Today a I received a post from FlyEffect for the Motivational post of the last week. It contained a nice quote which I consider it needs to be presented separately too. So here it is.

An inconvenient truth, for some of us:

Another reason why we do not regard others as precious is that we pay attention to their faults whilst ignoring their good qualities. Unfortunately we have become very skilled in recognizing the faults of others, and we devote a great deal of mental energy to listing them, analyzing them, and even meditating on them! With this critical attitude, if we disagree with our partner or colleagues about something, instead of trying to understand their point of view we repeatedly think of many reasons why we are right and they are wrong. By focusing exclusively on their faults and limitations we become angry and resentful, and rather than cherishing them we develop the wish to harm or discredit them. In this way small disagreements can easily turn into conflicts that simmer for months.
An advice:
Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood.

Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would.

Thanks to FlyEffect

Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.
Les Brown
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The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

Napoleon Hill

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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

Unknown

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The Sands of Forgiveness
by Author Unknown

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”

The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

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Thanks to http://www.AsAManThinketh.net

People often say that motivation doesn’t last.
Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we recommend it daily.

Zig Ziglar

A great mentor of mine taught me that “writing causes thinking.”

Bob Proctor

People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else.
Unknown

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.
Douglas Jerrould

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