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- Discover Your True Identity - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.” - Thomas Szasz What is lost can never be found, what is found can never be forgotten. So echoes the quest to realise your true identity. I remain ...
Views: 939(1 vote) - How To Live While You're Alive - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes When it became clear that the Master was going to die the disciples were depressed. The Master ...
Views: 1072 - Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Storm - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” - Haruki Murakami Life is unpredictable. No surprises there. You never know what lies around the corner waiting to test your resolve. Life’s challenges are part of the human ...
Views: 1181 - Have You Lost Your Way? - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.” - Lewis Carroll A Roman general known for his valour, insisted a slave follow him everywhere holding a sign that read, momento mori which translated means, “remember that you have to die.” I invite you to consider the extent of your ...
Views: 1002 - Will The Real You Please Stand Up? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.” - Brené Brown The Master was never impressed by diplomas or degrees. He scrutinised the person, not ...
Views: 861 - Five Ways to Empower Your Thoughts - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.” - Norman Vincent Peale “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it,” remarked the Greek philosopher Aristotle. If you were to read no further than that line, ...
Views: 1412(3 votes) - Obstacles Illuminate the Path to Success - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” ...
Views: 1331 - Leave No Stone Unturned In Your Desire for Success - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned." - Edward Bulwer Lytton In an ancient Greek fable, the playwright Euripides conveys a story of an army general who buries a large treasure in his tent, following his defeat in ...
Views: 1073 - The Journey Matters More Than the Destination - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2014 from Tony Fahkry“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.” - Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass The journey to reach ...
Views: 1035 - How to Build Powerful Relationships - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2014 from Tony Fahkry“Never idealise others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.” - Leo F. Buscaglia Reflections of Ourselves Relationships are the most significant and nourishing ...
Views: 1001 - How to Live Life to the Fullest - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2014 from Tony Fahkry“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never ...
Views: 953 - Why You Should Never Give Up - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2014 from Tony Fahkry“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe Think like a Billionaire I am fascinated by ...
Views: 910(1 vote) - How to Overcome Self-Doubt - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2014 from Tony Fahkry“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.” - William Shakespeare Taming the monkey mind It’s an all too common experience - the silent, yet incessant self-doubt which inhabits your mind, combined with the stream of destructive thoughts which ...
Views: 1040 - Step into Your Dreams - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Tony FahkryWhether you’re starting out or a season veteran, following your dreams remains an elusive yet fulfilling quest. Ask any person who has traded their career to follow an endless dream and they’ll advise you they have not worked a single moment in pursuit of their passion. Yet for many, chasing ...
Views: 835 - How to Overcome Obstacles - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Tony Fahkry“In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the King's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but ...
Views: 1084 - The Key to Sustained Motivation - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Tony FahkryWhat does motivation represent to you? How do you motivate yourself? Do you require constant motivation? I want you to consider these questions throughout this article. Motivation has come to embody a pivotal role in people’s lives within the developed world. Those from non-English speaking ...
Views: 1241 - Finding Your Life's Purpose - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Tony FahkryThe Tyranny of Time In his book, The Power of Purpose, author Richard J. Leider offers readers an insightful story for finding one’s purpose through action: “A young man who was searching for his life’s purpose wrote to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. He said he had discussed the purpose ...
Views: 1176 - Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Tony FahkryWhat Constitutes Talent? I still recall my final year of university with restrained enthusiasm. I wrote my final paper on a prominent figure whom I admired at the time. I firmly recall a passage from a book loaned to me, which was translated from Italian to English. It said of the person, ...
Views: 1023 - Connect With Mind Body and Spirit - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Tony FahkryYour authentic self I wish to present you with an uncommon view of reality. For the next five minutes, the time it takes you to read and integrate this information, I intend to put forward an alternative view of life which you may not have previously considered. Indulge me as I outline a ...
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