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Thought Tweet #823

by Rick Baker
On Sep 11, 2013

Thought Tweet #823 Self-knowledge is an essential ingredient of success...it's the 1st ingredient. Spend some time on that. You're worth the effort.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

People who have a thorough understanding of themselves do better as business leaders. They understand their strengths and weaknesses; they understand their desires and goals, they understand their internal drivers and their behaviour; they understand their attitude toward and their reactions to situations and other people. 

And, according to Wikipedia...

The Ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself" (Greek: γνῶθι σεαυτόν, transliterated: gnōthi seauton; also ... σαυτόν ... sauton with the ε contracted), is one of the Delphic maxims and was inscribed in the pronaos (forecourt) of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi according to the Greek periegetic (travelogue) writer Pausanias (10.24.1).[1]

The maxim, or aphorism, "know thyself" has had a variety of meanings attributed to it in literature. The Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia of Greek knowledge, says: "the proverb is applied to those whose boasts exceed what they are,"[2] and that "know thyself" is a warning to pay no attention to the opinion of the multitude.[3]

In Latin, the aphorism is generally given as nosce te ipsum[4] or temet nosce.[5]

Use Fear as a catalyst for Courage

by Rick Baker
On Sep 9, 2013

Fear is a precursor to Courage.

Fear is a necessary precursor to Courage.

Without Fear we could have no Courage.

We know there is an abundance of Fear. We know Fear is capable of lurking at every corner.

Fear is like a wild, untamed, insatiable beast.

Courage – sometimes conscious, sometimes subconscious, and certainly always having strong subconscious roots – is the only trainer able to handle Fear.

We can choose to view Fear as a catalyst for Courage.

We can choose to view Fear as a thing life offers us to enable us to have and build Courage. We can choose to view Fear as a signal, alerting us to do some thinking and take some action to build Courage.

When we choose to view Fear that way, we choose to use Fear as a catalyst to build Courage. We choose to put Fear to constructive use…as our bodies naturally, subconsciously, do when we face real danger.  Put another way, we can choose to mirror the processes of Nature that automatically provide us with fight or flight reactions. Fight or flight fits certain high-risk-of-real-danger Fear-situations. Fight or flight doesn’t fit most everyday Fear-situations. Fight or flight doesn’t fit most workday Fear-situations.

For most workday Fear-situations Courage is a better solution than fight or flight.

So, when Fears visit us during the workday we should not allow them to cause us to do battle [in our heads or externally] and we should not try to ignore them or shrink away from them. Instead, we should use Fears as catalysts for building Courage.

When we use Fears as catalysts for building Courage we enable Courage to drive Confidence. Confidence, molded by Courage, is that comfortable state of mind that is resistant to and resilient in even the most difficult Situations.

Confidence: that's a state of mind we should want to maximize.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Values: Personal Values

Thought Tweet #819.5

by Rick Baker
On Sep 5, 2013

Thought Tweet #819.5 Motivation def'n: a dissatisfaction that reflects your interests

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When you feel dissatisfaction, step back and identify the interest that is at the root of your dissatisfaction.

Then you know your motivation.

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Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #817.5

by Rick Baker
On Sep 3, 2013

Thought Tweet #817.5 The day you stop learning...that's the beginning of the end of construction & achievement. 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Never before has life-long education been so essential...that's another consequence of living through the Future Shock era.

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Change: Creating Positive Change | Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #815

by Rick Baker
On Aug 30, 2013

Thought Tweet #815 The Layman's mindfulness: use more noggin, do less sloggin'.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Mind your Behaviour: use a little more brain, cause a lot less pain. 

 

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Humour | Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #813.5

by Rick Baker
On Aug 28, 2013

Thought Tweet #813.5 The vast majority of what we experience we do not understand...an interesting aspect of the human condition!

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

We go through life experiencing much and understanding little.

However, we have been blessed with brains to think with, eyes and ears to observe with, and last and least mouths to speak with.

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Beyond Business | Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Thought Tweets

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