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1 " I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in. "
― Po Bronson , What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
2 " Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines. "
3 " But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you. "
4 " I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice. "
5 " I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me. "
6 " It's not easy. It's not supposed to be easy. Most people make mistakes. Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more than once. "
7 " The moral is to not set yourself goals which don’t leave you any freedom to maneuver. "
8 " every time I am about to follow my heart, I am offered enormous temptation. "
9 " They want to find work they’re passionate about. Offering benefits and incentives are mere compromises. Educating people is important but not enough—far too many of our most educated people are operating at quarter-speed, unsure of their place in the world, contributing too little to the productive engine of modern civilization, still feeling like observers, like they haven’t come close to living up to their potential. Our guidance needs to be better. We need to encourage people to find their sweet spot. Productivity explodes when people love what they do. We’re sitting on a huge potential boom in productivity, which we could tap into if we got all the square pegs in the square holes and round pegs in round holes. It’s not something we can measure with statistics, but it’s a huge economic issue. It’s a great natural resource that we’re ignoring. "
10 " Sanskrit describes five layers of self, or mind: Physical, feeling, perception, intention, and consciousness. "
11 " I asked him if Buddhists believe we all get a specific destiny. “We don’t think there’s a specific place in your life to go. Everybody’s destiny is to become an enlightened being and reach the everlasting state of mind. "
12 " We have mixed feelings about the seductive notion of destiny. There’s a persistent tension between wanting our life’s purpose to be revealed to us by some higher power and wanting to scrap and fight for it against all odds—to earn it without help. We think about destiny sort of like how we feel about inheritance—we covet its fruit but it’s sweeter if we earned it ourselves. "
13 " People who had been through a lot reported that they changed their life, or got clarity, when they became conscious of what kind of person a certain job/industry/lifestyle was turning them into. "
