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Avoiding Work Is Avoiding Opportunity

Posted on August 24, 2024

It is easy to dismiss work as hard, boring, dirty, tiring or dismal. This is not a helpful way to look at things. Check yourself if this is the only way you see work, as you may lean to the negative, which you may want to adjust.

Work can also be interesting, fun, enjoyable, creative, confidence-building and energising.

How you see it is in part how you see things generally and also what it is. You can change what you do and you can change how you see things, so don’t delay in making some changes.

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In The Moment

Posted on August 18, 2024

Live in the moment. I take a lot of pictures, but I rarely go back to them. Even if I did, would I want to relive all 70,000 moments? It’s like reliving my life while pausing what is happening now for several years!

(Assume 5 seconds to see, on average, each photo. That’s 3 years of 40 hour work weeks to see all the shots. That does not include video.)

And then what do you do with these when you pass? Your children might want a few pictures of you and them in them and that’s it.

Then do you bin or delete all those pics after years of taking them?

Maybe our maker did a better job preparing for this. Only really important memories are kept. The rest disappear. And when you pass, they all go with you.

Think about that. And live in the moment.

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Free Speech

Posted on August 12, 2024

Most people will recognise far left and far right propaganda and nonsense. Some won’t though.

However, we need to allow all voices the opportunity to speak out. Unless they are breaking a hate speech law in the country, we must let people speak.

I don’t enjoy hearing certain perspectives, but they have a right to speak. If enough people think it makes sense, their philosophy may win the day. That is the way it goes. The best ideas win.

Listen to what people want. Most people want very similar things. Oftentimes people can’t communicate what they want or they misunderstand what others are trying to say.

Go listen to people holding different views than you: True diversity. Listen to what they say, not what you think they would say.

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Life Is A Fine Line

Posted on August 10, 2024

Life is precious. A bullet missing a major organ by millimetres can mean you’re alive. A few unfortunate words or good ones in the wrong order could see you in jail for several years.

Misrepresenting the real situation by changing a word, tense or emphasis, could mean certain death, jail or freedom.

Life is full of fine lines. Cross them at your peril. Push things too far and the Universe will snap back. The French Revolution, a ball thrown in the air, or playing with a dog and going one step too far, are all examples of limits being crossed and the (natural) consequences.

Understand where the line is and was, and then adjust quickly, before it’s too late.

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Ask Better Questions

Posted on July 30, 2024

Better questions will help you reveal powerful truths for a better future. What exactly do I want my life to be like in precisely 5 years time?

Can you be honest with yourself with that question? We often try to trick ourselves and avoid the brutal facts of reality. It is easier in the short run but it all catches up with us in the longer run.

Ask questions but also listen carefully to the answer. The answers will reveal more than the ones you make up or hear about in the news.

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Reassess What You Believe

Posted on July 29, 2024

Every now and then, annually perhaps, you should reassess what you believe and why you believe it.

Consider where you learned these beliefs and how it benefits you.

If there is hate in these beliefs, find out who put it there and why you allow it to stay.

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The Backstory

Posted on July 19, 2024

Ask questions about the history of things. There is a lot to learn. Get into the nitty gritty specifics. This can be fascinating.

My son and I were watching the Winnipeg Blue Bombers play their arch rivals the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He asked me why one team had their brand name (Blue Bombers) on the front of their jerseys while the other had their place name (Saskatchewan).

Then he queried why one was a city name and the other was a name of a province (great question!). I had no idea, so began reading about it online. A very interesting story, it was, especially when you add in the situation with the Rough Riders from Ottawa. The fact that both teams were also red and black added to the unusual tale. Look it up.

Backstories can be so interesting. Though, like anything, check different, and especially opposing sources, so you can triangulate around the truth.

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