Tracking my fear of exam results and the other branch fears that appeared led me to the root: fearing I couldn’t make my parents happy
JAY SHETTYWhen we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.
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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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Find me someone who has gone to the darkest parts of their own character where they were so close to their own self-destruction and found a way to get up and out of it, and I will bow on my knees to you. You’re my teacher.
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To walk down the same old path and find a new stone is to open your mind.
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You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
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Pride of wealth destroys wealth, pride of strength destroys strength and in the same manner pride of knowledge destroys knowledge.
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Yesterday is but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
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You are who you are when no one is watching.
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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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When we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.
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When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
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Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
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Your passion becomes a purpose when you use it to serve others.
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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We don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility. My limitations make space for the gifts of other people
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We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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Location has energy; time has memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and natural. If you do something in the same space every day, it becomes easier and natural.
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Life’s too short to live without purpose, to lose our chance to serve, to let our dreams and aspirations die with us.
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Every night when I’m falling asleep, I say to myself, I am relaxed, energized, and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic, and productive.
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Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.
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But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.
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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of I, me, and mine
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So people who come to this place, stay here for a while, and then continue their journey. Sounds like a hotel to me.
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