Boris on February 24th, 2010

For discussion:

  
 
Consideration
It is quite obvious that the lady at the cartoon should be walking herself rather than her dog.  We see it clearly.
We even might name some people who should read this… we might smile while thinking that they could learn something from the above cartoon…
What we don’t realize is that this cartoon is bringing a lesson specifically [...]

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Boris on February 4th, 2010

In North America, every February 2nd the groundhog indicates if the winter is going to last either five or six more weeks. For 2010 the groundhog decided that the winter will last six more weeks.
This is an irrational belief, but it is a perfect example of how we human beings like to attribute supernatural powers [...]

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Boris on January 19th, 2010

I disagree with Steve Pavlina on the way that he targeted his blog exclusively  toward “smart people”…
So if you don’t perceive yourself as “smart”, we could conclude that you shouldn’t visit his blog…
Before continuing with the discussion, let’s see the following cartoons:
 

 

 

In the case that you consider yourself “smart” you would probably be proud of this condition and as [...]

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Boris on January 3rd, 2010

 
This is a famous quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln:
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax”
The below  cartoon illustrates this concept:
 
 Now, your comments:
This cartoon shows a flaw in Honest Abe’s approach.
I would love to know your point of view…
I wish you a successful and Happy New Year!
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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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