Failures are like skinned knees: painful but superficial.
H. Ross Perot
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Morning depression?
Especially in the dark and cold time of the year it happens to people that they get sad. Right after they realize the alarm clock is ringing, demanding to start the day, people lose themselves in thoughts about life, about how senseless it is, how hard, the list goes on and on.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy and to love.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
You have to realize how grateful you should be for being alive.
The world is a super awesome place, a big playground and you can do whatever you like. Why waste your chances, aim for the moon!
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Sleep?!
“Sleep?!” He said. “Sleep is for those people who are broke. I have an opportunity to make a dream become a reality. I do not sleep.”
50 Cent
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All work and no play…
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
Mark Twain
I can’t stand people who dislike work.
Those guys have not understand what work is about. It is about doing something you like and you’re good at and getting paid for it rather than working your ass of like a slave for someone you don’t like. If your work does not make you happy you should look out for an alternative.
If you don’t like your job, get a new one, then quit!
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What a circus!
We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it does not.
We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.
Charles Bukowsky
Human beings should feel united, strong and in support for each other since we’re all in the same game of life.
Instead we chose to give ourselves and each other a hard time and tend to drive ourself crazy.
Today I want you to enjoy the circus of life, the crazy experience you are able to enjoy. Smile, Sing, Dance, Jump, enjoy your day! 🙂
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Enjoy the experience
Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.
Dan Stanford
It’s not always the best to just get what you wished for.
Sometimes it is important to be denied, to fail, to make other experience than you would have expected.
Why see that as a problem? It’s awesome life experience, free and without any charge, comfortably delivered to you.
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Wow! What a ride! (picture)
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of somke, thorougly used up, totally worn outm and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!
Hunter S. Thompson
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Be a man of value!
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
Being a man of value is important and awesome for yourself and other people around you. That’s why Igor Burdetskiy from Mastering the Art of being unstoppable put together a list of what it means to live with integrity and have value.
- Have Integrity – when you say you are going to do something, do it. Do not under deliver or make up excuses
- Always be on Time – Always, no matter what. This falls under integrity, but is so important it needs to be listed on it’s own
- Treat every single person you meet as a best friend, and they will become one
- Think in terms of the other person’s perspective as much as your own
- Respect all elders and be a role model to those younger than you
- Forgive.
- If a friend has a quirky trait about them that really annoys you, help them improve upon it
- Knowledge is happiness, happiness is knowledge
- Don’t lead people on
- Every person has value and is your superior at something
- Wherever you are and whoever you are with, enjoy their company and have them enjoy yours
- Leaders eat last. Leaders take care of their tribe.
- Do not gossip or talk about someone behind his or her back. It will always come back to that person, and people will worry you say negative things about them to others
- Be prepared and stick to your morals no matter the situation, especially the ones that test them
- Do not belittle people. Do not be knowingly ignorant.
- Treat life as a beautiful experiment; be curious; Create value
- Listen. Listen. Listen.
- Treat guests like family
- Family, above all, is most important – cherish them
- Chase your dreams, not money.
- Don’t leave people hanging. If they text, email, or call you, respond in a timely manner
- Remember your best friend’s and family’s birthdays, and personally call them
- Never show up to a party or gathering empty handed. Always add to the party, don’t just consume.
- Think before you speak. Then think some more.
- Live for the big moments, enjoy all of the small ones
- Your feelings and thoughts become reality. Pay attention to your feelings and what you think about
- Show appreciation when appreciation is due. Pay attention to the things people do that affect you
- Be consistent. Don’t fall off the wagon easily or jump from one thing to another.
- When you do something, do it very well. Or don’t do it at all.
- Always pay back money you borrow and return things you borrow on time
- Show up. Show up to wherever you said you were going to. Show up to the things you may not have necessarily promised to attend, but know you should be there. 90% of living life is just showing up.
If you like this list, check out his blog and give him some views.
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Take what you need
The truth about every piece of advice ever: it’ll work for some people, it won’t work for others.
Advice is never omnipotent. It does not work for everyone and it sure does not work for everyone in the same extend. You have to chose what is good for you and consume it.
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Individuality vs. education (picture)
Our education system is not made for honouring individuals for their particular skills. It unites and tries to accomplish general skill levels.
I do not want to start an argument about wether that is good or bad but it is important for you to know how it works. Don’t get discouraged when your education does not directly emphasize your personal strength. Go through the system, pass what you have to and educate yourself in areas you love.
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