Sunday 23 June 2013

Remember the marketing story: A DELIGHTED customers tells 2 people. An unhappy customer tells at least 10, or everyone they know, loudly and for years. In addition, they will never come back. Which do you want?
- quickly_now (SO user)

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Sunday 21 April 2013

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years


Holding back the years

Thinking of the fear I've had so long
When somebody hears
Listen to the fear that's gone
Strangled by the wishes of pater
Hoping for the arms of mater
Get to me the sooner or later



Holding back the years
Chance for me to escape from all I've known
Holding back the tears
Cause nothing here has grown
I've wasted all my tears
Wasted all those years
And nothing had the chance to be good
Nothing ever could yeah



I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
So tight



I've wasted all my tears
Wasted all of those years
And nothing had the chance to be good
Cause nothing ever could oh yeah



I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
Holding, holding, holding



That's all I have today
It's all I have to say

Sunday 20 January 2013

There's More to Life Than Being Happy

There's More to Life Than Being Happy

"...having purpose and meaning in life increases overall well-being and life satisfaction, improves mental and physical health, enhances resiliency, enhances self-esteem, and decreases the chances of depression. On top of that, the single-minded pursuit of happiness is ironically leaving people less happy..."

"Leading a happy life, the psychologists found, is associated with being a "taker" while leading a meaningful life corresponds with being a "giver.""

"Happiness without meaning characterizes a relatively shallow, self-absorbed or even selfish life, in which things go well, needs and desire are easily satisfied, and difficult or taxing entanglements are avoided"

"What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans"

"people who thought more about the present were happier, but people who spent more time thinking about the future or about past struggles and sufferings felt more meaning in their lives, though they were less happy"

"Having negative events happen to you, the study found, decreases your happiness but increases the amount of meaning you have in life."


Man's Search for Meaning, V.E.Frankl