A Monk’s Guide to Clean House and Mind vol 2
Use any free time during the cooking process to wash dirtied dishes and tidy up the kitchen.
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Use any free time during the cooking process to wash dirtied dishes and tidy up the kitchen.
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Where there is nothing, there is everything.
Zen saying
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And yet nothing starts out as garbage. Things become garbage when they are treated as garbage.
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Don’t punish people for trying. You teach them to not try with you. Punishing includes whining that it took them so long, that they did it badly, or that others have done it better.
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Bad things happen dramatically (a pandemic). Good things happen gradually (malaria deaths dropping annually) and don’t feel like ‘news’. Endeavour to keep track of the good things to avoid an inaccurate and dismal view of the world.
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If you listen to successful people talk about their methods, remember that all the people who used the same methods and failed did not make videos about it.
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Procrastination comes naturally, so apply it to bad things. “I want to hurt myself right now. I’ll do it in an hour.” “I want a smoke now, so in half an hour I’ll go have a smoke.” Then repeat. Much like our good plans fall apart while we delay them, so can our bad plans.
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If you haven’t figured things out sexually, remember that there isn’t a deadline. If somebody is making you feel like there is, consider the possibility that they aren’t your pal.
If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.
If they haven’t looked for ways of solving it already, they’re not going to look for (or buy) yours.
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There’s more reliable information in a “meh” than a “Wow!”
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[Viral] The formula is s combination of some great (and free) Web content (a video, a blog entry or an e-book) that is groundbreaking or amazing or hilarious on involves a celebrity, plus a network of people, you light the fire and all with link that make it very easy to share.
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Surrender = Complete acceptance of what is + Faith that all is well, even without my input.
In early stage sales, real goal is learning. Revenue is a side-effect.
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