Excuse me, where do I sign up for cheap life lesson?
Was reading a friend's blog entry which trigger some thoughts. How do we learn life lesson without paying a price for it? We all know that life lessons sometimes come with a price tag that not a lot of people can afford. So how can we learn lessons abt life without paying these 'prices'?
Actually the method is very simple. All you have to do is...... be more observant, be a listener and an avid reader! How much does it take to be a keen observer? How much does it take to listen to people's life story? How much does it take to learn other people's life experience through books? Well if you borrow from the library it is free, but if you bought a person's book, you can re-read his experience over and over again to get new insights and thoughts, it only cost u the time and price of the book. Cheap in my opinion when some life lessons you experience, like I mentioned before, has great consequences.
For example, my friend saw how patient a man is to the requests of a fickle-minded female colleague. She learns more about the meaning of patience and also how much trouble fickle mindedness can bring to people. She is able to learn it by being observant to her surroundings, learn from other people's experience without being in the picture and the best part is because she put it in a blog, I am also able to learn from her experience as well. I am able to learn the lesson of being patient and fickle mindedness just by spending 10 mins reading through her blog, without being at the place at all. (This is an example of the power of blogging or Internet)
I always like reading the biograpghies of many successful businessman, like Michael Dell, Ray Kroc, Louis Gerstner, Sam Walton, Paul J. Getty and many more. They have altogether 150 or more years in business. (Taking the sum of those people I named.) I am able to learn from their mistakes, success and business lessons through reading their books. Assuming I spend 8 hrs reading each book that they read. That would be 40 hrs or around 2 days. All I have to do is spend 2 days of my life and I am able to learn 150 years of business experience, WOW, you can see the trade off?
Wherever I am, I always keep my eyes open and my ears pricked so that I can pick up all kinds of information and then have it processed in my brain so that I can learn from my surroundings and other people's experience.
When I talk to cab drivers, I am able to understand how tough it is to earn money while on the Singapore road and tend to be more understanding. This resulted in sometimes not taking the coins back when receiving change. It is just my way of helping people out.
Learning other people's life lesson can improve your life in many ways, it makes you be more understanding of other people's situation, build up your emotional quotient, reduce your own incidence of mistakes and so on, and it all comes with a price you are able to afford. So start being an avid reader, keen listener and sharp observer.
Cheers!
Actually the method is very simple. All you have to do is...... be more observant, be a listener and an avid reader! How much does it take to be a keen observer? How much does it take to listen to people's life story? How much does it take to learn other people's life experience through books? Well if you borrow from the library it is free, but if you bought a person's book, you can re-read his experience over and over again to get new insights and thoughts, it only cost u the time and price of the book. Cheap in my opinion when some life lessons you experience, like I mentioned before, has great consequences.
For example, my friend saw how patient a man is to the requests of a fickle-minded female colleague. She learns more about the meaning of patience and also how much trouble fickle mindedness can bring to people. She is able to learn it by being observant to her surroundings, learn from other people's experience without being in the picture and the best part is because she put it in a blog, I am also able to learn from her experience as well. I am able to learn the lesson of being patient and fickle mindedness just by spending 10 mins reading through her blog, without being at the place at all. (This is an example of the power of blogging or Internet)
I always like reading the biograpghies of many successful businessman, like Michael Dell, Ray Kroc, Louis Gerstner, Sam Walton, Paul J. Getty and many more. They have altogether 150 or more years in business. (Taking the sum of those people I named.) I am able to learn from their mistakes, success and business lessons through reading their books. Assuming I spend 8 hrs reading each book that they read. That would be 40 hrs or around 2 days. All I have to do is spend 2 days of my life and I am able to learn 150 years of business experience, WOW, you can see the trade off?
Wherever I am, I always keep my eyes open and my ears pricked so that I can pick up all kinds of information and then have it processed in my brain so that I can learn from my surroundings and other people's experience.
When I talk to cab drivers, I am able to understand how tough it is to earn money while on the Singapore road and tend to be more understanding. This resulted in sometimes not taking the coins back when receiving change. It is just my way of helping people out.
Learning other people's life lesson can improve your life in many ways, it makes you be more understanding of other people's situation, build up your emotional quotient, reduce your own incidence of mistakes and so on, and it all comes with a price you are able to afford. So start being an avid reader, keen listener and sharp observer.
Cheers!
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