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Sometimes, action is the simplest thing you can do. Thought can complicate it.
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I once had a car accident. I was driving to office when a cow suddenly gallopped in front of me. I had to apply brakes and the car right behind me hit the hood.
Applying brakes was not my fault. Not maintaining a safe distance and speed was his problem. Knowing this, I decided to approach the situation with calmness.
The more the other person was agitated, the calmer I became. My calm confidence allowed the other person to understand what I was trying to tell him. He admitted to his mistake and we resolved an otherwise conflicting situation.
This experience taught me one important lesson about life: Play it calm when things don’t go your way. Never ever react in anger.
This helped me face some of the fiercest battles: from health emergencies of loved ones to helping family members navigate through a messy financial crisis. Situations will happen – but you have a choice to react proactively or reactively.
When we make calm our highest purpose, we are able to see clearly.
Calmness breeds confidence.
Calmness solves more problems than anger ever will.
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The most essential life skill is doing one thing at a time with your full attention.
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Ask people who you trust for their advice because it opens up perspectives you may not have considered.
However, your growth only happens when you learn to trust yourself – by listening to your intuition.
A lot of my decisions in life were totally against the conventional advice that my wellwishers gave me.
Guess those were the only decisions that were game changing ones for me.
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All growth and new learning comes from willingness to chart unfamiliar paths.
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If you keep doing the right things consistently, the right things will happen!
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It’s ironical that we want others to trust us while we constantly doubt our own selves!
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Transaction may be the starting point of being able to serve. But real service goes beyond the transaction to add something that cannot be measured or brought with money.What are those things you can add?
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Novelty of pursuit keeps creativity alive.
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“Writing is hard for every last one of us… Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig.” – Cheryl Strayed
True for writing. True for mining. True for almost everything else that feels hard.
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