DEPENDENT ON OTHERS

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.  Quote by Albert Einstein, THE WORLD AS I SEE ITREFLECTION:Do you think you have achieved everything on your own?Who has helped to get you where you are... both living and dead?How can you give back for all that you have received?

HOW TO HELP

Atapuerca -on the Camino Frances Trail The way to help someone is not to critique what makes them smaller, but to encourage what makes them larger.Quote by James Clear 3-2-1 Thursday! BlogREFLECTION:Do you criticize - believing you are helping? Observe... does the person feel smaller because of it?How can you offer a critique that expands?Can you say it in another way that the person feels larger?What encouragement can you offer another to make them feel larger?

PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY

Blackwater Wildlife Refuge - A day that lacked "productivity." Doing less meaningless work, so you can focus on things of greater personal importance is NOT laziness.  This is hard for most to accept, because our culture tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity.Quote by Tim FerrisREFLECTION:Are you constantly busy?Do you do meaningless task so you can keep busy?Examine your "to do" list and determine if they represent personal sacrifice or personal productivity.Can you focus on actions of greater personal importance?