I ordered Chinese food this weekend and got two fortune cookies. The first goes like this. "Your fate is in no one else but you, no other hands but yours." I found this profound, not because it was something new, but because it acts as CONFIRMATION to something I already believe. I've heard it said that it takes ten compliments to overcome one negative comment. I believe the same goes for ideas, in that it is easy to start to doubt an idea and it is always encouraging to hear from another source that the idea is not wrong.
The other fortune cookie I received reads, "If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything." Often times I find myself looking for something familiar and easy rather than something that is challenging. By doing so, I'm LIMITING myself from new experiences and interesting topics. That is partially the reason for my first months challenge. I want to build a habit that encourages me to learn new things and expand my horizons. It is EASY to become complacent. Just the other day my room mate was telling me how this new class of his was hard. He hadn't taken the class in sequence before it and so most of the material was new for him. I told him that he was luckier than all his other class mates, because he had the opportunity to learn everything his classmates did in the previous class and this one while only taking the one class. Always remember, every CHALLENGE is an OPPORTUNITY to learn.
Also, as a side note, if you didn't see my tweet. I'm reading Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk instead of What Do You Want To Do With Your Life by Hans Glint.
The other fortune cookie I received reads, "If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything." Often times I find myself looking for something familiar and easy rather than something that is challenging. By doing so, I'm LIMITING myself from new experiences and interesting topics. That is partially the reason for my first months challenge. I want to build a habit that encourages me to learn new things and expand my horizons. It is EASY to become complacent. Just the other day my room mate was telling me how this new class of his was hard. He hadn't taken the class in sequence before it and so most of the material was new for him. I told him that he was luckier than all his other class mates, because he had the opportunity to learn everything his classmates did in the previous class and this one while only taking the one class. Always remember, every CHALLENGE is an OPPORTUNITY to learn.
Also, as a side note, if you didn't see my tweet. I'm reading Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk instead of What Do You Want To Do With Your Life by Hans Glint.
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