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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Improving ourselves is like racing against ourselves. The world is such that our focus of attention is constantly distracted by what others are doing, which can lead us to stop making the efforts necessary to improve ourselves daily. The comparison is good, but it must be used sparingly. Imagine a rider in the Tour de France who is always looking…
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When we are in the process of personal development, we are often tempted to look for something new, that little something that will make the difference. This inquisitive spirit is a sure ally of progress, but it can also be a distraction from our fundamentals. To excel in a field is often to master a combination of skills that need…
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Let Your Actions Speak For You There are many ways to be pretentious, the simplest and most accessible to all is to speak and look particular, haughty or disdainful. There is another way to show your values to the world, it is simply to accomplish actions that seem ambitious for some or unattainable for others. Being pretentious by your attitude…
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According to the Robert dictionary, being authentic means “expressing a deep truth about oneself and not superficial habits, conventions”. Authenticity is the result of a journey that we have undertaken to go deep within ourselves to find out who we are. It is the external projection of an intimate quest that can take decades. It is the purest expression of…
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The flow of life brings us moments of happiness and moments of sadness. Although there are some moments in life that seem to be within our control, we are faced with conditions that could not be overcome if we had tried to find the person or factor responsible and could not absorb the bitter syrup. Belonging to family, friends and…
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Don’t waste the flower of age in vain occupations A tree grows thanks to the sap that flows through its branches and trunk from its roots. This sap is the metaphor of our vital energy, it peaks at a certain age to decline with time. The inevitable decline of our energy, we compensate it with more spirit, more wisdom. However,…
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From the Sanskrit गुरू, gurū, meaning “teacher”, “professor”, or literally, “one who dispels darkness”. The term has subsequently taken on a negative connotation and can be de facto associated with the idea of charlatanism or impostor. However, a guru was originally only a guide on the spiritual path. Today, it has a wider meaning as it applies to all fields…
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Successful empires are those that know how to assimilate the best of the civilizations they subjugate The Romans constituted a civilization of ingenious military men or engineers and soldiers who absorbed the knowledge gleaned here and there as they conquered. They knew how to integrate urbanism, social organization, Etruscan furnaristic rites (and so many other things, in French: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apports_des_%C3%89trusques_aux_Romains), the…
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What is divine when we contemplate a landscape is that we admire at the same time a nature that is not aware of itself. The same is true for a talent that expresses itself without the awareness of this beauty interfering in the subject enjoying this gift. Vanity appears when too many praises are pronounced against us and we end…
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