Identity Original reflection
Be proactive in your own becoming.
Curated collection
Ideas that invite reflection and action
Read slowly. Question assumptions. Notice which words remain with you and what they may be asking you to do differently.
Identity
This above all: to thine own self be true.
Identity
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Identity
The reason a person does not experience their true cultural self is that, until they experience another self as valid, they have little basis for validating their own self.
Awareness
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.
Awareness
And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?
Awareness
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Awareness
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
Agency
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Agency
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Agency
If you are walking down the right path and you are willing to keep walking, eventually you will make progress.
Agency Original reflection
Today, anything is possible to achieve when you put your mind and passion into it. We are not programmed to fail.
Judgement
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Judgement
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Judgement
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Judgement
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Leadership
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Leadership
It takes a great person to be a good listener.
Leadership
We must dare to be great; and we must realise that greatness is the fruit of toil, sacrifice and high courage.
Leadership
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Purpose
Piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.
Purpose
Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.
Purpose
Life is about making an impact, not making an income.
Purpose
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Compassion
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Compassion
You have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Compassion
There are people who make the world better simply by being the kind of people they are. They teach the truth by living it.
Compassion Original reflection
A way to receive something starts with sharing something — even if it is only a few kind words.
Responsibility Original reflection
In everything we do, we must always live by our values.
Responsibility
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Responsibility
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Responsibility Original reflection
Failure is an opportunity, not a burden. Be grateful for the chance to grow. Failure is only final when learning stops.
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