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Casual Articles - Reflection the Key to Self-Awareness
As I peruse the pages of various holiday issues of my favorite fitness/womens magazines I notice many articles about the benefits of practicing yoga at this stressful time of year. At the risk of sounding like a cardio snob, if I have 30 minutes a day (if I’m lucky) and i have to get int
How often do we hear:
*I’m too busy to be bothered with that?
*I have fires to put out?
* I can’t think about yesterday because I need to deal with today?
*Why did I do that
Normally in this column I dispense highly-intelligent small business advice in response to thought-provoking questions submitted by future and fellow entrepreneurs. This week, however, I have a couple of questions for myself, one of which makes me wonder how truly intelligent I really am
The question was excellent. Individuals were required to reflect before they could respond. Albert Einstein wrote many years ago “Without deep reflection, one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” Thousands of years before Einstein Confucius stated that “study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.”
As Einstein indicated, reflection is necessary for individual self-awareness. And yet, how much actual time do we as individuals, small business owners, entrepreneurs, parents or executives actually spend on reflection? The harried pace of today’s world provides a convenient excuse for not taking the time to reflect.
How often do we hear:
*I’m too busy to be bothered with that?
*I have fires to put out?
* I can’t think about yesterday because I need to deal with today?
*Why did I do that
When talking about manufactured home financing, there are some criteria set by the lenders which need to be fulfilled by individuals wishing to get a loan. First and foremost, lenders want you to take out a loan that is within your ability to repay. Usually, they have varying formulas to
The question was excellent. Individuals were required to reflect before they could respond. Albert Einstein wrote many years ago “Without deep reflection, one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” Thousands of years before Einstein Confucius stated that “study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.”
As Einstein indicated, reflection is necessary for individual self-awareness. And yet, how much actual time do we as individuals, small business owners, entrepreneurs, parents or executives actually spend on reflection? The harried pace of today’s world provides a convenient excuse for not taking the time to reflect.
How often do we hear:
*I’m too busy to be bothered with that?
*I have fires to put out?
* I can’t think about yesterday because I need to deal with today?
*Why did I do that
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As Einstein indicated, reflection is necessary for individual self-awareness. And yet, how much actual time do we as individuals, small business owners, entrepreneurs, parents or executives actually spend on reflection? The harried pace of today’s world provides a convenient excuse for not taking the time to reflect.
How often do we hear:
*I’m too busy to be bothered with that?
*I have fires to put out?
* I can’t think about yesterday because I need to deal with today?
*Why did I do that
I am in my apartment, crouching, my head feels like the head of the elephant man. It hurts and I gasp for air. I am on the bathroom floor on a pile of towels. My tongue feels heavy in my mouth and I lull like a baby. All that is unsaid and all that is said in vain or pain is attached to
How often do we hear:
*I’m too busy to be bothered with that?
*I have fires to put out?
* I can’t think about yesterday because I need to deal with today?
*Why did I do that
TV advertisements are often considered as expensive and unaffordable. That comes mainly from the great respect people have for the television as a media. It is admitted that TV plays the biggest role in our lives, as a regulator of our public opinion, and a navigator of our social behavi
How often do we hear:
*I’m too busy to be bothered with that?
*I have fires to put out?
* I can’t think about yesterday because I need to deal with today?
*Why did I do that because everybody else does that?
When was the last time that you reflected? For me, it was at a recent wake and funeral of a dear man who wasn’t a relative, but someone whom I had lovingly called Uncle for over 50 years. At the wake, a slide show was presented showing pictures of his life. My family was in many of those photographs and I reflected upon those childhood experiences. This reflection caused me to shed some quiet tears as I reconnected with those almost forgotten memories. I realized how much I had changed and how that change had positively affected me.
So, if you could teach one skill to your child, student, friend, employee or even yourself, what would you teach? For me, there was only one answer – Awareness through Reflection.
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