A Life of Meaning
Week 2
This was another great week full of learning and insights. I watched several of the videos and especially enjoyed Randy Pauch's last lecture. What an amazing man. He had accomplished so much and yet still had a positive outlook despite of his recent diagnosis and short life expectancy.
Here are some of the things that stood out to me:
Tenacity: Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
I love this. How often do we give in to our children's demands because it's easier than hearing them whine or complain. That's not building character. That's creating a bunch of weak, princesses. We need to teach them to feel their emotions and teach them how to become stronger when they fall down.
Brick walls are there for a reason. Let us prove how badly we want things. We only get better and stronger when we are pushed to our limits..and then push a littler further.
Encourage kids creativity. Let them master their own domain. This is especially hard with this new generation. Kids don't play outside nearly as much and they did or as much as they should. The digital age is upon us. We especially need to encourage creativity.
What would we say if it was our last chance to say it?
Lead your life the right way. The karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you. I loved this. Just be a good person. Do what is right and let the consequences follow. What a great line from a Primary song!
I also loved Tom Kelly's comments about treating life as an experiment. It's tough to try new things but if we just approach it in bite sized pieces then it's not so overwhelming. Also, we should see that failure leads to success and we all want to succeed but we can only do it if we try and try and try again.
Stars and Steppingstones was an interesting overview of our lives. Where we are now and where we are headed: personally and also professionally. It's important that we keep hold of our guardrails so that we never compromise our values. Too often, money changes people. I believe that many lottery winners often end up in divorce and bankrupt because of greed and also mismanagement of funds.
So much to learn.
This was another great week full of learning and insights. I watched several of the videos and especially enjoyed Randy Pauch's last lecture. What an amazing man. He had accomplished so much and yet still had a positive outlook despite of his recent diagnosis and short life expectancy.
Here are some of the things that stood out to me:
Tenacity: Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
I love this. How often do we give in to our children's demands because it's easier than hearing them whine or complain. That's not building character. That's creating a bunch of weak, princesses. We need to teach them to feel their emotions and teach them how to become stronger when they fall down.
Brick walls are there for a reason. Let us prove how badly we want things. We only get better and stronger when we are pushed to our limits..and then push a littler further.
Encourage kids creativity. Let them master their own domain. This is especially hard with this new generation. Kids don't play outside nearly as much and they did or as much as they should. The digital age is upon us. We especially need to encourage creativity.
What would we say if it was our last chance to say it?
Lead your life the right way. The karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you. I loved this. Just be a good person. Do what is right and let the consequences follow. What a great line from a Primary song!
I also loved Tom Kelly's comments about treating life as an experiment. It's tough to try new things but if we just approach it in bite sized pieces then it's not so overwhelming. Also, we should see that failure leads to success and we all want to succeed but we can only do it if we try and try and try again.
Stars and Steppingstones was an interesting overview of our lives. Where we are now and where we are headed: personally and also professionally. It's important that we keep hold of our guardrails so that we never compromise our values. Too often, money changes people. I believe that many lottery winners often end up in divorce and bankrupt because of greed and also mismanagement of funds.
So much to learn.
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