It's your life http://itsyourlife.posterous.com Personal development quotes. Illustrated quotes are moved to The Mind's Eye posterous.com Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:32:00 -0700 Anything you hate to do, someone else loves it. Find that person and let them do it. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/anything-you-hate-to-do-someone-else-loves-it http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/anything-you-hate-to-do-someone-else-loves-it

- Derek Sivers

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:32:00 -0700 When you're on to something great, it won't feel like revolution. It'll feel like uncommon sense. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/when-youre-on-to-something-great-it-wont-feel http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/when-youre-on-to-something-great-it-wont-feel

- Derek Sivers

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:30:00 -0700 Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/business-is-not-about-money-its-about-making http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/business-is-not-about-money-its-about-making

- Derek Sivers

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:33:00 -0800 Are you leading or following? http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/are-you-leading-or-following http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/are-you-leading-or-following

Are you chasing or being chased?

Are you fleeing or climbing?

- Seth Godin

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:32:00 -0800 My life is my message. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/my-life-is-my-message http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/my-life-is-my-message

- Gandhi

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:31:00 -0800 When it comes to goals pursuit, it really is the journey that counts, not the destination. Set for yourself any goal you want. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/when-it-comes-to-goals-pursuit-it-really-is-t http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/when-it-comes-to-goals-pursuit-it-really-is-t

- Jonathan Haidt

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:25:00 -0800 Plan your day the night before. Begin at the end... http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/plan-your-day-the-night-before-begin-at-the-e http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/plan-your-day-the-night-before-begin-at-the-e

You feel fantastic for a day well spent. Now which items did you check off your task list? (max 3-7)

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:17:00 -0800 Bad is stronger than good. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/bad-is-stronger-than-good http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/bad-is-stronger-than-good

Bad is more attention-getting than good. Humans pay more attention to and give more weight to negative rather than positive experiences or other kinds of information.

Bad emotions, bad parents, and bad feedback have more impact than good ones, and bad information is processed more thoroughly than good. The self is more motivated to avoid bad self-definitions than to pursue good ones. Bad impressions and bad stereotypes are quicker to form and more resistant to disconfirmation than good ones.

- negativity bias, Wikipedia

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:04:00 -0800 Arrange your day and your environment to increase both pleasures and gratifications. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/arrange-your-day-and-your-environment-to-incr http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/arrange-your-day-and-your-environment-to-incr
  • Pleasures - senses, emotions
  • Gratifications - flow, strenths, lose self-consciousness

- Jonathan Haidt, The happiness hypothesis

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:41:00 -0800 Balance three responses: adaptation, shaping, selection. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/balance-three-responses-adaptation-shaping-se http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/balance-three-responses-adaptation-shaping-se
  • adaptation - changing the self to fit the environment
  • shaping - changing the environment
  • selection - choosing to move to a new environment

- Jonathan Haidt, The happiness hypothesis

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:37:00 -0800 Focus on opportunities, strengths, what can be done. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/focus-on-opportunities-strenghts-what-can-be http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/focus-on-opportunities-strenghts-what-can-be

Asset-based thinking (vs deficit-based thinking):

Focus on

  • opportunities (vs problems)
  • strengths (vs weaknesses)
  • what can be done (vs what can't)

Personal, interpersonal, situational assets.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:36:00 -0800 Write down your thoughts - recognize the distortions - think of a more appropriate thought http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/write-down-your-thoughts-recognize-the-distor http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/write-down-your-thoughts-recognize-the-distor

- Jonathan Haidt

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:16:00 -0800 Ideas that stick: SUCCESs http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/ideas-that-stick-success http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/ideas-that-stick-success

Six principles of sticky ideas:

  • Simple - core, compact, profound, proverb
  • Unexpected - surprise, mystery; long term: systematiccally opening gaps of knowledge (curiosity) - and then filling the gaps
  • Concrete - not abstract, sensory information; human action
  • Credible - authority; help people test the idea; testimonies; examples
  • Emotional - specific examples of people; audience's self-interest or sense of identity; choosing the right emotion
  • Stories - they embody most of the above principles; mental rehearsals (stories to ourselves); 

Book Made to stick

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:11:00 -0800 Comparing yourself to others is a waste of time. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/comparing-yourself-to-others-is-a-waste-of-ti http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/comparing-yourself-to-others-is-a-waste-of-ti

When you see someone else, you only see the part of the iceberg above the water.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:08:00 -0800 The easy way is efficacious and speedy, the hard way is arduous and long... http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/the-easy-way-is-efficacious-and-speedy-the-ha http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/the-easy-way-is-efficacious-and-speedy-the-ha

But, as the clock ticks, the easy way becomes harder and the hard way becomes easier.

- Colonel Harland Sanders

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:06:00 -0800 Who needs or wants what I love to do and do well? http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/who-needs-or-wants-what-i-love-to-do-and-do-w http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/who-needs-or-wants-what-i-love-to-do-and-do-w
  • Who needs or want what I love to do and do well?
  • Why do they need it?
  • What's a low-cost way I could start offering it to them and get paid quickly?

- Laura Vanderkam, in the book Grindhopping

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:00:00 -0800 Don't be the best in the world at what you do; be the only one in the world who does what you do. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/dont-be-the-best-in-the-world-at-what-you-do http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/dont-be-the-best-in-the-world-at-what-you-do

- Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:00:00 -0800 The world is too complex to be led by individuals. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/the-world-is-too-complex-to-be-led-by-individ http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/the-world-is-too-complex-to-be-led-by-individ

- InterChange, art of hosting

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:54:00 -0800 To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/to-affect-the-quality-of-the-day-that-is-the http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/to-affect-the-quality-of-the-day-that-is-the

- Henry David Thoreau

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/563210/portrait.290-bw.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5ALDUXqaLrt7 Sammy Dellicour Sammy Sammy Dellicour Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:48:00 -0700 Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done. http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/accept-that-everything-is-a-draft-it-helps-to http://itsyourlife.posterous.com/accept-that-everything-is-a-draft-it-helps-to

from The cult of done manifesto

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