Flint for Dreams » inspiration http://www.flintfordreams.com A Weblog of Reading, Traveling, and Starting New Businesses Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Richard St. John's 8 Secrets of Success http://www.flintfordreams.com/2011/01/08/richard-st-johns-8-secrets-of-success/ http://www.flintfordreams.com/2011/01/08/richard-st-johns-8-secrets-of-success/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:34:11 +0000 Paul http://www.flintfordreams.com/?p=625 Well, these really aren't secret, but they are good traits to keep in mind as you endeavor in any project or venture. Enjoy this TED talk, it is only 3:33 long anyway...

]]> http://www.flintfordreams.com/2011/01/08/richard-st-johns-8-secrets-of-success/feed/ 0 Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl http://www.flintfordreams.com/2009/09/25/mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-frankl/ http://www.flintfordreams.com/2009/09/25/mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-frankl/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:15:00 +0000 Paul http://www.flintfordreams.com/?p=186 Man's Search for Meaning is an epic and the essential therapy book for modern times. Frankl asserts, correctly, that with the growing use of automation man's free time has expanded leaving us plenty of leisure hours to contemplate our own meaning.

Frankl asserts that almost anything can have meaning and it is all up to our attitude. A survivor of several concentration camps, Frankl attests how much choosing the right attitude and having something to live forr saved people's lives in the camps. Attitude and spirit had a lot to do with survival.

This leads Frankl to suggest that man finds meaning through suffering as well as through joy and love. Very true, how often do people put the cause or cross in their life for what they are living as the meaning in their lives, and how often would they be lost without their jobs/families/possestions/causes etc... for which they sacrifice all and for which they create their identity.

More than that, people can capitalize on the little injustices in life as a growth experience. The person who cut you off in traffic, the guy at work who just loves taking pot shots at you. These are all times to exercise forgiveness and be the best person you can be. You have the choice to remain calm and be good and not let useless anger consume your life.

This is a must read for anyone feeling lost in their lives.

Wikipedia entry (with quotes):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_Meaning

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It is one of the most well produced, most information packed things I have seen on the net in a long time.

Even if you are not in art and design it will inspire you.

Go download this free magazine now.

http://www.parasolmag.com/

now.

In other news I read about Maximalism today

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximalism

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