Self-betterment
Remote relationships cost you real relationships . Every minute you spend cultivating relationships with people through a screen is a minute you’re not deepening relationships with people you can actually see and touch and smell.
Nat Eliason • 40 Lessons From 30 Years
I would love to live like a river flows
carried by the surprise of its own unfolding
— John O’Donohue
Tommy Dixon • How to design a good life
Beware of shadow careers . This idea comes from Steven Pressfield: “Sometimes, when we’re terrified of embracing our true calling, we’ll pursue a shadow calling instead. The shadow career is a metaphor for our real career. Its shape is similar, its contours feel tantalizingly the same. But a shadow career entails no real risk. If we fail at a... See more
Nat Eliason • 40 Lessons From 30 Years
One of my biggest problems is the fact that I don’t really know my calling. I wanna do a lot of things. I’m interested in so many things. But I can’t identify this thing that my life should wrap around. Also, I’m not that kind of guy who does a lot of things at the same time. It’s a serious dilemma.
We can ditch our managers, offices, or professions, but any horizontal leap will only land us on another treadmill. Resignation does not liberate us from the rat race. The ultimate escape—transcendence—is vertical, not horizontal. Otherwise, our individuality will be used for anything but our own good.
Sherry Ning • Transcending the Rat Race
In Greek, charisma translates as a “gift.” Rather than keep that gift to exploit for themselves, some charismatic people disperse it. They hand it out at social events, such as the holiday parties at this time of year, and use it to guide the energy of a shared occasion. I call these people vibe popes. Consider it a nondenominational title for... See more
Adrienne Matei • The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party
Charisma is the gift of spending good social time with others.
Put simply, charismatic people are helpers. They are out to see others profit; they have the gift of grace.
John C. Maxwell • Be a People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships
