People’s resistance to change is the biggest hurdle to technological advancement.
Proof: people still are using credit cards. Samsung and Apple have already deployed the next technology to pay by phone.
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Thought of Today: May 15, 2016 at 01:11PM
Sending documents by email in 2016 is frowned upon like printing documents in 2006.
Thought of Today: May 13, 2016 at 07:48PM
“The dance reveals the spirit of the country in which it takes root”. Martha Graham (1894-1991) American modern dancer
Painting by George Bingham titled “The Jolly Flatboatmen” 1846 America
Thought of Today: May 13, 2016 at 07:43PM
“Dancing is when your spirit and body unite together”…Russ Talchief
Days are Never Short
The day is never short. It is a uniform container. If it is too busy, or you feel it has not enough time, it is because you are over filling it. Here is the remedy:
- Simplify:
- Toss out the junk (facebook, youtube, TV, etc…)
- Simplify your communication through one or two emails only, and one messaging app.
- Minimize your style so you don’t spend much time there.
- Let Go:
- You can’t do it all. Say NO to previous commitments and memberships.
- This moment becomes your new ideal
- Cut the strings out of what is hanging… let it float away from you … then be free to visit when you want to, … with no strings attached.
You Are Never Neutral
“I believe that you should not belong to anything in life. Be free and don’t be labled.”, she said to me.
But does she know that there is no such place as unbelonging. There is no such thing as labelless, because the moment you consider yourself labelless, you have labelled yourself as such.
Your silence is a vote.
Your inactivity is a passive action that emboldens and empowers those with activity.
Your disinvolvement is a blank check to those who are involved to change the world, on your behalf, without your knowledge or authorization.
I am sorry to tell you, that your uninvolvement and silence are very damaging action! As Paulo Freire says it:
If we wash our hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless we side with the powerful – we don’t remain neutral.
Paradise
My phone says the temperature in Paradise currently is 42 degrees fahrenheit.
It is referring to Las Vegas.
What do we perceive as Paradise?
Is it the abundance of what fullfills our animal desires of food and opportunities of reproduction… yes … sex?
Is it the perfect weather and its freeing aspect, and its illusion of freedom, having more outdoor options?
Whatever it is, it seems to be dreamier and more fun that the place where we live, and at the same time, less real!
What is it in our insecure essence that always seek something less real and more imaginary? Our frontal lob just doesn’t cease of creating ideal potentials, that are not achievable. But I can see how this is a naturally selected tendency, since our ancestors who dreamed optimistically and ran enthusiastically after a better life of abundance, at least got something, hence had better chances of survival.
Our dreaming seems to be a factor in our survival and thriving. Without dreaming, we ceaze to move forward.
The catch is to be conscious of when you are dreaming and distringuish it from planning. Dream with no limits, but plan with brisk cold realism.
Dream that your business will be a multi-million dollar company, but understand that your chance of success if 18% for first time enterpreneurs, and 20% for those who tired and failed before.
There is a similar statistic for every aspect of ourlife. We approach everything with optimism and dream like attitude… with faith … but also with planning that keeps in mind that a chance of failure is inevitable and no suprises there.
Welcome to Paradise…. to the Dream Land!
Wissam Charafeddine 