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Wisdom Blog
Priority and Focus
Priority is the executive function of focus. It is what shapes and guides your attention in terms of what is most important to you.
The Creative Potential of Goals
Goals are useful because they give you something to shoot for; and the most valuable goals are those that inspire and creatively motivate you.
The Value of a Helping Hand
Helping others is empowering. Through empathy and compassion we share in the relief and happiness experienced by those who have been helped.
Do What You Love
When you do what your love, you will have a greater opportunity to tap into your creativity and passion, and to develop your highest potential.
Whistle While You Work
The eyes of many workers light up only after they depart from their work. What if you derived as much happiness at work as you did in your spare time?
Risking Personal Development
Seeking to personally change and better yourself often involves the risk of stepping outside of your comfort zone and experiencing temporary discomfort, insecurity, disappointment, and even failure.
Kindness
In acting out of kindness, you experience a feeling of satisfaction in knowing that you are doing something that provides positive benefits for another, and that it is a good thing to do.
Patience and Virtue
Patience is well-known by the popular saying, “Patience is a virtue.” It involves tolerating delay by exercising self-control over the desire, and sometimes the impulse, of wanting what you want almost immediately.
Positive Over Negative
Thinking in a positive manner encourages positive expectations and serves as a protection against negative thoughts like worry and fear.