Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts

Sunday, November 22, 2009

2 cents

The 2 most important things in life (besides health)
1. Doing what you like to do
2. Spending quality time with those you love

The 2 most important constituents of education
1. Curiosity
2. Originality

The 2 most important ingredients of friendship
1. Liking each other's company
2. Spending time together

The 2 most essential constituents of spirituality
1. Peace
2. Silence

The 2 reasons for which you should read a book
1. Pleasure
2. To learn something new (especially a new idea or perspective)

The 2 things that are most helpful in getting over someone
1. Letting time heal
2. Keeping busy

The 2 hardest things to say
1. I love you
2. I've been sleeping with someone else

The 2 biggest killers of all time
1. Religion
2. War

The 2 sources of information you should never blindly believe
1. News
2. People

The 2 pillars of the economy
1. Greed
2. Selfishness

The 2 things that you should never say to your parents under any circumstances
1. Every parent does the same for their kids. You didn't do me a favour
2. I am ashamed of you.

The 2 kinds of things you should never say to your lover/wife
1. Anything that reduces her self-respect
2. Anything that makes her feel like she's not an important enough part of your life.

The 2 things you should never stop doing
1. Learning
2. Having fun

The 2 questions you need to answer at some point of life
1. What do you really want from life?
2. What have you accomplished so far?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

How to avoid causing offence

1. Delay.
This gives you time to think (of the effect of your words) before you speak. Use a niceness filter.

2. Never attack a weak-point.
Every person has a shortcoming that he/she is aware of. Never hit the chink of their armour. For example never tease a short guy about his height or a dull girl about her intelligence.

3. Let go of your ego.
If you stop caring about your own "importance" then you will hardly pay attention to any "affronts" to you - real or imagined. Then there will be no need to retaliate. This is actually the secret to never having quarrels/fights: Not minding.

1 is hard to do and requires a lot of practice.
2 requires that you know the person well.
3 is hard even to accept; it is so contrary to what we hold on tightly to. But imbibing it will make you a much happier and friendlier person.