The Art of Exceptional Living

The More You Know, the Less You Fear Fear is also caused by ignorance. When we have limited information, our doubts dominate us. We become tense and insecure about the outcome of our actions. Ignorance causes us to fear change, to fear the unknown, and to avoid trying anything new or different. But the reverse is also true. The very act of gathering more and better information about a particular subject increases our courage and confidence in that area. You can see this in the parts of your life where you have no fear at all because you know what you are doing. You feel competent and completely capable of handling whatever happens. This article is from the book of Jim Rohn who is my Most favorite Author, Philosopher, and Speaker. Benjie A. Malinao  

Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn Sophistication Sophisticated people don’t  leave early. The man says, "Yeah, but I want to beat the traffic."  Isn’t that a great skill to have—beating  the traffic! It doesn’t take a million  dollars to learn the difference between a bottle of fine wine and a Pepsi.  Sophistication is a study, not an amount. One of the early signs of  sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your  emotions to school so they will learn how to behave. Money doesn’t make you  sophisticated. Only study and practice make you sophisticated. Even people of  modest means can become sophisticated because it is within study and practice.  How much is a night out at the symphony? About thirty dollars. You say,  "Poor people can’t afford thirty dollars to go to the symphony." Yes,  they can. It’s only thirty Hershey bars! We must teach our children  not to spend their money...

Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it  finally arrives, it is called today. Today is yesterday's tomorrow. The  question is, What did we do with its opportunity? All too often we will waste  tomorrow as we wasted yesterday, and as we are wasting today. All that could  have been accomplished can easily elude us, despite our intentions, until we  inevitably discover that the things that might have been have slipped from our  embrace a single, unused day at a time.  Each of us must pause frequently to remind ourselves that  the clock is ticking. The same clock that began to tick from the moment we drew  our first breath will also someday cease.  Time is the great equalizer of all mankind. It has taken  away the best and the worst of us without regard for either. Time offers  opportunity but demands a sense of urgency.  When the game of life is finally over, there is...

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." -- Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer