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By Andrew Sercombe, New Day Publishers, 2001
Hidden deep inside the core of important for you, instead of
your life is a huge vault the things that are not too BOOK OF THE WEEK:
stacked high with the things important, it could
you have counted as permanently change your life
significant: the way you for the better.
behave, what you think and
say, your beliefs, and personal
integrity.
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The Big Idea
Hidden deep inside the core of your life is a huge
vault stacked high with the things you have counted
as significant: the way you behave, what you think
and say, your beliefs, and personal integrity.
Indestructible
50 Ways to a Better
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7. KEEP READING! 12. EMPTY THE BARN
Books enable us to gain, as our own, the rich insights Empty the barn - expect a harvest! Make that
and wisdom of men and women from both the past seed, those resources available. Sow them. What
and present. We can see the world differently by we possess is like manure, it is no good unless it
looking at it through their eyes. is spread around. You may want to trade your
resources or give them freely. Either way, ship
them out where they'll be of use.
8. DISCOVER YOUR AUDIENCE
Make a list of people who know the way you live.
Listen to them carefully but don't let them control your 13. LIVE LIFE IN COLOR
life. You are responsible for you. Avoid grey twilight like the
plague! Break out of the
ordinary! Live differently!
9. EMBRACE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Dare to go against the tide!
You are responsible for your life and how it affects Our physical eyes lose their
others, intentionally or unintentionally. You are ability to enjoy color as the
responsible both to others and for others. You are light fades and shadows
responsible to the community in which you live for the come. By living in the light,
way you behave. we live life in color.
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38. INFLUENCE BY EXAMPLE life in general and is well worth the apparent loss.
Example is not the best way to influence people; it's See giving as an investment for the future. One
the only way. Irrespective of what you say, people benefit for us is that it deals with meanness.
will follow what you do. Those closest to you, or
those who spend most time around you, will pick up
the most especially if you are important to them as a 44. KNOWING OR INQUIRY?
perceived role model. None of us has all the answers. Like a gigantic
jigsaw puzzle life unfolds with each of us
contributing our part. However, we badly need
39. AIM FOR INTER-DEPENDENCE each other's particular piece to see the complete
In just about every context, we can do more together picture. What would it take for you to move from a
than we can if we work in isolation; the whole is position of knowing to a position of inquiry?
greater than the sum of its parts. Inter-dependent
relationships can be long-term or short-term ones,
or even anything in between. The delight of such 45. HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR
relationships is their flexibility and usefulness. CONVICTIONS
There are some things and people worth dying for -
especially if it's for what you deeply believe in.
40. STOP TOUCHING WOOD
In psychology, 'touching wood' is known as a sort of
anchor, something we do to bring a particular feeling 46. HERO WORSHIP
to ourselves. The fear of the unknown revealed by You do not need to walk the road alone. Wisdom
'touching wood' is a fear we can do without. Such and guidance are available to all those who want
fears can be powerful and do not serve us well. Your them - you just have to seek them out.
life will not be undermined when you talk positively
about the things you hope for in the future or talk
gratefully about the past. 47. PRACTICE SAYING A POSITIVE 'NO'
Being in control of your life, being able to refrain, to
say 'No,' brings a wonderful sense of personal
41 .PREPARE YOURSELVES power although for the first few times it may be a bit
Live beyond merely taking on other people's beliefs of a culture shock. The more we exercise the
and values and bolting them together like muscles of self-control, the stronger they get. It
scaffolding around weak architecture. Prepare costs little more than a dose of determination to
yourself, your mind, for action. Establish properly stay in control. Say 'no' sometimes. No one
inter-linked, alive and functioning principles for the seriously wants a world of greedy hedonistic
core of your life that provide form and strength for people.
the outer life you live. And don't misuse them.
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6. Rest properly.
Go enjoy!
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