I'm not sure what this means exactly because isn’t behaviour supposed to follow feelings. How is it possible for feelings to follow behaviour? Isn’t your behaviour a reaction to what you are feeling at that moment?
Okay I think I’m confusing myself as well as everyone else. Let’s attempt to break it down. I suppose this statement could work both ways around because if you think about it our feelings influence our behaviour and our behaviour influences our feelings. If you do something wrong it impacts your feelings. If you do something good it impacts your feelings. So, in a way, I guess this statement is right, Feelings do follow behaviour.
Wow isn’t it amazing how we (human beings) work. We are very much in tune with our emotions or feelings. That is why it is so important for us to manage those feelings or emotions effectively because if it impacts on our behaviour we really need to be careful. Who knows what we will do when we are angry. Scary to think about, isn’t it.
So yes Feelings definitely follows behaviour and vice versa.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.
Have you ever heard of the sayings “Talk is cheap”, “Actions speak louder than words” and “Practice what you preach”. Well this is exactly that. It is better to practice than talk a lot. It is much easier to say that you are going to do something than actually doing it. I always say if you want to do something you will do it.
I believe that is someone really wanted to do something they won’t be standing in front of me telling me that they want to do it. If you really wanted to do it, it would have been done and you would be telling me that you have done it. It makes sense to me because that is what I would do.
People are very quick to say things that they think others would want hear or make promises to make people happy. I say whatever. I don’t listen to “ I wills” and don’t take note of promises, if it were true, it would have been done and that is what I live by.
So I say talk is cheap and practice what you preach otherwise you won’t get very far in life.
I believe that is someone really wanted to do something they won’t be standing in front of me telling me that they want to do it. If you really wanted to do it, it would have been done and you would be telling me that you have done it. It makes sense to me because that is what I would do.
People are very quick to say things that they think others would want hear or make promises to make people happy. I say whatever. I don’t listen to “ I wills” and don’t take note of promises, if it were true, it would have been done and that is what I live by.
So I say talk is cheap and practice what you preach otherwise you won’t get very far in life.
It is a poor idea to lie to yourself
Well talk about cheating yourself. I don’t need to say this twice it is DEFINITELY a bad idea to lie to yourself. I think lying to yourself is a form of escapism and if that’s what your intentions are then something is really wrong and the warning lights above your head should be flashing like crazy.
When you lie to yourself you are in actual fact trying to take yourself out of a situation which you put yourself in. I would say that this is a very bad idea. Grow up and take responsibility for your actions. People who lie to themselves can’t cope in or take control of the situation that they are in. By lying to yourself you only make the problem worse and makes a mountain out of a molehill.
After saying all this however I must admit that I have fallen prey to this myself. It’s hard to admit but I think everyone lies to themselves almost everyday of their lives. The smoker who says that one day they will quit but never makes any attempts to do so. The student who convinces themselves that the night before the exam is the best time to study because they do their best under pressure. We’ve all done it. I don’t think there is a way of escaping it actually.
When you lie to yourself you are in actual fact trying to take yourself out of a situation which you put yourself in. I would say that this is a very bad idea. Grow up and take responsibility for your actions. People who lie to themselves can’t cope in or take control of the situation that they are in. By lying to yourself you only make the problem worse and makes a mountain out of a molehill.
After saying all this however I must admit that I have fallen prey to this myself. It’s hard to admit but I think everyone lies to themselves almost everyday of their lives. The smoker who says that one day they will quit but never makes any attempts to do so. The student who convinces themselves that the night before the exam is the best time to study because they do their best under pressure. We’ve all done it. I don’t think there is a way of escaping it actually.
Not all who wander are lost.
Not all who wander are lost. Well this is definitely something to think about. One would think that someone that wanders is still looking for something that they haven’t found yet hence the fact that they are in fact lost. Wander after all does mean move about without a definite destination or purpose or route. I mean really now does that mean lost or what. Does to me.
On the other hand however the sentence does make some sense. The one doing the wandering might actually not be lost at all. Let me make some sense of this. They may have already found what they have been looking for and are maybe just looking for more or other things. They may be wandering in fact just to learn or discover new things. I mean what happened to expanding your horizons and adding to your knowledge.
Do you ever want to stop learning? I know that I want to learn as much as I can every day of my life. We go through life trying to grasp different things everyday. So isn’t this wandering?
So I guess its actually good to wander in a way, it might be that you aren’t lost at all, but just wandering to learn new things and meet new people. And if that’s the reason to wander ten I say wander all you want.
On the other hand however the sentence does make some sense. The one doing the wandering might actually not be lost at all. Let me make some sense of this. They may have already found what they have been looking for and are maybe just looking for more or other things. They may be wandering in fact just to learn or discover new things. I mean what happened to expanding your horizons and adding to your knowledge.
Do you ever want to stop learning? I know that I want to learn as much as I can every day of my life. We go through life trying to grasp different things everyday. So isn’t this wandering?
So I guess its actually good to wander in a way, it might be that you aren’t lost at all, but just wandering to learn new things and meet new people. And if that’s the reason to wander ten I say wander all you want.
Friday, May 15, 2009
How do you step off a 100-foot pole
UMMM …… I suggest you don’t. That would be one of the worst decisions you will ever make in your life. So I suggest if you ever find yourself in that kind of situation just stay there and try and get help.
And by the way how did you end up there in the first place.
Obviously this whole stepping off a 100 foot pole thing has to have some kind of figurative meaning, well obviously because what person is literally going to find themselves stuck on top of a 100-foot pole, unless they have a serious death wish.
Okay well the 100-foot poll could stand for some kind of challenges that you could be facing in your life and the stepping off part could be ways of overcoming those challenges. Well I think every person has there own ways of dealing with challenges in their lives. Some might say that they will take the bull by the horns and jump right off that pole and get it over and done with and some might be stuck with regards to dealing with their challenges and end up backing down and just staying up on that pole.
So in a figurative sense I’d say jump right off that 100-foot pole. Literally I would say just stay right there.
And by the way how did you end up there in the first place.
Obviously this whole stepping off a 100 foot pole thing has to have some kind of figurative meaning, well obviously because what person is literally going to find themselves stuck on top of a 100-foot pole, unless they have a serious death wish.
Okay well the 100-foot poll could stand for some kind of challenges that you could be facing in your life and the stepping off part could be ways of overcoming those challenges. Well I think every person has there own ways of dealing with challenges in their lives. Some might say that they will take the bull by the horns and jump right off that pole and get it over and done with and some might be stuck with regards to dealing with their challenges and end up backing down and just staying up on that pole.
So in a figurative sense I’d say jump right off that 100-foot pole. Literally I would say just stay right there.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
We are what we do
I fully agree with this statement. It is very true. I have always been amazed at how people conform to the things they do. This statement plays a big role when it comes to your work life as well. People definitely become “what they do”.
I’m sure that we can think of one person in every profession possible that have become so involved with what they do that they live it outside the workplace. Take the communications expert, they live, eat and sleep communications. The editor of a bicycling magazine that rides a bicycle. The editor of a health magazine that conforms to what they teach other people everyday and starts looking after herself and ser body. The journalist that’s always looking for a story. We conform because this is the place where we spend most of our time and it’s almost a must to live the brand.
We do it too. I mean I work for a publishing company that publishes health magazine. I’ve now started going to the gym and eating “healthier”. Maybe I’m conforming or maybe I’ve just had my eyes opened to the risks that I wouldn’t have known unless I had worked here.
The things around us definitely influence us in certain ways so yes we are definitely what we do
I’m sure that we can think of one person in every profession possible that have become so involved with what they do that they live it outside the workplace. Take the communications expert, they live, eat and sleep communications. The editor of a bicycling magazine that rides a bicycle. The editor of a health magazine that conforms to what they teach other people everyday and starts looking after herself and ser body. The journalist that’s always looking for a story. We conform because this is the place where we spend most of our time and it’s almost a must to live the brand.
We do it too. I mean I work for a publishing company that publishes health magazine. I’ve now started going to the gym and eating “healthier”. Maybe I’m conforming or maybe I’ve just had my eyes opened to the risks that I wouldn’t have known unless I had worked here.
The things around us definitely influence us in certain ways so yes we are definitely what we do
We are afraid of the wrong things
Is it at all possible to be afraid of the wrong thing. In the world that we live in today I won’t be surprised if anyone isn’t afraid of any possible thing they could be afraid of. Does that make sense? With all the things we have to live with today, such as drugs, crime, death etc, I’d be quite scared of what is in store for us.
Okay, The above is physical things that we experience and see every day, so it is obvious when thinking about that to say what I have just said above. However there are other things that we go through daily that could justify the statement that we really are afraid of the wrong things.
For instance, people are afraid to love again after being hurt (soppy I know but true, but why lose your faith in people.), people are afraid of the world coming to an end , people are afraid of their mother in laws, the are afraid of getting stuck without petrol or even driving in the rain and even taking public transport. I feel that these things are really the wrong things to be afraid of, its things we have to live with and get over.
I think once we overcome our fear of the unknowing life could be pretty good. And once we start being afraid of the right things, we will be more aware of the wrong things to be afraid of.
Okay, The above is physical things that we experience and see every day, so it is obvious when thinking about that to say what I have just said above. However there are other things that we go through daily that could justify the statement that we really are afraid of the wrong things.
For instance, people are afraid to love again after being hurt (soppy I know but true, but why lose your faith in people.), people are afraid of the world coming to an end , people are afraid of their mother in laws, the are afraid of getting stuck without petrol or even driving in the rain and even taking public transport. I feel that these things are really the wrong things to be afraid of, its things we have to live with and get over.
I think once we overcome our fear of the unknowing life could be pretty good. And once we start being afraid of the right things, we will be more aware of the wrong things to be afraid of.
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