“What you water is the one will grow. So, are you going to water the plant or the weed?” Ajahn Brahm #A Reminder To Self
Tag: effort
Quick and easy vs slow and tough
Fast food, quick meal, short discussion, easy money. Don’t you think that we are becoming lazier? Yes, technology plays its role to make life better and simpler. But it also makes us lazier. Don’t you think so? I bumped into a colleague and we were discussing about fruit. We have one thing in common, we are lazy to peel the fruit skin so we chose fruits which don’t require extra effort, for example banana. In our busy life, most of […]
1% of the effort can mean 100%
I’m sure that everyone has heard the story of Thomas Edison. He said, I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Most of the time, we failed to see that. When we fail too much, we become discourage; When our effort don’t seem fruitful, we become frustrated; When we don’t get what we want, we become depressed; And, when everyone told us to stop, we instantly agreed. To put it simple, our belief system waver, and […]