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Soul – too deep!

Watching a movie again, or reading a book again almost always presents itself in a new perspective than it was when we first watched or read it.

Soul, a movie that I believe every soul must watch at every stage in their lives – a child, a teenager, young adult, adult, and when older than 50 years, and again if eyesight and grey matter doesn’t give in, after the 80s.

This movie summarizes one’s purpose in life is not about the purpose. It’s living. Appreciating that life is living, not about settling.

“Too deep for a cartoon” – I came across this phrase somewhere, for this very same movie.

Please watch it.

Again, watch it again.

After a few years, watch it again.

Perception Matters

Of all living beings, only humans have the ability to think from different perspectives.
That’s why we need to use that capacity, to test and view things and events differently.
For example, when it comes to money, we need to think from an economist’s perspective.
Economists view money only as a means.
When it comes to learning something new, pick up the hat of an old man or an old woman.
Learn only what’s necessary to keep you ahead, provide you with the tools necessary to add value to others’ lives.
Not something that makes you money, at the outset.

Provide value, money follows.

 

Cheers, and good luck!

– Arun

Power of Compounding

Here’s one of my favorite maths:

We run with our chores everyday with so much focus(?) that we tend to forget the ground rules of life.

Hard work always pays.

But then some say smart work beats that.

Agreed, but these phrases cannot be ‘blanket’ applied on everything in life.

Some demand hard and deep work, while the other needs smartness. The real ‘smartness’ lies in finding the difference and necessity for efforts.

This poster is a reminder that when we work more than what we can in tiny bits every day, consistently, the result is something that goes off the charts.

Books I recommend on these thoughts:

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  1. The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
  2. The One Thing by Gary Keller
  3. Atomic Habits by James Clear