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I try not to get upset when things go wrong. I used to. But over time, I've come to realize that when things go wrong, it is an opportunity for me to solve a problem. And I love solving problems. The more I do this, the less trying I need to not get upset. Soon it becomes natural. Perversely, I see this a form of the saying "Don't get angry, get even." Because getting even is one solution. Not getting upset is also a form of peace. Where you don't need to get riled over the smallest thing. Now, I'm turning that view outward. Out to the people around me. Where I used to deride, I now choose to encourage. Where I used to vilify, I now choose to help. Positivity is a choice we all can make. First it helps us. Then it'll help us help others. 

Humility is in short supply today, especially when it comes to social media-obsessed millennials. In a culture where narcissism is a form of business, humility becomes a rare commodity. Despite to the contrary, we seem to deny the inevitability of failure, big or small. Therefore when it does come, failure without humility is often very bitter. More so when rage is the result. Why not prepare, brace for failure and accept it when it comes? Then rise up again, standing up straight and taking that defiant step forward. Onward, to real success. So nibble on a slice of humble pie today. It may not taste great but so many things are in life. Things that if without, makes our lives a little less. That even the bitter has an edge of sweet. Ask all those coffee connoisseurs.

Both are beliefs. But one is rooted in reality while the other is rooted in the clouds. One can lead to success, the other leads you in circles. 

To the wise, this sunrise is the first of the day, the first of seven days, the first of a month and the first of a year. For they understand that the passing of time is constant and that each sunrise is one more day, just as was the day before. Others remember the passing of the new year and the passing of a year in life but the wise remember that time passes all the time. 

Logo of the National Football League Playoffs, 2011–present (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It's just a game they will say, because doing anything about it is going to cost a lot of money. Except that with football, they tell us all of the time it is the epitome of sportsmanship thereby fair play and life itself. We're talking about deflategate. It was more important to protect Mr. All-America's image than the truth. So what we are teaching our kids today is that you can get away with anything when there is a lot of money at stake

English: Footbridge over Garden The public footpath crosses a nice little footbridge which goes right over the centre of a delightful private garden. An excellent solution to a difficult problem (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Solving problems can be easier than we think.Sometimes it is the solution that 'prevents' us from solving a problem. But is it really? How many times have you thought, after solving a rather difficult problem, what was the big deal about? Why was it hard to fix in the first place? Why, in hindsight, something so easy to solve, seemed so difficult a problem? That the solution that was so simple, so difficult to just execute. It is maybe because the solution wasn't hard to begin with but was just a difficult choice. The reluctance to choose that solution or reluctance to put the solution in motion, makes the problem feel so much harder. So, the quote above distills the quandary to it's essence. It tries to capture this situation into wisdom that c...

Lightning strikes over downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Normally we don't want something to happen again. Unless it's something good. So it's not the fact something happens again that is important, it is what that thing is. It's less likely we will make the same mistake twice if we do thing differently the second time around. And we will likely not achieve the same outcome if we do things differently So why do we do the opposite? How many times you've find yourself trying to make that thing work again by doing something different. Or doing the same thing, believing that things will work out differently this time around. How important is consistency and why do we apply it inconsistently? Insanity is both Doing the same thing expecting the same outcome AND Doing it differently and expecting thes This form of saying is what I call the tangent. It's taking a well known saying or common sense notion and adding an exclusion at the end tha...