On Japan

Here, we will conduct a study of Japan, for some reason

Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

  "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

 "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

 "Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Top ten Japanese scholars!

1.  Miyamoto Musashi









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HONORARY MENTIONS: 

Quotes

Even if you strive diligently on your chosen path day after day, if your heart is not in accord with it, then even if you think you are on a good path, from the point of view of the straight and true, this is not a genuine path. If you do not pursue a genuine path to its consummation, then a little bit of crookedness in the mind will later turn into a major warp. Reflect on this.

Miyamoto Musashi

 

Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.

Miyamoto Musashi

 

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

Paramahansa Yogananda

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

Eckhart Tolle

  We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according to what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to live is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line. To die without gaining one's aim is a dog's death and fanaticism. But there is no shame in this. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling. -

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

 

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Miles Davis

 

People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.

Paramahansa Yogananda

20 more philosophers and self improvement artists

Swami Vivekanda
Guar Gopal Das
Saddhuguru


Tacitus
Goethe

20 cures

 An accurate diagnosis is half the cure.

 John Taylor Gatto
Noam Chomsky
Viktor Frankl
Sadhguru
Joseph Campbell

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Post-mortems (ie analysis of mistakes)
Pre-mortems! (preparation)

Learn from your mistakes!  It becomes less of a mistake if you learn from it
Mindstorms are a cure for any issue at hand.  Check out this link by Brian Tracy on the Issue:

Review this entry:
http://piccolodaimaou.blogspot.com/2018/04/why-college-is-overrated.html

Write Consolations.  If you want to be consoled, write out 20 consolations!

Set your goals (for cures, or anything else)
Just be yourself
Detachment

Sacred Texts website

Contemplation of death......

Self Improvement advice

Check out the "good" method by Jocko willing on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8

Also, about excuse dropping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YjAk_l71Vk


Check out "Spiral Dynamics" from actualised.org (Leo), stage Blue:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5iLt1p-W1U

Sadhguru may take a while to get in to, but check it out his youtube vids. 


Brian Tracy is good too.  Check out his book "reinvention", as well as the book "Tools of Titans" by Tim Ferris.

20 self improvemt gurus:

Brian Tracy
Jocko Willink
Leo
Saddhguru
Elliot Hulse

Jim Rohn
Tony Robbins
Guar Gopal
Tim Ferris
Jack Canfield


QUOTE:  Never forge credentials, for they are unnecessary