"Only a fool tests the depth of a river with two legs" highlights the importance of caution, wisdom, and preparation when facing challenges. It advises that it is unwise to test unfamiliar waters without proper consideration or tools. This is because it can lead to unnecessary danger or failure. The quote reminds us to approach uncertainty with careful planning, relying on experience and knowledge instead of rushing in blindly. It teaches us that some risks are better assessed from a safe distance, rather than diving in unprepared.

"Only a fool tests the depth of a river with two legs"

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Wisdom Chronicles ( 24th Dec 2024)

"The Axe Forgets, But the Tree Remembers" is a profound metaphor for the enduring impact of actions, especially those that are harmful or exploitative. While the axe may forget the harm it causes, the tree, symbolizing resilience and strength, retains the memory. This quote reminds us of the long-lasting effects of our actions on others and the environment, even when those responsible may move on without acknowledging the consequences. It encourages us to reflect on the deeper consequences of what we do, as the effects often endure beyond our own awareness or intent.

The Axe Forgets, But the Tree Remembers

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Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.

This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love you are.

Achieve some perfection yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.

Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.

Love is the bridge between you and everything.

The lion is most handsome when looking for food.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought.

Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames

What you seek is seeking you.

It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

15 Powerful Philosophy Quotes From "Rumi" !!!!

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Leadership & Management

15 Powerful Philosophy Quotes From *Rumi*

<ul><li>How to master my emotions</li><li>The importance of a meditation practice</li><li>To not take things so seriously</li><li>How to find joy in any situation</li></ul>

The Power Of Now

<ul><li>A spiritual take on the state of modern masculinity.</li><li>This is for those with a masculine edge that want to master their relationships, pursue their purpose, and harness their masculine energy in the modern world.</li></ul>

The Way Of The Superior Man

<ul><li>A compilation of Hermetic teachings based on the 7 principles originally explained by Hermes Trismegistus — the scribe of the gods.</li></ul> <ul><li>This book will give you a foundational understanding of reality, and the material world, and aid you on your spiritual journey.</li></ul>

The Kybalion

<ul><li>I didn't find any teachings that were inherently different from the ones in the books previously mentioned.</li></ul> <ul><li>Alan Watts is just an incredible storyteller. The way he presents his teachings are poetic. They will put you in a proper headspace.</li></ul>

The Wisdom Of Insecurity

<ul><li>The books prior to this are a bit hard to interpret and apply to your life if you haven't dove into the spiritual side of things before.</li></ul> <ul><li>Awareness will make everything "click," allowing you to mentally and spiritually navigate your own suffering.</li></ul>

Awareness

Everything started to click for me after reading this. Why myself and others became obsessed with certain areas of life, went all in, and turned it into our lifes work. This book gives you the step-by-step info you need to do what you love for life.

The Art Of Impossible

<ul><li>Similar to #6 (he references it a lot), Flow will give you a foundational understanding of the "flow state" and how to tap into a degree of it at any moment.</li></ul> <ul><li>A similar goal of most spiritual teachings, but Flow dives into the practical science-based applications.</li></ul>

Flow

7 books that will change your life (that you've probably never heard of):

Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

1: Never outshine the master

The key to power is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies

Hide your intentions not by closing up but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals— just not your real ones.

3: Conceal Your Intentions

Power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words. Once the words are out, you cannot take them back. Keep them under control.

4: Always say less than necessary

Learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

5: So much depends on reputation, guard it with your life

Surround your name with the sensational and the scandalous.Better to be slandered and attacked than ignored.

6: Court attention at all costs

For negotiations or meetings, it is always wise to lure others into your territory, or the territory of your choice. You have your bearings, While they see nothing familiar and are subtly placed on the defensive.

7: Make other people come to you, use bait if necessary

When you suspect you are in the presence of an infector, don’t argue, don’t try to help, don’t pass the person on to your friends, or you will become enmeshed. Flee the infector’s presence or suffer the consequences.

8: Infection: Avoid the unhappy or the unlucky

The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear.You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.

9: Use absence to increase strength and honor

Remember: You have only so much energy and so much time. Every moment wasted on the affairs of others subtracts from your strength.

10:  Do not commit to anyone, but be courted by all.

10 Powerful Lessons From the Book “The 48 Laws of Power”

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.   Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

Robert Greene is an American author of books on strategy, power, and seduction. He has written six international bestsellers, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature.

Robert Greene

The 48 Laws of Power

The fixed mindset says: “I can’t do it”. The growth mindset says: “I can’t do it yet”.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them?

People in a growth mindset don’t just seek challenges, they thrive on them.

The growth mindset does allow people to love what they’re doing—and to continue to love it in the face of difficulties.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

The fixed mindset makes you concerned with how you’ll be judged; the growth mindset makes you concerned with improving.

Becoming is better than being. The fixed mindset does not allow people the luxury of becoming. They have to already be

People with the growth mindset, however, believe something very different. For them, even geniuses have to work hard for their achievements

hose with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They’re informative. They’re a wake-up call.

Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.

10 Deep Insights From the Book “Mindset”

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

Carol Dweck is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Carol Dweck has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Carol Dweck's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

Carol Dweck

Mindset - Updated Edition

Never underestimate the hard work and lower probability of success, just because we are shown more successful people than many more actual failures.It does not mean, in any way, that you should not dream big. It just says that don't get overawed by the number of success stories you read and assume that success would be easy. No one prints the failure stories.

1. Hard Work

It is a tendency to interpret new information so that it becomes compatible with our existing theories.Warren Buffet has seen people losing money with this because they ignore facts that contradict the theory in the mind of the investor.Disconfirming evidence must be sought out to beat this theory.

2. Confirmation bias is the mother of all misconceptions.

If you ever find yourself in a tight unanimous group, you must speak your mind, even if your team does not like it, and even if it means risking expulsion from the warm nest.And if you lead a group, appoint someone as devil's advocate.He or she will not be the most popular member of the team, but definitely the most important.

 3. Speak your mind

Send an email to 10,000 people with the stock market predictions by dividing them into 2 groups - telling reverse prediction to each group. Prediction for one of the groups will come true.Send a new prediction to the 5,000 whom you predicted correctly earlier - again after dividing them into 2 groups...carry on like this, and the last 100 would consider you as a genius. People get inducted into a decision based on history without thinking logically.

4. Induction

The fear of losing something motivates people more than the prospect of gaining something of equal value.

5. Loss Aversion 

When it comes to compounding, don't trust your intuition - you have no idea how powerful it is.

6. Compounding

99% Fat-Free product seems more healthy than a product with 1% Fat.

7. It is not what you say, but how you say, that's important. 

There is no 3rd category of passive onlookers.

8. If you are not a part of the solution, you are definitely a part of the problem.

Follow your passion even if you have to do away with part of your income for that

9. Passion 

Whenever you are dealing with averages, be careful of the distribution behind them. A Bill Gates monthly income in a group of 50 ordinary citizens can give an extremely misleading average.

10. Averages

10 Powerful Lessons of the book “The Art of Thinking Clearly” 

A world-class thinker counts the 100 ways in which humans behave irrationally, showing us what we can do to recognize and minimize these “thinking errors” to make better decisions and have a better life Despite the best of intentions, humans are notoriously bad—that is, irrational—when it comes to making decisions and assessing risks and tradeoffs. Psychologists and neuroscientists refer to these distinctly human foibles, biases, and thinking traps as “cognitive errors.” Cognitive errors are systematic deviances from rationality, from optimized, logical, rational thinking and behavior. We make these errors all the time, in all sorts of situations, for problems big and small: whether to choose the apple or the cupcake; whether to keep retirement funds in the stock market when the Dow tanks, or whether to take the advice of a friend over a stranger. The “behavioral turn” in neuroscience and economics in the past twenty years has increased our understanding of how we think and how we make decisions. It shows how systematic errors mar our thinking and under which conditions our thought processes work best and worst. Evolutionary psychology delivers convincing theories about why our thinking is, in fact, marred. The neurosciences can pinpoint with increasing precision what exactly happens when we think clearly and when we don’t. Drawing on this wide body of research, The Art of Thinking Clearly is an entertaining presentation of these known systematic thinking errors--offering guidance and insight into everything why you shouldn’t accept a free drink to why you SHOULD walk out of a movie you don’t like it to why it’s so hard to predict the future to why shouldn’t watch the news. The book is organized into 100 short chapters, each covering a single cognitive error, bias, or heuristic. Examples of these concepts include: Reciprocity, Confirmation Bias, The It-Gets-Better-Before-It-Gets-Worse Trap, and the Man-With-A-Hammer Tendency. In engaging prose and with real-world examples and anecdotes, The Art of Thinking Clearly helps solve the puzzle of human reasoning.

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Money & Investments

A world-class thinker counts the 100 ways in which humans behave irrationally, showing us what we can do to recognize and minimize these “thinking errors” to make better decisions and have a better life Despite the best of intentions, humans are notoriously bad—that is, irrational—when it comes to making decisions and assessing risks and tradeoffs. Psychologists and neuroscientists refer to these distinctly human foibles, biases, and thinking traps as “cognitive errors.” Cognitive errors are systematic deviances from rationality, from optimized, logical, rational thinking and behavior. We make these errors all the time, in all sorts of situations, for problems big and small: whether to choose the apple or the cupcake; whether to keep retirement funds in the stock market when the Dow tanks, or whether to take the advice of a friend over a stranger. The “behavioral turn” in neuroscience and economics in the past twenty years has increased our understanding of how we think and how we make decisions. It shows how systematic errors mar our thinking and under which conditions our thought processes work best and worst. Evolutionary psychology delivers convincing theories about why our thinking is, in fact, marred. The neurosciences can pinpoint with increasing precision what exactly happens when we think clearly and when we don’t.Drawing on this wide body of research, The Art of Thinking Clearly is an entertaining presentation of these known systematic thinking errors--offering guidance and insight into everything why you shouldn’t accept a free drink to why you SHOULD walk out of a movie you don’t like it to why it’s so hard to predict the future to why shouldn’t watch the news. The book is organized into 100 short chapters, each covering a single cognitive error, bias, or heuristic. Examples of these concepts include: Reciprocity, Confirmation Bias, The It-Gets-Better-Before-It-Gets-Worse Trap, and the Man-With-A-Hammer Tendency. In engaging prose and with real-world examples and anecdotes, The Art of Thinking Clearly helps solve the puzzle of human reasoning.

Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss author and businessman. He began his writing career as a novelist in 2002, but he is best known internationally for his bestselling non-fiction The Art of Thinking Clearly (2011, English 2013), for which The Times has called him "the self-help guru the Germans love".

Rolf Dobelli

The Art of Thinking Clearly

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Don't be complacent with your time; you don't have much of it. If you're not focused, years will pass and nothing will get done.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Start chasing your ambitions, desires, and goals ow</li></ul>

The Time is Now

<ul><li>Your 20s won’t last forever. Your physical and mental well-being should always be your top priority.</li><li>Make sure you're exercising, eating well, and getting enough rest.</li><li>Maintain good company, get lots of sunlight, and learn how to say no.</li></ul>

Prioritize Your Health & Happiness

<ul><li>Learn your strengths and passions. Find what inspires you and chase it with everything you’ve got.</li><li>Ask yourself, "What kind of person do I want to be?" Then hyperfocus on becoming that person</li></ul>

Get To Know Yourself

<ul><li>When you figure out what you truly enjoy, commit to it.</li><li>There’s nothing more rewarding than investing time in your purpose and creating a life you’re proud of.</li></ul>

Commit

<ul><li>The future belongs to those who learn valuable skills and put them to innovative use.</li><li>There are countless tools available to aid you in your success; however, you must first determine which ones you wish to learn.</li><li>The sooner you start, the better you’ll be</li></ul>

Start Building Now

<ul><li>They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, so learn the tricks now.</li><li>Don't underestimate the value of investing time in your mental fortitude. Make sure that your mind is stimulated and challenged, and that you’re conscious of what you’re exposing it to.</li></ul>

Stimulate Your Mind

<ul><li>Advances in technology and self-education today provide greater efficiency, feasibility, and, ultimately, opportunity.</li><li>Before taking on immense debt, explore alternative resources such as YouTube, Podcasts, Courses, and Audiobooks</li></ul>

College Isn’t Necessary

<ul><li>Overcoming failure is easy when you realize that it is the catalyst for exponential growth.</li><li>Make a habit of seeking the lessons in your failures. Embrace your shortcomings, setbacks, and challenges; they are the keys to unlocking your full potential</li></ul>

Don’t Rush Into Relationships

<ul><li>There’s no better time to start taking risks and experimenting.</li><li>Trying new things while you have less responsibility increases your odds of finding success and happiness more quickly.</li><li>The cost of failure is cheap right now. Take advantage of it</li></ul>

Try → Fail → Learn → Repeat

<ul><li>The secret to developing self-confidence is keeping the promises you make to yourself.</li><li>Trust in your abilities, qualities, and judgment.</li><li>Lift weights, eat healthy, maintain a nice wardrobe, and practice good hygiene.</li><li>Look good. Feel great</li></ul>

Gain Confidence

<ul><li>Habits are critical for making progress in your health, happiness, and life in general.</li><li>“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.” @JamesClear</li><li>Forging habits and being consistent with them early on is a cheat code to reaching your goals</li></ul>

Develop Good Habits

<ul><li>The world you’ve been raised in is not the world you’ll succeed in.</li><li>Reprogram yourself. The real world is so much more than what you were taught. You have more resources than any generation before you.</li><li>Use them to take the world by storm</li></ul>

Forget What You Know

<ul><li>Explore our beautiful planet while you can!</li><li>There are life-changing experiences waiting to be had all over the world. Seek them out before life gets too serious.</li><li>Along the way, you’ll learn self-sufficiency, cultural awareness, acceptance, and adaptability</li></ul>

Travel Far & Wide

<ul><li>Surround yourself with ambitious individuals. Work your ass off. Get fit. Read books. Remind your friends and family you love them. Build assets. Buy crypto. Go to concerts. Eat good food.</li><li>These are your 20s. Make them memorable!</li></ul>

Make It Count

If you’re in your 20s, Read this.

<ul><li>If you're good, someone at the company will try to collect you.</li><li>They’ll imply that loyalty to them will fast-track your career.</li><li>They have a few followers already in their trap.</li><li>Avoid them. They will never let you excel past them.</li></ul>

1. Being someone's lieutenant

<ul><li>Big companies are full of legacy tech. And custom-built internal tooling.</li><li>These are skills you can't bring anywhere else.</li><li>If you're not careful, you'll only be an expert at THEIR systems.</li><li>Focus on building both internal AND transferable expertise.</li></ul>

2. Tribal knowledge

<ul><li>Snacks in the office cost the company nothing. Dry cleaning costs the company nothing.</li><li>Flying you to Denver and getting you a hotel room costs the company nothing.</li><li>In your head, you're likely pricing these perks as worth $40k. Don't fall for that</li></ul>

3. Falling for perks

<ul><li>If you're a top performer at your company, best case, you get a 7% raise each year.</li><li>Even if they should, companies don't adjust people's pay by 50%.</li><li>If you were to switch jobs, you might see that 50% boost.</li></ul>

4. Getting raises, not readjustments

<ul><li>You should be recognized for 70% of all the work you do.</li><li>If you expect to be recognized for 100% of your work, you're likely not a team player.</li><li>If you're recognized for _less_ than 70% of your work, you're being taken for granted. And being underpaid</li></ul>

5. Lack of recognition

I avoided these traps at big companies. Smaller ones face them too.

5 traps to avoid when working at a big company

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything,but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary,which are less necessary,and which are completely unnecessary to know

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself.The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

﻿Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts

Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person

Wisdom Chronicles ( 24th Dec 2024)

Wisdom Chronicles (25th Dec 2024)

15 Powerful Philosophy Quotes From Rumi

7 books that will change your life (that you've probably never heard of):

The 48 Laws of Power

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