Boris on December 26th, 2009

–This is the first post for a new category described as “Different Drummer”. In this category I explain how I disagree with a famous and recognized leader or celebrity in an aspect that is usually motive of admiration for most of the people.–
The first leader that I disagree with within this Category is Gandhi and I specifically [...]

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Boris on December 20th, 2009

For consideration:
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying”, 
Friedrich Nietzsche
Consideration
Every time a baby learns to walk, the mystery and magic of learning a new skill are present and waiting for us.
When we see a baby learning [...]

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Boris on December 15th, 2009

The pearl from the shelf:
“Nobody is motivated by money… 
Nobody is motivated by numbers and green paper.

 
We are, however, all motivated by what we think these numbers and green paper will give us. We are motivated by how we think money will make us feel. A fat bank account can make us feel successful, powerful, secure, [...]

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Boris on December 12th, 2009

For discussion:
 
 
Consideration
This broken clock is right twice a day… However, it isn’t useful at all!
When we are right and we don’t do anything about it, we are like this broken clock… totally useless!
When we say wise and beautiful words, and then, our actions don’t follow our words, our great ideas are as useless as this broken [...]

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Boris on December 7th, 2009

For discussion:

Consideration
You find a big pole with two arrows pointing to opposite directions. One says Love and the other one says  Fear.
Which direction are you going to follow?
Fear involves feelings such as anger, envy, greed, arrogance, inferiority, self-pity, guilt, hate, resentment, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, scarcity, you name it…
In the other hand  Love includes feelings such as joy, [...]

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Boris on December 3rd, 2009

 

The pearl from the shelf:
“What is the nature of power? What does it mean to be a truly powerful human being?
Power is not the ability to exert your will upon another person. There is no inner security in that kind of power. That is an attribute of time and as time changes, that changes too. [...]

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