Three criteria, three durations Friendship brings simple joys that almost everyone has access to. We choose our friends for a variety of reasons, some of which seem to be better than others in that they bring greater stability to the relationship. Let’s look at three criteria that can affect the length of a friendship. Prestige, fame, wealth Fame is like…
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Growing old is a natural principle that manifests itself for everyone at every moment. It is the approach to inevitable death like a train heading to its terminus. Death is biological but it can be delayed by a flexible state of mind. What characterizes the young plant is its elasticity, its flexibility, even its plasticity. The older it gets, the…
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It is easier to choose a path that has been laid out by your family. In addition to having the benefit of sound advice and a possible network to rely on, one often has a professional culture simply by having grown up in an environment that frequently evokes these ideas. This is why it is generally easier to be a…
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Chance favors only prepared minds. Louis Pasteur We do not control the opportunities that come our way, what we control is our way of seizing them as best we can. Fortune favors the bold, it is said, and one might add that it favors those who train every day. Since we cannot pull the strings of destiny, what we need…
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To make war and to dominate its Greek neighbors, here is what summarizes the statute of the Spartans at the conclusion of the Peloponnesian wars. Its great rival Athens fell, and it is undoubtedly thanks to its model of life that Sparta was able to triumph. To live as a Spartan, it is to be satisfied with little even if…
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The dominant thinking invites us to constantly keep in mind a form of dissatisfaction to always do more. If this mindset is good in the short term, it is in my opinion harmful in the long term. The goal of productivity is to free up more time to do what you love, so what is the point of cultivating dissatisfaction?…
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A powerful mantra to repeat every day It is very tempting to blame others for a situation that works against us. It takes the weight of responsibility off our shoulders and keeps us from questioning ourselves. Of course, there are things we cannot control about the outcome of an undertaking. We can bemoan the circumstances, but it is better to…
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3 astral objects for 3 levels of consciousness If you think about it, we all behave a bit like stars at some point: sometimes sun, sometimes moon, sometimes black hole. To improve ourselves every day is to take the sun as a model. The black hole The black hole absorbs all the matter and the light which cross its way.…
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There are many times in life when we feel lost, as if disoriented. We’d like to go in one direction, but the outcome seems uncertain, so we weigh the pros and cons of all the possibilities available to us. Finally, we can find ourselves going in circles for weeks or months, simply because we can’t make a decision. This attitude…
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The paradox of activism There are some causes that we care about perhaps because they directly concern us. There are others that we embrace simply out of empathy or a desire to do something for someone we know. There are many injustices, but there is an important step in taking action: accepting the facts, almost coldly. The observation that one…
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