A postcard on the four doors of mind to deal with pain. Here’s an excerpt on The Four Doors of Mind from the book The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone …
An essay on pain. Pain is an intense distressing feeling, often caused by an external event. Pain usually carries negative connotations for us, but it shouldn’t. Why? Because.. Pain is a Signal What does pain signal? Pain signals a need to change and grow. Pain signals an issue in our life that needs resolving. Pain is …
An essay on the Meaning of Life. Humans are Meaning Machines We desire meaning in our lives. We are ‘meaning’ machines. We interpret every event and action to understand the ‘Why’ behind it. Without meaning, we struggle to make sense of our lives and the world. Haruki Murakami says: I can bear any pain as long …
An essay on the price of success. In the picture above the price of Onions is 4.00 per bag. What is the price of success? Everyone wants Success Each of us is unique and each of us has had a unique journey in life. Hence, what is success for me, may not be success for …
An essay on how much is enough. John Bogle, who founded Vanguard Group on the idea of low-cost index funds, told an anecdote about when money is enough. At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more …
“If—” is a poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), written in 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem is considered to be an literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. About Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling’s works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including “The Man …