"‘Lou Pinella, the Tampa Bay Devil Ray’s manager, says he wants a team of guys that are ‘comfortable being uncomfortable.’ I like that line. I’ve found almost everything really valuable that I wanted in my life was sitting right outside of my comfort zone."
Tom Hanson, Ph.D., and Birgit Zacher Hanson, M.S.
Who Will Do What By When?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Pope Quote...
“Every country, rich or poor, has a cultural tradition handed down from past generations. This tradition includes institutions required by life in the world, and higher manifestations – artistic, intellectual and religious – of the life of the spirit. When the latter embody truly human values, it would be a great mistake to sacrifice them for the sake of the former. Any group of people who would consent to let this happen, would be giving up the better portion of their heritage; in order to live, they would be giving up their reason for living. Christ's question is directed to nations also: ‘What does it profit a man, if he gain the whole world but suffer the loss of his own soul?’”
-Pope Paul VI
Populorum Progressio (1968)
Quoted in A Civilization of Love by Carl Anderson
Monday, May 3, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
When's the last time you got really mad?
“I was in a meeting where a discussion was going on which finally became rather bitter. Tempers were becoming frayed and some of the participants were decidedly on edge. Sharp remarks were passed. Suddenly one man arose, deliberately took off his coat, opened his collar, and lay down upon a couch. All were astonished, and someone asked if he felt ill.
‘No,’ he said, ‘I feel fine, but I am beginning to get mad, and I have learned that it is difficult to get mad lying down.’
We all laughed, and the tension was broken. Then our whimsical friend went on to explain that he had ‘tried a little trick’ with himself. He had a quick temper, and when he felt himself getting mad he found that he was clenching his fist and raising his voice, so he deliberately extended his fingers, not allowing them to form into a fist. In proportion to the rising of his tension or anger, he depressed his voice and talked in exaggerated low tones. ‘You cannot carry on an argument in a whisper,’ he said with a grin.
This principle can be effective in controlling emotional excitements, fretting and tension, as many have discovered by experimentation. A beginning step, therefore, in achieving calmness is to discipline your physical reactions. You will be surprised at how quickly this can reduce the heat of your emotions, and when emotional heat is driven off, fuming and fretting subside. You will be amazed at the energy and power you will save. You will be much less tired.”
- Norman Vincent Peale
The Power of Positive Thinking
‘No,’ he said, ‘I feel fine, but I am beginning to get mad, and I have learned that it is difficult to get mad lying down.’
We all laughed, and the tension was broken. Then our whimsical friend went on to explain that he had ‘tried a little trick’ with himself. He had a quick temper, and when he felt himself getting mad he found that he was clenching his fist and raising his voice, so he deliberately extended his fingers, not allowing them to form into a fist. In proportion to the rising of his tension or anger, he depressed his voice and talked in exaggerated low tones. ‘You cannot carry on an argument in a whisper,’ he said with a grin.
This principle can be effective in controlling emotional excitements, fretting and tension, as many have discovered by experimentation. A beginning step, therefore, in achieving calmness is to discipline your physical reactions. You will be surprised at how quickly this can reduce the heat of your emotions, and when emotional heat is driven off, fuming and fretting subside. You will be amazed at the energy and power you will save. You will be much less tired.”
- Norman Vincent Peale
The Power of Positive Thinking
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