Thursday, February 21, 2008

American Business Competition

"Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia." Alexis Carrel

Have you noticed that a fast tempo seems to have taken over everything we do? The question is does this fast pace make things better? Should you develop a tempo which requires you to start moving faster and faster? The answer to that question is probably based on where you are now in the “pace of life” and where you want to be in the life you are leading.

"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first." William Shakespeare

We have all(?) heard that an object that is in motion tends to stay in motion. How much more energy does it take to go from zero to 60 mph, than to go from 30 mph to 60 mph? Basically that means that we need to keep moving. To continually improve your life is easier when you are moving ahead already than when you stop and go. How many of you have finished school and decided to go back for further education and found it harder than proceeding from one session to another?

"The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts." Rene Descartes

When you are exercising do you seem to have more energy than when you are sitting around? The same is true with your mind. The more that you learn the easier it is to learn more. Read a dozen books in a year and you will be further ahead than the majority of the population. Pick out those books that will make you a better person, a better employee, a better citizen.

"Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need." Stuart Wilde

Start your own study group. Read books and articles that you feel will help you and share them with people who are like minded. Just like in school, sharing your information with others and taking in what they learn will expand your knowledge faster than trying to do everything on your own.

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