- 25 most important things you should teach your kid
What most kids learn in school is of little use in the outside world. General Douglas Macarthur wrote this in his "A Father's Prayer":
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave…
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- Three things you should track daily
I call this the Personal Battery Check, which will help you know how much tired you are, whether you concentration levels are up, or if some unhappiness in personal/domestic life is affecting your performance.
1. Trac…
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- 15 most important things you should discover about yourself ASAP
As early as possible in life, you must find what and who really matters to you. Before it's too late. Know thyself.
1. What you truly stand for. (and are willing to be public about it)
2. You need to find
your pow…
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- The 100 greatest short but most practical words of wisdom of all time
The top 10:
Life is difficult.
This too shall pass.
Don't panic.
Keep calm, carry on.
Breathe.
Simplify.
Listen.
Suffer.
Adapt.
Always improve.
Smile!
Live.
Run.
Try.
Do.
Duck!
Now.
Enjoy.
Love.
No …
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- 150 most important bits of advice on 150 most important things in life and business
Think of this as The Success Manual in Brief.
1. DO YOUR OWN THING
A man who doesn't go his own way is nothing.
- James Jones
2. MANAGE YOURSELF
Why change the world when we can change ourselves
– Mahatma Gan…
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- Kent M. Keith's rules of life
Here's some advice from writer Kent M. Keith, in his own form of the Desiderata of sorts:
“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some …
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- How to be remarkable #138: Accept the sorrows
As R.E.M. put it 'Everybody Hurts', you are not the only to be hurt, at this moment almost 50% of all people must be hurting for some reason. That's how life goes. So, as the R.E.M. songs says 'Hold on, Hold On.' here ar…
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- Matthew Lasar's rules of life
Here is a set of rules of life from journalist Matthew Lasar:
1. Do what you say you're gonna do
2. Show up!
3. Give genuine praise whenever you can
4. Never say sorry when you don't mean it
5. Never use sarcasm in …
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- How to be remarkable #137: Turn off the computer
The computer screen holds us glued to it. We wanted to finish writing somethinng but let's search Google for something, let's check out what's up with friends on facebook, let's find who abused whom on Twitter?...the gia…
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- Nick Hornby's #1 writing advice: Why write at all?
Nick Hornby, who made list making in novels a popular technique (I liked his 'About a boy' the best) says:
Actually, when you think about it, not many novels in the Spare tradition are terribly cheerful. Jokes you…
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- How to be remarkable #136: Have no attachments
It is not that attachments are risky, but attachements are 'maya'. You get interested in something and then it all maze. Life becomes a series of 'what ifs' and 'why nots , and 'why mes'. The Buddha said:
“Embrace nothi…
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- Four reasons why Indians continue to tolerate mis-selling of financial and insurance products
Part of the blame goes to a slow, consumer-unfriendly system, but a big part of the blame lies with the Indian consumer, who is just too lazy. From a good article by Subra:
1. The customer is so damn indifferent that he…
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- The most honest author criticism I read today
Here's what Mark Twain said about Jane Austen, the godmother of women chick-lit writers:
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, bu…
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- You don't need Microsoft Surface or Apple iPads
Both Apple and Microsoft are old news. Both make money Operating Systems that you need to upgrade every couple of years. What an old idea! Apple may be making better looking laptops and tablets but the idea of completely…
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- 20+ more great insights about writing from great writers
This one is my favorite and I suspect many people who love writing will love this one:
1. Why did I writeBecause I found life unsatisfactory.
― Tennessee Williams
2. I don't know why I started writing. I don't know…
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- Writing advice from Dr. Seuss: Keep it simple
Dr. Seuss, famous for his children books, including Cat in a hat, the Lorax and many others, believed that writers should keep it simple, not the simplicity of Hemingway and his Iceberg principle but really simple.
1.…
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- Ray Bradbury's advice to writers: You must write every single day of your life
Ray Bradbury, who passed away recently, will always be remembered for Martian chronicles and the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (a future where books are outlawed) said this about writing:
If you want to write,…
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- 15 Things Andy Rooney said better than anybody else
Andy Rooney, the American radio and television writer, was perhaps most famous for his satirical quotes about news and other things in life, on the last word segment "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", each week on the CBS…
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- How to be remarkable #135: Create something everyday
Did you know that Isaac Asimov wrote and published more than 400 books by typing nonstop from 6 am to noon, every day for forty years! And that Edison got 1600+ patents!
If you liked this, please check out The Succes…
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- How to be remarkable #134: Don't be self-righteous
St. Augustine said it right, "As a youth I prayed, "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
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