Archive for April, 2006

“Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.”
     -Thomas Jefferson
If we want success we must first qualify ourselves for our callings. Often times we think we just need a lucky break to get started, but in fact we just need to grow ourselves. [...]

More on Consciousness

Talk about finding what you are looking for. I caught this quote on a quote of the day list I am on. It is really relevant to what I was saying yesterday on Choosing Thoughts.
Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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I previously discussed the chain from thoughts to actions to habits to character. Now I would really like to re-iterate a point: The importance of choosing the thoughts you give time on the stage of your mind.
Sometimes it may feel like we are bombarded with random thoughts - they just keep coming with no [...]

For some reason on my my most memorable Sunday School lessons as a teen ager was when we can into the classroom and the teacher had written on the board something like:

_____ become _____
______ create _____
______ build ______

Then the words: Thoughts, Actions, Habits, and Character. Now as I try to recall this I realize [...]

Cure for Information Overload

As I am sure you are aware, the total sum of knowledge to be learned doubles every 6 months in the online world.  How is somene to keep up?  Well, they finally have a cure for information overload!  Start using it today!