It was a head to head race. Who would win – the chimpanzees or me. After I crossed the finish line, I made it. I beat the chimpanzees, but I knew there was still no reason for feeling victorious.
I was blown away by my lack of some basic knowledge about human socio-economics. I just started to read Hans Roslings' excellent book "Factfulness".
“How are you these days?”, a friend asked me recently.
This is the only relevant question that remains these days because of Covid-19. The usual reply came to my lips, but that's where it stopped.
I have many problems in my life, but my lips don't know that. They always smile."- Charles Chaplin
Throughout my years, I have learned many techniques that incorporate relaxation as the most important first step on that all other methods are based upon. May it be Meditation, Contemplation, Visualization, Silva Mind Control, Psycho-Cybernetics, Hypnosis, Self-Hypnosis, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Autogenic Training, or you name it.
Have You Noticed? I Was Out AND There Is Life After Blog-Death.If you’re an old fellow to UYM you might have noticed that I have been away for a while (well it has been over a year). Most people will tell you that such a blog is virtually death. But I found out that there is life after death and even during death - read on. Find out why I rather preferred a painful blog-death than becoming a regurgitating cow.
This is a guest post written by Barrie Davenport, a life and career coach and founder of Live Bold and Bloom, a blog about fearless living.
"Problems in relationships occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person. " ~Wayne Dyer
Our love relationships can bring out the child in us. Not just childish behaviors, although they bring out plenty of those too. I'm talking about the real child we once were umpteen years ago when we lived at home with parents and siblings and two cats in the yard. Or whatever your experience happened to be.
It has been hailed mans greatest teacher and most important for the development of our species over millions of years. Yet, we despise its existence whenever it comes to us. Fear - this dark shadow that seems to follow us wherever we go. This bane of humanity that stops us from achieving our dreams, goals, and ambitions.
But is that really true? Is fear what stops us and thwarts our efforts to become successful?
Have you ever been disappointed? What a dumb question. Everybody has? Right? Being disappointed is such a universal experience (like fear and love) that nearly anyone experiences it regularly.
But often what we feel disappointed about is so mundane. Yes, if someone broke my heart, I feel disappointed (obviously?). But what about the weather? I am currently in Austria, and we had three days of sunshine. Now it is raining for two days. Am I disappointed about that? What does being disappointed actually mean?
No matter where you look, on TV, your favorite newspaper or anywhere on the Internet: Violence is at the heart of human history. We all learn about the major wars, revolutions, and often about the associated cruelties. And whenever violence on a big scale happens, it makes the headline of any newspaper. And it is not only the physical violence but now with Social Media, also the verbal/mental violence that is affecting us more and more — be it from presidents, populists to everyday people on Facebook.
It was a head to head race. Who would win – the chimpanzees or me. After I crossed the finish line, I made it. I beat the chimpanzees, but I knew there was still no reason for feeling victorious.
I was blown away by my lack of some basic knowledge about human socio-economics. I just started to read Hans Roslings' excellent book "Factfulness".
