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My view on Will Smith and the Oscars?

The real issue is that there are two opposite evils:

• It’s wrong to make fun of someone’s health issues.
• It’s wrong to use physical aggression as a response to an oral comment.

The thing is, you need to compare the two evils and notice that Will Smith did the „wronger” evil, if there’s such thing.

It was a poor night for artists everywhere, but especially for the people who were awarded an Oscar that night, and the spotlight was not on them anymore (via Jim Carrey).

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Once, a friend told me – „I hope you’ll become someone important because you avoid doing small chores”.

Thoughts:

• I should have done the small things; even if I considered myself to be the busiest man in the world;
• I don’t think I became a great man; once, I told a person I’m a freelancer, and that person was curious if I wanted something more in my life.

Small chores are important, kids! :)

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Just as it is almost proverbial that, if you want any business done for you, you should ask a busy man to do it, and not a man of leisure, so it is the laborious scholar, who is working hard at languages, who picks up, nay, actually reads and studies more of other subjects than the rest of his fellows at school or college.

Reverend W. J. Kennedy, who was the Inspector of Schools for Lancashire and the Isle of Man in Britain, 1856

I know a person who told me to organize an event with an HR trainer. I did it, and it was a good idea, we had a few sessions.

One friend suggested I should organize a series of events. I did it and it went well.

Another friend suggested we should join our little forces and create a big event. We did it.

One friend asked me to co-author a book. I did it.

I’m amazed on how well it went for me while saying „Yes” to opportunities.

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If you glorify someone, there are two risks:

• You will ask that person for something, that is the purpose of glorifying their deeds;
• You’ll later denigrate that person for something small; when you set a high bar, a big fall might come.

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On asking for autographs: the fact that you can write a message to some successful people does not mean that you have the right to do so.

I wouldn’t ask a famous person for an autograph, I’m wasting their time on something trivial.

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In some time management courses people recommend „do the most important task first”.

But they fail to recognize the importance of motivation.

Perhaps there are some tasks you really love doing, and focus on them, and leave some important tasks not for the last, but for later.

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I like taking part in contests, even if a lot of times I end up losing.

They tend to help me place myself in a crowd – what place will I get when competing against others?

Am I a good writer or not?

Do I have innovative and creative ideas?

Do I work well enough?

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