“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci
Are all things that are easy in life too good to be true? In the form of rewards, perhaps. In the form of payment over something, be it a job or otherwise, maybe.
After all, as the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
-Charles Dickens
Do you express gratitude as often as you should?
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci
Are all things that are easy in life too good to be true? In the form of rewards, perhaps. In the form of payment over something, be it a job or otherwise, maybe. After all, as the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”
-James Cameron
Yesterday’s post about introspection was a huge step for me. Not so much because of the topic itself but because I finally what I’ve been doing for the past month or so in words and for everyone else to see. Up until the point I hit “publish,” it was mainly a private affair for me.
Much to my relief, however, it was a huge boulder off my chest. Psychologically, it proved to be highly advantageous for me. In that post, I talked about splitting up your emotions down to minute fragments.
Today, I’d like to do something similar with that article. I wanted to focus on one specific thing I’d alluded to in that post: taking one step at a time.
“It’s the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
-John Wooden
Sweat the small stuff.
If you read that phrase, the first thought you’ll have is, he forgot the “don’t” at the beginning of the sentence. But I didn’t.
“It’s the small things done often that make the difference.” -Dr. John Gottman All too often, we’re so caught up in the big scheme of things that we forget the significance of smaller things. What we often forget is the small stuff, collectively, that makes up the bigger picture. It’s like when we first open … Read more