SELF-REFLECTION
“Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.” (Lin Yutang)
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
“Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.” (Lin Yutang)
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In Your Own Words…
In your own words, what is the central message of the above quote by the Chinese inventor and writer Lin Yutang?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
In your own life, have you ever thought you would like to pursue some interest,, but then discovered from experience that this pursuit was unrealistic and did not fit your aptitudes and skills? What was the pursuit, and what led you to realize that it was not for you?
In your own experience or in the observation of others, have you ever noticed someone ignoring the feedback he or she was receiving to the effect that the path they were pursuing was not realistic or compatible with their aptitudes, but they stubbornly continued until they eventually met with disappointment or disillusionment.? Who was involved, and what was the specific situation?
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
There is a great inspirational quote by the artist Pablo Picasso, “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
However, it is well to remember that there are simply some things that you may never be able to learn to do well, no matter how often you try or how determined you are, and there is nothing to be ashamed of in that truth. Everyone has limitations as well as potentials. Sometimes, by understanding and accepting your limitations, you can learn to direct yourself in a more focused manner to what you have the most realistic and best chance of succeeding at.
“Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.” (Mason Cooley)
“Continually feeding our need for positive self-evaluation is a bit like stuffing ourselves with candy. We get a brief sugar high, then a crash.” (Kristin Neff)
“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” (Lloyd Alexander)
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