reading It’s unpredictable
It’s ok not to know
When we compare ourselves to other, we more often than not end up doing ourselves an injustice. We look at politicians who look like they know everything from top to bottom, are aware of world issues, and are well-versed publicly. We look at engineers who look like they knew they’ve always wanted to become engineers and were born experts … Continue reading It’s ok not to know
Building tolerance
Our problem-solving skills improve over time as we solve more problems, however, problems get bigger, more complex and difficult as well. We begin tackling smaller sets of problems that might seem big and unsolvable at some time, only to conclude it’s simpler than we initially thought. The more we solve, the better our process gets, and the higher our problem-solving … Continue reading Building tolerance
It’s meant to be
We meet people at random times of our life, but nothing is random about these casualties. We don’t meet them earlier or later although we could have because they bring something valuable to your current life moment. We certainly crossed paths with most people we meet in our future, perhaps were at similar places around the same … Continue reading It’s meant to be
Do it for the right reasons
Just like an athlete trains every day to improve physically, mentally and psychologically, you can do so with your mind, body and other parts too. Do it for the right reasons though: not for fame, not for money. Focus on long-term goals and something that passionates as well as challenges you. Not all things will … Continue reading Do it for the right reasons
Habits are stronger
Old dogs don’t learn new tricks… Or at least most of them don’t anymore. Similar to dogs, humans are creature of habits. We have mental models, routines and habits that are set early in life and are difficult to change as we grow older. We live more on these three factors than anything else. If … Continue reading Habits are stronger
Who are you?
Our career takes over 30% of our lifespan, but does this define who we are as human beings? In other words, are we our careers? Does this define who we really are? Perhaps this allows people — friends, family and acquaintances to stereotype who we are as a consequence of what we do. It’d be interesting to … Continue reading Who are you?
Happiness is undervalued
Excluding honeymoon periods. What’s the longest time you’ve been truly happy and how did it feel? I’d consider true happiness as being comfortable with who you are, being happy waking up on a Monday morning knowing you have to go to work, knowing that not knowing everything in life is actually fine, and having a … Continue reading Happiness is undervalued
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