In chapter 11, the excerpts from Dalai Lama's statement "Instructions for Life in the New Millennium" were the best read. Below are the ones that I like the most:
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. Follow the 3 R's: Respect for the self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
3. Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
4. When you realize you made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
5. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
6. Live a good, honorable life. That way, when you get older and think back, you will be able to enjoy it a second time.
I will definitely post these in my cubicle at work. Words are so powerful that a quick glance can change the pace of our workday and change our attitudes and actions. Putting inspirational thoughts in our office is a form of communicating to inner self in a simple and clear way. It is important to have an authentic dialogue with our own self. Communication with the self is much more important than the communication we do with others.
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I could totally dig what Dalai Lama's what saying. However an individual wants to exceel , i think they have to experince these six steps. The one that i like the most is judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. That's extremley deep and passionate expression. In order to really except the hard work youve done, you must look at the trials and tripulations you put your slef through.
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