The Path Made Clear
Oprah Winfrey
Summary
A great compilation of life lessons from a multitude of Oprah’s famous and successful friends
Rating: 3/5
Notes
Your life is not static; find something that gives you energy
If you remove all the doubt ad worry, you have seeds which should make you believe in yourself and your potential
Focus on your gifts, not your weaknesses
Pay attention to the stuff in between
Your life is always speaking to you, guiding you in the right direction
Life is about growth and change and if you’re not doing it, that’s the first sign
The more important an activity is to your soul’s evolution, the more resistance you will feel to it
Don’t run somebody else’s race, run your own
You are never on the wrong path, you just aren’t managing it well
Develop emotional awareness and if you get angry, stop & think about what you’re going to say and always come from a place of love
Management is telling someone what to do, leaderships is inspiring it
Get back to living for yourself and your flow
Live in the now and not in the future
What happens to you is less important than how you respond to it
When everything is out of order, stop, listen and follow your heart. Trust the journey
What you appreciate, appreciates
Know the joy of doing what you love and never stop pursuing it
Stop always reaching for more and more and more because if you’re happy with what you have, it will always be enough
Your heart’s desire is right in your backyard and has always been there
It doesn’t matter if the glass is half full or half-empty because there’s always a pitcher near by and that’s life
Nourish what makes you feel confident, connected and content. Opportunity will rise to meet you
We allow life to get so complicated when it’s really very simple
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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