Maimonides, a 12th century Jewish scholar, invented the following ladder of giving, with each rung representing a higher degree of virtue: 1. The lowest: Giving begrudgingly and making the recipient feeldisgraced, embarrassed, or “less than” in the process. 2. Giving cheerfully but giving too little or too late, relative to what’sneeded. 3. Giving cheerfully and …
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Morning Gratitude and Commitment Responsibility Laughing Written goals program Reviewing Written Goals Daily Motivational Input Positive Self Talk Daily Vitamins and Supplements Visualization Relationship Building Relaxing and winding down Continual Learning Reducing TV and News Monitoring of Positive Attitude Good amount of Sleep Giving Evening Gratitude and Non-Judgment Daily Water Intake (8 Glasses Or More) …
1. Better LookingA recent study revealed that women are getting better looking through evolution; meanwhile, men are staying the same. After following more than 2,000 people through four decades of life, the study showed that attractive women had 16 percent more children than average-looking chicks and that beautiful people are 36 percent more likely to …
SiliconIndia surveyed people from the IT industry to find out top 10 reasons why people quit their job in IT industry. While we were sure that organization and management play a crucial part in the decision, there were many other reasons as well which may have become more relevant in recent times. “While most people …
Cricketer Rahul Dravid was awarded with a doctorate degree by the University of Bangalore, which Rahul Dravid gracefully returned. Not only did he give back the degree, but he also gave a wonderful speech, he said “My wife is a doctor, she has spent countless sleepless nights and days to get this degree.”“My mother is …
One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver …
Perseverance is not an issue of talent. It is not an issue of time. It is about finishing. Talent provides hope for accomplishment, but perseverance guarantees it. Running Past Failure As a small child, Vonetta (Jeffrey) Flowers dreamed about being in the Olympics. She ran everywhere she went, and gained a reputation among her school …
When JK Rowling began to write her first novel, she was a single-mother pent up in a tiny flat in Edinburgh, Scotland. Struggling to make ends meet, she scraped by on a meager public welfare check provided by the state. In the solitude of her desperate situation, Rowling even contemplated suicide. Rowling’s saving grace and …
While reading a magazine at a dentist’s office in Paris, Philippe Petit became engrossed in an article about the Twin Towers in New York. As an 18-year old street performer, Petit was constantly on the lookout for venues for his high wire balancing acts. Studying an artist’s rendition of the World Trade Center, Petit came …
Discipline is one of your most powerful tools. Use it to your advantage. Discipline is nothing more than controlling your own behavior. And you’ve been doing that your whole life. You have the power to make your own choices and to follow those choices. So make those choices the ones that will raise your life …