7 lessons from the book “Be Water, My Friend”

1. Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
You put water into a cup; it becomes the cup.
You put water into a teapot; it becomes the teapot.
You put it into a bottle; it becomes the bottle.
Now water can flow, or it can crash!
Be water, my friend.

2. When man is living, he is soft and pliable; when he is dead, he becomes rigid. Pliability is life; rigidity is death, whether we are speaking of the body, the mind, or the spirit. Be pliable.

3. Each day, we are different, and circumstances are differ-ent. Even when a situation you have encountered before appears to be the same, it's not. Nothing is constant.

4. The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.

5. I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once.
But I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times.

6. Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles, big or small, and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself. Ihere is no such thing as defeat until you admit it to yourself, but not until then!

7. Do not condemn; do not justify. To truly understand there must be a state of choiceless awareness in which there is no sense of comparison or condemnation, no waiting for a further development of the thing we are talking about in order to agree or disagree.

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FACTS OF LlFE 📚

1. Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead; if you lose, you can guide.
2. People are not what they say but what they do; so judge them not from their words but from their actions.
3. When someone hurts you, don't feel bad because it's a law of nature that the tree that bears the sweetest fruits gets maximum number of stones.
4. Take whatever you can from your life because when life starts taking from you, it takes even your last breath.
5. In this world, people will always throw stones on the path of your success. It depends on what you make from them - a wall or a bridge.
6. Challenges make life interesting; overcoming them make life meaningful.
7. There is no joy in victory without running the risk of defeat.
8. A path without obstacles leads nowhere.
9. Past is a nice place to visit but certainly not a good place to stay.
10. You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
11. If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, then you haven't done much today.
12. If you don't build your dreams, someone else will hire you to build theirs.
13. If you don't climb the mountain; you can't view the plain.
14. Don't leave it idle - use your brain.
15. You are not paid for having brain, you are only rewarded for using it intelligently.
16. It is not what you don't have that limits you; it is what you have but don't know how to use.
17. What you fail to learn might teach you a lesson.
18. The difference between a corrupt person and an honest person is: The corrupt person has a price while the honest person has a value.
19. If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think that the person is a fool...... Realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved.
20. Honesty is an expensive gift; don't expect it from cheap people.
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October 2024 SAT English test

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​​5 books to master communication skills

1. "The Art of Public Speaking" provides guidance in terms of how to structure and deliver effective speeches.
2. "Skill With People" is a book aimed at helping readers understand human behavior and how to enhance relationships with others.
3. "Crucial Conversations" covers techniques for navigating difficult conversations in order to achieve desired outcomes.
4. "Just Listen" teaches the skills necessary for successful listening, understanding, and responding to conversations.
5. "Everyone Communicates, Few Connect" explains the importance of connecting on an emotional level with others in order to create meaningful relationships.

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