Humorous Slideshow

The following link has a nice slideshow:

http://www.vasukikasturi.com/slideshow/phpslideshow.php?directory=.&auto=1&currentPic=14

Consistency

Consistency

How can someone:
…be opposed to euthanasia but in favor of the death penalty?
…be in favor of the impeachment of Bill Clinton but not of George Bush?
…be worried about global warming but fly in a big private plane?
…be in favor of the impeachment of George Bush but not of Bill Clinton?
…be opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens but in favor of a pardon for Scooter Libby?
…be in favor of military intervention in Darfur but not in Iraq?
…be opposed to big government but want the government to control public speech?
…be in favor of banning medical marijuana but opposed to government regulation of cigarettes?
…be opposed to judicial meddling, except in cases where you disagree with the current laws?

Easy. Because people aren’t consistent. Sure, you say, each of the examples above isn’t fair. They don’t match. They don’t line up. [Smart people are lucky: they can hold seemingly contradictory ideas in their head while they look more deeply into the facts and make good decisions... it's called nuance.]

We don’t eat dessert cause we’re on a diet, but we put blue cheese dressing on our salad. We don’t pay extra for first class, but refuse to give up a seat to get bumped from a flight, even though the reward is a thousand dollars. We curse the spam that clutters our email boxes but turn around and authorize millions of pieces of junk mail to go out to support our new business.The local hardware store owner curses the existence of Home Depot but buys his family’s clothes at Wal-Mart. The vegetarian wears a leather belt…Everything is a special situation, everything begs for inconsistency. If all we did was market to computers, life would be a lot simpler, but a lot less interesting.

Seth’s Blog: Consistency

Reframing questions

Re-framing your questions If we are not going in the direction that will ultimately lead us to our goals, one of the problems may be the questions that we ask ourselves. It may be time to reframe some of the questions. Here are a few examples:

Original question: What am I getting?
Reframed question: What am I becoming?
[courtesy: Jim Rohn]

Original question: Why is this happening to me?
Reframed question: What can I learn from this?

Original question: Why can’t he/she understand me?
Reframed question: How can I communicate so that he/she can understand me?

Original question: How can I get to the next position so that I am better?
Reframed question: How can I become better so that I get to the next position?

Original question: Why should I be proud of working for my company?
Reframed question: Why should my company be proud of me working for them?

Original question: How can I find a cool company to work for?
Reframed question: How can a cool company find me to work for them?

Original question: How can I get this task done?
Reframed question: What is the right configuration of resources to get this done in the most optimum fashion?

Original question: Do I matter?
Reframed question: How do I matter?

The Power of Questions on Squidoo

Steve Farber – Greater than yourself

Part One:
Expand Yourself
• Expand Your Identity
• Shift Your Perspective
• Elevate Your Intention
• Commit To Your Legacy

Part Two:

Give Yourself

• Choose Wisely

• Tithe Your Time

• Give It All Away

• Celebrate Dramatically

Part Three:

Replicate Yourself

• Teach Others to Teach Others to Fish

• Change The World

Steve Farber: Greater Than Yourself: An Overview of the Challenge