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presence... the most beautiful gift that can be given from human to human #connection #living #love4/6/2013  photo: grougrou, deviantart.com present... and paying attention... presence ...the most beautiful gift that can be given from human to human “The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.” -Simone Weil pres·ence A person who is present. The state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present.  confident and assertive... or... arrogant and obnoxious? I often hear people referring to themselves as "strong" or "assertive" or "confident" or "honest", when in reality, they are actually arrogant, obnoxious, and rude... there is a huge difference. "There's a fine line between confidence and arrogance. This is especially true given both entail a strong belief in one's own abilities. When it comes to the responses they provoke, however, that's where the similarities end. Confidence is inspiring; arrogance is a turn-off. Confidence gets hired; arrogance is shown the door. Building confidence takes work; arrogance is simple. In fact, it's easy to come off as arrogant." -The Ladders source:The Ladders - 10 Ways to Tell if You're Confident – or Arrogant http://bit.ly/Kd5Xle  photo: flickr, Nagele1981 Hello Sunshine Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series key 6: Sail Away on Your "Boat" Do the work and provide the service, solution, or product/productive contribution that you have always dreamed of… “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” -Shakyamuni Siddhārtha Gautama
10 Ingredients for Work Independence - Creating and Sailing Away on a "Seaworthy Boat"
“...make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild  Inspirations... "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." -Confucious “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes a lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” Jesse Owens “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain “Go confidently in the direction of our dreams! Live the life you've imagined.” Henry David Thoreau “Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.” Shirley Hufstedler “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ” -Helen Keller “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” -Christopher Reeve “Let the beauty that we love be what we do.” -Jalal ad-Din Rumi “The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.” James Allen “Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.” Bruce Barton Introduction: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy  photo: pischanskaya.livejournal.com finding soul... "Until you know that life is interesting, and find it so,you haven't found your soul." -Geoffrey Fisher  Holy Week reflection... "God is Spirit... worship in spirit and in truth." -John "commercialism" is a dirty word? in many cases, yes. an economy is dependent upon commerce, but it gets real murky when there are "dishonest scales" ... it becomes particularly distasteful when religion and "commercialism" merge. "Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables..." -Matthew truth is, it isn't just christianity that is guilty of this one. and, further, "non religious" cultures have a way of commercializing their "statist adulation" (translate "worship") as well. easy to see an example by just merely watching the military parades of the Chinese, N. Koreans, or Venezualens. that is both a past and a current reality.  Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series key 5: Build Your Own Boat… (and, not just a life raft)
Noah built the ark before it was raining… and the work was done on his own time and in addition to his “real job”. "Don't wait. The time will never be just right." — Napoleon Hill Create something new... A new way to do something old… use tried and true principles with innovative application. "We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it." — Earl Nightingale Do it better, do it differently, do it relevantly. Introduction: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy
-The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny Overview: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 1: Stay Connected - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 2: Innovate - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 3: Volunteer - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 4: Get a Job - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 5: Build Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 6: Sail Away on Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 7: Live Your Dream - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny  Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 4: Get a Job -while you are building your dream - pursuing your life's passion(s) and work Find good work to do… Work hard at it… Do good work. In Christian historical tradition, one of the key early founders of the fledgling "religion", Paul of Tarsus had a job. "After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a certain man named Aquila, born in Pontus, And, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with him and worked; for by occupation they were both tentmakers." -Bible, Acts 18:1-4 Why would a highly educated, tremendously talented and important key figure do "manual labor"? Paul "got a job" in order not be a financial burden on others, nor to disrupt or detract from his ultimate purpose. "A good hedge against the risks of starting your own business is to start up while you still have a job that pays a regular salary and benefits. If you're in a position to do that, you'll have the best of both worlds." -entrepreneurs.about.com Be reliable, dependable… predictable in the sense that you can be counted on. " If you become a person that people depend upon, or rely on, then you will find a sense of accomplishment and feel much more independent. People will respect you more and see you as someone who is ready and able to help, and that's one of life's greatest achievements." -wikihow.com/Be-Dependable
Introduction: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy
-The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny Overview: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 1: Stay Connected - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 2: Innovate - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 3: Volunteer - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 4: Get a Job - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 5: Build Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 6: Sail Away on Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 7: Live Your Dream - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny  we must always be expressively creating... that best reflects our Creator... finding yourself? good luck with that. creating the best self... that's the one to work on.  be curious... be creative... move forward "To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance..." -Albert Einstein |