“If what you want to say is not more beautiful than silence,
then hold your tongue.”
– Chinese proverb
Potential – results
“If you have the strength to move a mountain, then you still need a mind as large and quiet as an ocean.”
– Chinese Proverb
Free Hugs
Apologies – but I simply cannot resist in posting this over again – but I wanted to make sure we all share this … and above all, I wanted to make myself a special present for a special day:
There has never been a single time that this video did not touch my heart, and I’d be surprised there is any single person who has not lost their key to their hearts, that would not feel enchanted by the simple message this campaign conveys: we are all just human, and we all need each other … once in a while, for a hug!
Free Hugs Campaign (with music from Sick Puppies)
Dedicated to all those, who did not forget about the place in their heart that was made to connect with people…
For those who would like to look up the background of this real life story, pls visit Wikipedia at the below link. It will explain all you need to know, and possibly hook you up for your own localized version of the Free Hugs Campaign.
Doing – achieving
“It is better to do nothing than to achieve nothing with a lot of effort.”
– Lao-Tse
TED – Barry Schwartz on practical wisdom
Updated on Sep 21, 2011.
Original title: “Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom” – Video on TED.com.
Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.
The one thing that I like the most about Barry’s message is that he simply calls each individual to self-responsibility. This call needs to be heard by our leaders – to spread the word and attitude about the political, economic or social responsibility we all have to live, and we are all expected to take it and stand up for… – and this call needs to be heard by ourselves: with too many guidelines, rules, processes in our organisations are incapacitating us as individuals, we collectively sit back and point at each other to take initiative, instead of using our own ‘practical wisdom’ and make a change!
Meet me at the TEDxVienna event, and share YOUR wildest ideas about changing the world towards more self-responsibility … and how we can make it HAPPEN together.
Or participate in the blog-parade to win one out of 15 tickets for the TEDxVienna event, read more on the TEDxVienna homepage:
About Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. Lately, working with Ken Sharpe, he’s studying wisdom. Full bio and more links
Wahrheit
Shattered love
– Marcus Pietrzak
Happiness
“Happiness is a state of mind that starts with a point of view.”
– Marcus Pietrzak
Lebensqualität
“Die Qualität im Leben zeigt sich selten im Besitz der großen Dinge, aber oft im Erleben der ganz Kleinen.”
– Marcus Pietrzak
Pictures of my life
Back in the year 2000, I watched this Buddhist monk on the holiday island of Koh Samui, Thailand, wiping the floor with such humbleness and satisfaction, that it could not contrast the fun and holiday mindset of this island much more.
Five years later, I attended a workshop on managing your personal ressources. The trainer used stories of mastery from a book by the author Reinhold Dietrich. This book instantly became my best company when working with managers and adults, who were seeking to understand more about mastery and leadership. And this book became a good advisor for those questions in life that are hardly explained by long verbiage or discussion, but rather by listening and pondering…
It took me years to see, that my favorite book was actually showing the same theme like that picture I shot five years back.
Without knowing what came first – the book, the monk or the workshop – it finally came all together and made a lot of sense to me, as a whole.
– Marcus Pietrzak
The book: “Palast der Geschichten” bei Reinhold Dietrich.
Quality
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
– William A. Foster (?)