ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT – Spirituality for Thinkers. Tools for Doers
The first part is about dealing with insults and putdowns while the second goes deeper into responses. Part 1 – How to Deal With Insults and Put-Downs by Neel Burton Insults can be physical, such as punching, slapping, or spitting. More usually, they are verbal, whether direct or indirect. Examples of indirect verbal insults are … Read more
Such a great talk with lots and lots of great info. Summary below for my future reference. * means that it blew my mind. – Pests and weeds have a beneficial ecological role. Pests attract good predators so let it happen. – Analyse your site to see where the sun is passing. In summer a … Read more
(Full checklist and example below)I have tried to keep the notes as neat as possible. You can find another great summary here –http://www.fscanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Difficult-Conversations-Summary.pdf 3 Conversations – What Happened, Feelings, Identity1. The “What Happened?” Conversation. Most difficult conversations involve disagreement about what has happened or what should happen. Who said what and who did what? Who’s … Read more
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller & Jay PapasanEvery chapter ends with a summary of the big ideas. Big up Charles Poliquin for the recommendation. The main point of the book which you should ask for everything is ‘What’s the ONE THING I can do such that by doing … Read more
Conversations With God – Book 3 by Neale Donald WalschNotes:– This book will have Concepts dealing with other realms, other dimensions, and how the whole intricate weave fits together.Act as if you are, and you will draw it to you. What you act as if you are, you become. In other words, “Fake it until … Read more
“THERE’S A STRONG ASSUMPTION STILL THAT EXERTING SELF-CONTROL IS BENEFICIAL … AND WE’RE SHOWING IN THE LONG TERM, IT’S NOT” Studies have found that trying to teach people to resist temptation either only has short-term gains or can be an outright failure. “We don’t seem to be all that good at [self-control],” Brian Galla, a psychologist at the … Read more
