"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." This notion that the obstacles that prevent us from achieving our goals can be used—and in some cases may even be necessary—to achieve those very goals seems not just Pollyanna-like but also paradoxical.
One of the most useful concepts that demonstrate this is the concept of changing poison into medicine. That is, from the Buddhist perspective, all people are endowed with the innate ability to create value out of any situation, no matter how awful or tragic. Unlike the idea that every cloud has a silver lining—that something positive can always be found in everything negative—the principle of changing poison into medicine explains that we can transform even the most horrific tragedy into the very thing we need to become happier than we currently are.
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To make your goal pursuit fail-proof, switch from thinking about failures to thinking about discrepancies between what you hope to achieve and what you might achieve. Discrepancies provide you with information that you can study, explain, and learn from so you can recalibrate your future efforts.
Fear of failure by definition involves imagined threats. And while the fear is real, the threat is not. For the time being, the threat is a prediction, a product of your imagination, a scenario. This doesn’t make your fear unfounded or irrational. But it makes it premature and unnecessary. Instead of letting it stop you, study it and plan how to avoid the consequences you’re scared of.
With thanks to Zambo, host of the week!!
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A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a confronting way.
We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.
Celebrating four excellent years of the Sound of Sydney, with our good friend Carlos Avilés. Also featuring Higher Porpoise by Jon Bernais.
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A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a confronting way.
Tonight, we meditate. The practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Featuring the Sound of Sydney, with our good friend Carlos Avilés along with Higher Porpoise from Jon Bernais.
~ universal harmony ~
A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a confronting way.
Find your lane. Lanes are areas of relatively undisturbed clear air that are not being decelerated or disturbed by others' sails. Don't just sit there; visualise where you want to go. Think as far ahead as possible and plan where you would like to be.
Featuring the Sound of Sydney, with our good friend Carlos Avilés, along with Higher Porpoise from Jon Bernais.
~ universal harmony ~
A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a confronting way.
It’s one of our most natural bodily functions, we spend a third of our lives doing it, so why is sleep, or lack thereof, an issue for millions of people around the world? It might surprise you that understanding the science of sleep and how it can affect our performance in all areas of our lives, is one of the most important things we can learn.
Featuring friend segments! The Sound of Sydney with our good mate Carlos Avilés, who has graced the show since 2016 and he's delivered week-on-week without fail. Jon Bernais gave us Higher Porpoise mid lockdown and he's proven to be as unpredictable as the pandemic.
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A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a confronting way.
informal. —used to suggest that the hearer agrees with and understands what has been said or to ask whether the listener does too. I grew up there, you know what I mean, so I know what it's like.
Featuring friend segments! The Sound of Sydney with our good mate Carlos Avilés and Higher Porpoise from the legendary Jon Bernais.
~ universal harmony ~
A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a confronting way.
Happy 21!! dr.Snikkers is back in the studio and enjoying the New Zealand summer! This episode is a refreshing journey of discovery, searching to spark the emotions that make life most worth living. The intention is to aide in your human functioning.
Despite all circumstances, and with the suggestion not to define or judge these as "good" or "bad", we continue to strive toward calm and learned awareness and a true sense of being. Just like Kane Williamson, who seems to be in that sweet zone. Legend!
Featuring friend segments; the Sound of Sydney with good mate Carlos Avilés and Higher Porpoise from our pal Jon Bernais.
~ universal harmony ~
A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a resolute way.
Zambo is back on the sound waves with a sweetly soulful yet empowering selection of funk tunes. The Isley Brothers, Ann Sexton, Fela Kuti, Ella Fitzgerald and more sing about important things like love and hot pants.
~ universal harmony ~
A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a resolute way.
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