There’s a clip in Romanian (🔴 Despre Prezent – Horia-Roman Patapievici în dialog cu Nadine Vlădescu – YouTube):
If you pay attention to what you do, you grow more. You tend to do self-development easier if you are able to focus.
I feel like if I let my mind fly, I’m fine.
But if I focus on the present moment, on food, on washing dishes as Horia-Roman Patapievici says, more ideas come to me.
There’s a clip with „Stop it!” with a method of coaching (Bob Newhart-Stop It – YouTube):
That’s what matters in the Bible. No trauma, no apologies, no failure. Do the right thing.
You are told – „You have to do X and Y”.
The thief does what he knows best, stealing, manages to steal the heaven on the cross.
He came in first in the heavens, by stealing heaven.
No matter the motivation, the past, the history, the result matters.
You need to score.
Now that it’s a good idea to do a lot of work beforehand, of course. Preparing for the battle increases the success odds.
But you are not required to do that, you are required to score.
You need to succeed.
The Parable of the Bags of Gold
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
(Source: Matthew 25:14-30 NIV – The Parable of the Bags of Gold)
I used to buy all sorts of nuts & seeds, some of which I liked more, and some of which I liked less.
I think it was an error to keep buying nuts I wasn’t a big fan of.
There were plenty I liked a lot, so I could mostly get the health benefits out of those, and still enjoy them a lot.
Să fii nepotul unei personalități îți dă niște greutăți, povara de a fi mereu „Descendentul lui X”, îți dă posibil și niște avantaje financiare și/sau uși deschise mai ușor. Dar e un procent mic din viața unui om.
Da, fiul unui miliardar probabil nu va avea probabil probleme cu banii vreodată. Dar viața e mai mult de atât, și asta nu garantează succesul.
Cu siguranță să ai un început ușor, cu instrumente la dispoziție, asta te poate ajuta să ai succes. Dar nu e în niciun caz o cale unică, într-un singur sens, doar axată pe creștere.
I once met a person graduating from a top school in the US and working in a bank. When I told him I was working as a freelancer, he seemed disappointed and asked me if I want to take a step-up in my career.
I once did an IT Master’s and a teacher was disappointing that I was building websites on WordPress, and told me I should take a better career path.
I think both persons above have some partial truth in their sentences, but there are a lot of particular things that can make a piece of advice hit or miss.
I could work on WordPress websites and have a portfolio.
I could be a freelancer and have a fulfilling life.
After COVID a lot of persons work from home.
Being a top programmer on WordPress can be a good career choice.
„Chiar am auzit oameni care au zis: «Nu, pe mine nu mă interesează partea asta». Avem senzația că asta înseamnă fum de tămâie și bigotism. Rugăciunea nu înseamnă bigotism. Rugăciunea înseamnă încredere în cuvânt. Eu cred că un scriitor care nu se roagă nu e scriitor. Pentru că înseamnă că n-are încredere în cuvânt.” – Ioana Pârvulescu (despre romanul Prevestirea. Participă Ecaterina Grosu, Andrada Strugaru, Ioana Tătărușanu. Moderează: Nicoleta Munteanu)
Este atât de frumos acest citat!
Adrian Stanciu: „E foarte greu să ai idei bune stând tu, așa în c*r, în pat.” (via; minute 33 »)
Cristina Chipurici: „Asta o să fie una din ariile pe care mă voi concentra în 2022. «Mood follows action», nu invers.”
I have some members in my family who, from time to time, speak loud.
I got this habit from them.
What’s my cope mechanism, whenever someone speaks loud?
I freeze, waiting for the voice to turn soft.
Not that of a great coping mechanism, don’t you think?
Lots of things happen in modern movies, there’s a lot of action.
On the plus side, I feel engaged, I like watching such movies.
On the negative part, I feel like it’s too much, I need some space and time for reflection.
In the past, I used to have different prices than I have today.
These days, on my hourly rate, for example, I have various rates, based on how long we work together.
At one time in the past, I increased the pricing of my services for a client.
He was very upset with my decision, telling me he doesn’t do so with his own clients.
His way of interpreting things stayed with me, and I tend to do the same with my current clients – if we establish a price per collaboration, I tend not to increase it, as time passes by.
It was a tough lesson, but I hope I learned something from it.