ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
What Rich People Know and Desperately Want to Keep a Secret Adaptation from Desiderata:– Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. – As far as possible be on good terms with all people. Speak the truth quietly and clearly and listen carefully to others, even the … Read more
The title made me think the subject may be stuff other than business. Well… it’s all about business! Most of the stuff I’d been trying to hint to my old company. The most important, I think, is the systems. Once you have a good system in place you don’t even need intelligent people to do … Read more
For Zen monks, it is one of five prohibited items. Yogis strictly avoid it. The Chinese Taoists who run Eugene’s Lotus Garden restaurant won’t cook with it. (Neither would the cooks at now defunct Govinda’s and Golden Avatar restaurants.) Brahma Kumariis and Hari Krishnas don’t eat it. Young children have an aversion to it. Yet, … Read more
Okay. This may be advice for couples also. For couples. For a man ego is very important. Especially in front of wife. (laughter) The woman should take care that she does not squash the ego of the husband. You know, if a woman squashes the husband’s ego, he becomes like vegetable, without any.(laughter) He becomes … Read more
Who is using the ego? How much we need the ego? We need the ego when we get depressed. To come out of your depression, you need your ego. Ego says, come on, what is this, nothing can touch me. And when you think you are failing, then, you need your ego. But, when you … Read more
Law of the Seed:This is a very good piece of thought. Read carefully and relate it to your life. Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree and each apple has ten seeds. That’s a lot of seeds! We might ask, “Why would you need so many … Read more
