We are as much defined by what we love as by what we hate. The identity that we create for ourselves over time conflicts with the values that are the opposite of those that we claim to be. Our joy is a highway on which we slide while our anger is the obstacle that gets in our way. These irritations…
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Envy and jealousy are the expression of dissatisfaction that express dissatisfaction with what we do in our lives. If we are truly satisfied with where we are, we should feel joy when we hear about the success of others. This feeling of comparison that we can cultivate throughout our lives can parasitize our existence and simply prevent us from being…
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How to overcome ego or competitiveness Everything pushes us to confront each other. The school is the place of the greatest battles of the ego. It educates children to seek excellence through competition. This training causes stress and disappointment. You don’t know if you should live your whole life like this, because competition never stops, from the cradle to the…
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The game of comparisons to which social media pushes us makes it difficult to see clearly, starting with the reflection around the notion of values. This competitive spirit that is developed from a very young age, whether through games, school or sports, makes us forget that life is not just a race, I would even dare to say that life…
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One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (Italian: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci listen, known as Leonardo da Vinci), born on 15 April 1452 in Vinci (Tuscany) and died on 2 May 1519 in Amboise (Touraine), was an Italian painter and a…
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There is no melancholy master-of-arms. Alfred de Musset Alfred de Musset was a French writer of the Romantic period, born on 11 December 1810 in Paris, where he died on 2 May 1857. Anyone who seeks to excel and become the best in any field, be it fencing or poetry for example, has no time to lament his fate or…
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Always choose the path that seems best even if it seems more difficult. The habit will soon make it pleasant. Pythagoras Pythagoras (in ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας / Puthagóras) is a pre-Socratic religious reformer and philosopher who is said to have been born around 580 BC on Samos, an island in the Aegean Sea south-east of the city of Athens; his…
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The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The important thing is not to have won, but to have fought. Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin (born Charles Pierre Fredy de Coubertin), Baron de Coubertin, born on January 1, 1863 in Paris and died on September 2, 1937 in Geneva, Switzerland, was a French historian and…
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Why is it necessary to work every day to improve one’s heart? One of the possible answers to this question is that it harmonizes relationships in a society. When you work on yourself, you gradually erase the differences that separate you from others, you realize that the gap you have created with others is not so great. Daily attention to…
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Sometimes you want to rush things: a meeting, a promotion, a trip etc. We believe that our will alone can overcome everything. However, in spite of a steely mentality, it happens that things get stuck, that they don’t go as we wanted. We end up feeling guilty and doubting our value. What can we do about it? How can we…
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