David shares his thoughts on acceptance, which to him does not mean agreeing or resigning to an outcome. It is simply the letting go of the emotional demand for something to be different.
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6 helpful reminders for the overwhelmed person [Article]
David C reminds us of the fallacy of worrying when overwhelmed, using a simple analogy:
One maddening tendency of any small electronic device is that whenever the battery is low, it wastes most of its remaining power beeping and flashing to tell you that battery is low.
Read his six simple reminders to cope.
An interview with THE MAN [Article]
Put this aside for the weekend if you have to, but read it now if you can. Especially if you are an employee.
I run a solid business, and I don’t think I’m going to run out of employees or customers any time soon, so I’ll spare you the company-spokesman runaround — no, I don’t take responsibility for the state of their lives and I don’t see why I should. Particularly when they don’t take much responsibility for their lives themselves.
This might be fiction, but it might not. Consider it, & make up your mind.
Awaken the possibility that you can get good at being good [Article]
David of Raptitude gives words to thoughts:
if you are to be a sane and good person, the well-being of others can be worth no less than yours. It’s the same thing.
The sun is setting at all times – [Article]
David from Raptitude reminds us that no matter what, The sun is setting at all times.
We have to acknowledge that truth is relative to the observer. If there were nobody observing the sunset there would be no sunset.
What matters is how things appear to be, from your perspective. Your quality of your life hinges on your perspective, not the theoretical state of the world, or “objective” assessments of your living situation.
Why the minimalists do what they do [Article]
With an increasing number of options in almost every aspect of life, we presume that our results in each of those areas should be getting better and better, because with each new possibility it becomes more likely that one of them suits us perfectly. Our expectations for perfection and total satisfaction are too high.
Don’t be typical – [Article]
We use what’s typical to calibrate our expectations for how much we ought to earn, how much time off is reasonable to insist on, how much frustration our relationships and obligations should create for us, the scale of our goals, and how happy we ought to be to be.