Thought provoking
1. Serve the tea. Practice common acts of generosity and humility, like serving tea to visitors in your home. Small acts require conscious intention to begin with but can become a habit in short order.
2. Show your teeth. To the Dalai Lama, to “show your teeth” means to smile authentically—no half smiles, no Mona Lisa–style ambiguity. The true smil
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Mufti Menk said, "Sometimes, just listening and not saying anything is the best answer. Remember that your silence can't be misquoted"
There’s something deeply satisfying about doing a great job, to the best of your ability. No matter whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, or at a hot startup, or massive company. Entry level or VP. The first recognition has to come from yourself.
I think great curation comes down to five key elements that span the processes of searching, selection and contextualizing:
- Preservation: Caring for, reviving or resurfacing things that might otherwise be lost or forgotten in archives or streams.
- Connection: Inspiring moments of surprise –, “I didn’t think of that
Rachel Botsman • How to curate your life to find more meaning
Is it better to hire a friend you trust and risk that it goes wrong and they’re not your friend anymore? Or, hire a stranger without knowing if they could ever be your friend?
“When you change what you’re counting, you change what counts.”
-Kendra Adachi
I wonder how much of what weighs me down is not mine to carry.
-Unknown
“ if you stop trying to make yourself more than you are, out of fear that you are less than you are, whoever you really are will be a lot lighter and happier and easier to live with, too”
-Jon Kabat-Zinn