It’s not always easy to know what vocation to choose. Sometimes it’s easier to choose by elimination. When you don’t know what you want, you often know what you don’t want. Here are three recommendations from Cal Newport’s book “So good, they can’t ignore you” The job offers few opportunities to set yourself apart by developing relevant (rare and valuable)…
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Arguments from Cal Newport’s book “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”. A mantra has gradually taken hold in today’s society, especially in the professional sphere. This mantra is “Do what you love”. If this invitation is tempting, it is no less dangerous. At least that’s what Cal Newport tries to tell us in a book published in 2012. Let’s see…
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According to the Indian tradition, there is a special consideration associated with speech. As it is one of the vehicles of energy, it must be used with care and wisdom. It is notably in the Bhagavad GĆ®tĆ¢, one of the pillar books of Hinduism, that its power is told. It was later taken up in Buddhist thought, which is based…
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In a society that advocates youthism, getting older is synonymous with being downgraded. It is not surprising to understand why ageing is so poorly experienced as it is associated with the idea of decline. Old age, the autumn of life Death is hidden from everyone. It has become taboo, it is no longer part of life. There is a kind…
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The habit of criticizing people is widespread. It is normal to see what could be improved in the character or choices of the people around us. However, this tendency creates a dynamic of negativity. How can we make someone progress if our eye only scans or highlights the least attractive elements of a person? Our pride works like this: it…
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Acquiring a status in modern societies most often means making a fortune, whether it is built on a more or less honorable activity. Wealth has not always been a central element of respectability. There was a time, in periods when human groups were smaller and did not systematically live in cities, when other values stood out much more. Respectability was…
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It is difficult to act on a daily basis with a light or tender heart. However, some people manage to do so, despite situations that are much more difficult than ours. How do they do it? What is the secret of those who keep smiling even though they have every reason to fill their hearts with hate or despair? There…
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Sometimes life feels like a struggle where every day is a battle you have to win. This feeling of always having to fight can be discouraging as it feels like you can never rest. Life is an eternal beginning. The “effortless” life, which the Chinese call wuwei (see article), is ideal since it is enough to perceive the ambient energy…
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The need to move from the status of believer to that of spiritual seeker All religious traditions are built from one or more people who were spiritual seekers, yet the faithful adopt the posture of believer. Throughout the ages, religion has spread first under the impulse of an enlightened master. Whether we call them prophets, gurus or mystics, each of…
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Ā Ā If there was to be a book equivalent to Sun Tzu’s Art of War for the land of the rising sun, it would be the one we are going to deal with today: the book of the 5 rings (also called the book of the 5 wheels) by Miyamoto Musashi. Much more than a military strategy book, it…
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