Uncle Spielberg
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By Eckhart Tolle.
Anyone read it and what do you think of his thoughts ?.
Anyone read it and what do you think of his thoughts ?.
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The Power of Now
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stevey-o
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I haven't read it but I know a chap who has and he liked it. Can't enter a debate on it myself though.
If you like that kind of thing Psycho-cybernetics stuff by Maxwell Maltz is quite interesting. Not that similar but interesting on a self-improvement tangent. I'm quite a fan of psycho-cybernetics myself.
The whole "living in the present" that Tolle talks about is (I think, not having read Tolle) quite similar to some Buddhist writing that emphasises being totally aware of your surroundings at all times because spending too much time worrying or thinking about the past or worrying / planning for the future is to the detriment of the "now".
He who spends his whole time in the past or future never enjoys the present and therefore never enjoys life. Or something. I guess the trick is to live in the present without adopting a manana (or "I'll do it later") approach to the future.
One saying I read somewhere that I liked was that we become what we practice, so excellence is a habit from repetition. If we live in the now being what we want to be in the future then we will "become" that person in the present.
Hopefully our forwards are taking that philosophy on board and practicing scoring as I type. <-- had to get a football reference in somewhere.
If you like that kind of thing Psycho-cybernetics stuff by Maxwell Maltz is quite interesting. Not that similar but interesting on a self-improvement tangent. I'm quite a fan of psycho-cybernetics myself.
The whole "living in the present" that Tolle talks about is (I think, not having read Tolle) quite similar to some Buddhist writing that emphasises being totally aware of your surroundings at all times because spending too much time worrying or thinking about the past or worrying / planning for the future is to the detriment of the "now".
He who spends his whole time in the past or future never enjoys the present and therefore never enjoys life. Or something. I guess the trick is to live in the present without adopting a manana (or "I'll do it later") approach to the future.
One saying I read somewhere that I liked was that we become what we practice, so excellence is a habit from repetition. If we live in the now being what we want to be in the future then we will "become" that person in the present.
Hopefully our forwards are taking that philosophy on board and practicing scoring as I type. <-- had to get a football reference in somewhere.
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Is it similar to the Werner Erhard / est stuff of the 1970s?
Uncle Spielberg
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stevey-o has nailed it. Its about living in the now. The problem I have is if you are worried that your business is so bad you may not pay your mortgage next month it is very difficult to live in the now and pretend the demand to pay will not be there. Its almost like living in a fantasy dream like state it seems to me. All very nice but I cannot do it.
stevey-o
I am the walrus.
That's my issue too. Any philosophy that would arguably cause society to collapse if it had 100% adoption is questionable I think.
I suspect Tolle would argue that you need to find other ways of bringing in money now, to alleviate the worry.
In all honesty, Gareth, I think you should be thinking along these lines. At the end of the day, if mortgage brokering becomes profitable once more, then you have the skills to take advantage when it happens. In the meantime, it seems you need to move onto something else.
I had a dreadful 2009, and I still earn less than I did a year ago - but I'm actually far happier even after going through that shit.
Uncle Spielberg
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Glad things are looking up for you. I am trying to find ways of bringing the money in but the only avenue I have not explored is selling my body or kidney, neither of which would have much of a market.
What was the outcome of changing trade to plumber or electrician? Seriously, that is the direction I was thinking of going when I lost my job. You simply cannot get decent tradesmen in my area - the ones who are any good are booked up for months!
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Not read this one, but for fairly usable and easy to understand (without going through reams of repetitive or long-form explanations) - I have enjoyed the writing of Deepak Chopra.