ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
The Republic by Plato: Sounds like it’s by Socrates. Once again Will Smith’s recommendation got my mind boggled! It’s all about this conversation Socrates has with his mates about good over bad and definition of justice. Oh now… it sound like it is but they go so deep into other areas at one point Socrates … Read more
He always made new friends, and he didn’t need to spend all of his time with them. When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn’t what … Read more
What Rich People Know and Desperately Want to Keep a Secret Adaptation from Desiderata:– Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. – As far as possible be on good terms with all people. Speak the truth quietly and clearly and listen carefully to others, even the … Read more
The title made me think the subject may be stuff other than business. Well… it’s all about business! Most of the stuff I’d been trying to hint to my old company. The most important, I think, is the systems. Once you have a good system in place you don’t even need intelligent people to do … Read more
For Zen monks, it is one of five prohibited items. Yogis strictly avoid it. The Chinese Taoists who run Eugene’s Lotus Garden restaurant won’t cook with it. (Neither would the cooks at now defunct Govinda’s and Golden Avatar restaurants.) Brahma Kumariis and Hari Krishnas don’t eat it. Young children have an aversion to it. Yet, … Read more
Okay. This may be advice for couples also. For couples. For a man ego is very important. Especially in front of wife. (laughter) The woman should take care that she does not squash the ego of the husband. You know, if a woman squashes the husband’s ego, he becomes like vegetable, without any.(laughter) He becomes … Read more
