Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
It is that simple.
Well in theory it is. Nevertheless just make sure you always aim for the right thing to do and you will be fine.
/phil
Do the right thing!
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It is about getting things done
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Napoleon Hill
When someone gives you an important task and you want to impress this certain somebody then remember to GET IT DONE!
If course it seems reasonable to come back with a good excuse and he will most likely not judge you if you have good reasons, but what is more important is that the person remembers giving you a task and you being unable to complete it.
No matter how good the reason, the next time he will think of someone to complete an important task he will not think like
“Who could get it done if there were no obstacles”
but rather
“Who gets my shit done without coming back to me before he is finished with a task”.
You may be lucky enough that there is not such a person and you as the second choice will still be the man to do the job but would it not be better to be the first choice to begin with?
Of course it would be. And that is why you get your shit done! If someone gives you a task and you want to help him out, you get it done.
By the way, this is one of the very idealistic posts, don’t take it literally. There are perfect reasons for coming back to a person without having fullfilled their tasks but this is a general idea of how work should function and how delegation of work should apply.
/phil
When times get tough…
…remember this:
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie Chaplin
When you feel down or are in a very bad mood because of a certain upcoming tragedy just remember how you dealt with such things in the past.
No matter how bad or how big a problem might look right now, you always will look at it differently some years from now on.
Keep the bigger picture in mind!
/phil
Make your own decisions!
People will judge you either way so go ahead and just do what feels right
Phil
Often when facing scaring or just big decisions you might wonder what close friends or even family might think of you.
I mean “important” decisions like wether to quit a job or not or if you want to leave the country or not. When it comes to career, family planning or serious stuff like that you will most certainly picture yourself in the possible situations and think about how people will look at you.
Don’t do that!
People will judge you no matter what you do. That goes for family, friends and enemies. Everybody does it and there is nothing wrong with it.
Just don’t let this judgement confuse your decisions. You know what is right for you and it will work out in the end so have the courage to make strong decisions that are in harmony with your own thoughts rather than forming a person other people might like.
Another important point is that there are not always right and wrong decisions. You’ll make so many decisions in your life that it will never be possible to relate anything (good or bad) to one single one.
So don’t be afraid, make choices, face the consequences, gain experience and be prepared that you might want to change your opinion in the end.
At least you will never wonder “What would have happened if I had just trusted myself” but you will be more certain because you have personal experience instead of recommendations!
Making own decisions based on own thoughts is always more likeable in the end. What is the worth of a person that likes you just because you make decisions in his/her favor? Right, you rather would not hang around with such a person.
/phil
The biggest change of all
Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.
Jim Rohn
This may sound obvious but come to think of it: You will always stand where you are right now if you don’t change. Therefore ask yourself: Are you truly, and I mean eternally and forever- and ever happy? Are you genuinely satisfied with what you’ve got?
Chances are you are not. So think about what you want and what you have to do in order to get there. And now the fun part begins! Instead of making excuses why you don’t do it, which I’m sure there are plenty of, you start throwing yourself at it, you start being uncomfortable, your start expanding your comfort zone and challenge yourself on a daily basis!
So in conclusion, unless you are truly happy and satisfied without any wish for something new (If your are: Congratulations), START TO CHANGE TODAY!
And remember, there is no big difference in big or small changes, the biggest change of all is to go from stagnation to change in the first place.
/phil
Jim Rohn
Be a man, earn your life!
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
Miguel de Cervantes
Be a man and work for your own comfort!
While it is okay to take some things for free at times it is never okay to be the mooch that never gives anything but lives off other people.
The lesson is easy: You want it? Go get it. Can’t get it? Learn how to do it and get it!
/phil
Be Bold!
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Basil King
/phil
Practise hard!
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
Hyman Rickover
Is is not enough to have good ideals or a good idea on what to do. You need to push through numerous times of repetition in order to adapt new habits and skills. DO IT!
/phil
How the school system can fuck up your mind
Today I talked to a buddy at the university about nothing in particular when this happened:
Buddy: I’d be happy if I made more money than my professor some day.
Since we study economics I assured him that he probably will if he goes in the open economy
Him: Only if I am good at what I do.
Me: Well, are you?
Him: I don’t know if I will be
Me: Well, why wouldn’t you?
Him: How would I know, I have not written any tests so far
I could not believe that he actually said and believed that. He honestly thinks his success in tests and in university in general defines his later work life!
How can our school system fuck that hard with the mind of a young person? I can’t believe that people really think that way, this is so damn limiting!
What about following your dreams, believing in your ideas? What about the passion that young people always have? If you ask a child what he wants to be when he grows up he sure as hell won’t say: I wanna be a firefighter, but therefore I have to study hard and be an honorable person.
He will reply: I want to be James Bond, I want to be a firefighter, heck I want to be a billionaire!
I don’t say that education is not important or should be taken lightly but everything has to have boundaries and if you really think your success in several years from now on depends on how well you do in some tests right now, there must be something wrong.
How great must this pressure be? If I fail now, I won’t have a good job in ten years?
Wow, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT apply this attitude to your life!
Go where you want to go and take important tasks serious but damn have fun on the way and don’t worry too much. It will all work out! It always has and it always will work out, trust me on this one.
And now go out and enjoy yourself!
/phil
NOW
If you look on life carefully it seems to be an awful lot of waiting. But what for? In general the only thing which becomes better while you become older are your possibilites of consumption. Your mind and body fitness and regeneration decreases, responibilites increase…. but don’t be depressed.
You never will be as young as you are NOW. There will never be so much time to life left as NOW. And the one time chance to live your life is always NOW. So don’t wait for your 5-year plan to complete, don’t wait for summer, don’t wait till tommorow.
Live now…
/robin
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