By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche — 2012
It’s surprisingly easy to achieve lasting happiness — we just have to understand our own basic nature. The hard part, says Mingyur Rinpoche, is getting over our bad habit of seeking happiness in transient experiences.
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“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.” “My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.
Thoughts and feelings that persist over time harden into an attitude. If you live with an attitude long enough, it becomes second nature—a mindset. The wrong mindset could lead you off the path of contentment, joy, enlightenment.
Stay a verb—don’t become a noun.
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This book is about hope and a call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in.
Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more...
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In this terrific and witty closing of TEDxLiverpool, Sir Ken Robinson argues that talent is often buried and that we need to search for it. In fact, the foundation of wisdom may be the willingness to go and look for it.
Growth mindset is the belief that personal characteristics can be changed. Growth mindset of athletic ability refers to the belief that physical/athletic skills and talents can be grown and developed through effort and learning.
What is a critical reflection? In a critical reflection, you explain how events, experiences, or new knowledge have led to your personal growth.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
When things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.