Success

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I just found Richard St John's short presentations (4-4 mins) on success.
Very good ones!!! ;)

(Subtitles are available on 36+ languages!)

Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success

Richard St. John: "Success is a continuous journey"

Recognition

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I can never find myself.

I am constantly creating who I am...

Buffet

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Now, I have regular access to a buffet, which is full of nice food and I can eat as much as I want - and I think I eat much more than I want! Actually, I can't stop eating! Well, thx to my parents' genes I've inherited, nobody can see these extra foods on me - but I can feel it on my mood: this tremendous food makes me really sleepy and tired!

I started to wonder why I can't stop? Though I know there is plenty of food at home and I can come back to this buffet many other times too, it's still very challenging to me not to overeat! I'm aware that I'm much more energetic when I eat less and drink more (water!) and still... I think this is a good example for the following famous saying:
I can do anything I want but not everything is good for me!

After some further investigations in my soul, I realized that I don't follow this behavior only in the buffet - I do it in other areas of my life too. Eg.: knowledge! I want to know so many things, but do I really need to know everything I want? Am I ever gonna use all this knowledge? Will it bring any good thing into my life? What would it be, if I started to focus on fewer things?

My Favorite Dessert... ;)

Mirage

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I just listened to one of Deepak Chopra's audiobook: Magical Mind, Magical Body. How interesting it was!

He gives detailed explanation about the body-mind connection, tells about the aging process and how to slow it down, he explains an easy & effective way of loosing weight & being physically fit. He talks about the main personality types and about their balances. Love & Fear is also discussed as well as many other interesting things.

I really liked when he talked about the known & unknown. He said that most of the people are afraid of the unknown, however it's a mirage, and instead, people should be afraid of the known!

Why?
Because the unknown is always full of possibilities, while the known always limits and bounds us...

Mirage

Free Your Mind

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I've just heard a following story recently:

The pupil went to the master to expand his knowledge by learning from the master. In the very beginning, the master poured 2 glasses of water and told him the following presentation:

"This glass of water in front of you represents your knowledge. This one, in front of me represents mine. If you want my water (my knowledge), you have to empty your glass (your mind)!"

I wonder how many times I didn't "empty my glass" before listening to my loved ones, friends and other people?! I'm even more curious how much more open I'm becoming by understanding this profound principle! ;)

Empty Your Glass! ;)

Vicious Circles

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This week I started my trainee-ship in a residential care home where I work with elderly people. When I looked around in a nice lady's room I had to notice how gorgeous beauty she used to be a half of a century ago... And now, an elderly fragile lady sits in front of me, who is facing with physical & mental challenges.

I started to think again - I just can't stop thinking. :) How many times we stop doing exercises for some reasons (or rather, excuses?) and it results us either gaining weight or lack of energy. And the less we train our muscles the harder is to restart our workouts. We say to ourselves that we are tired or we can't exercise - while working out would be the very thing that could free us from tiredness, give us more energy and build up our muscles...

I wonder if it works the same with the mind: From our adventurous childhood we go more and more toward a secured life, avoiding risks... Until we reach a point when we realize:

If we always do what we've always done, we will get what we always got.

Then, we stop and we ask: Is that it? Is that all what life is about?

But isn't it too late by then? Will we still have the courage to take any risk to make some changes, to do something differently?

Vicious Circle

Mission Accomplished

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I wondered many times why I used to follow through my goals related to supporting other people's goal & mission while I got stuck with some of my personal goals. Finally I found the answer.

When I set up a mission which is bigger than me, then it becomes so important that I just follow through whatever it takes.

And what is my benefit from this? The same as I can get from achieving my goals: the personality change I'm going through while I'm achieving.

I'm extremely curious what will happen if I choose to follow missions that are in the very same direction where my personal goals are! ;)

My New Mission