Today's Bit of Wisdom

"The swiftest horse will never overtake a word once spoken"

Chinese Proverb

Watch your mouth it could kill or destroy just the same way it could elevate you to new heights. Believe me words are really powerful.

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Todays Bit of Wisdom

" A bad word whispered echoes a hundred miles"

Chinese proverb

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Todays Bit of Wisdom

"When the tiger comes down from the mountain to the plains, it is bullied by the dogs"

Chinese Proverb

Sometimes it is better to stay in your territory and thrive there. There is nothing wrong with moving out into new situations but remember the rules would be different. It you don’t study the new territory you want to conquer well enough you might just loose it all.

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Today's bit of Wisdom

"Elephant tusks cannot grow out of a dog's mouth"

Chinese Proverb

I could simply put it this way; you cannot expect to win an Olympic hundred meter gold medal dressed like a fire fighter. Certain attitudes and actions can only lead to one type of result.

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Announcement: New segment

This is a very short announcement. I would be starting something new on this blog where i give a proverb at least every weak and discuss something short on it. It would be called "Todays Bit of Wisdom". Most of the proverbs would be from different sources (where i can find the source of the proverb or wise phrase I would do my best to acknowledge) that I have read in books and online not just proverbs but thought provoking statements. I wouldn't make very long discussions on it hoping that this would also give you the chance to make comments on it. I really, really hope you enjoy this.

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The daily pressures of the TO-DO list

I hope you enjoyed reading the series on the to-do list. If you have followed it religiously you would realize that your to-do list has really been getting full there are so many things on that to-do list and you are really getting impressed by the fact that you are getting a lot of things on your list. By this time however you would have realized that at the end of every day you would have a list of unaccomplished tasks. This might at first seem worrying to some of you and then you soon figure out that those activities can be postponed to another date so you go ahead and do that. At the end of the next day you observe a similar thing, your list is full of unaccomplished tasks and this goes on for some time. You soon realize that something has to be done about it because after a couple of weeks there are so many things on the list that have not been touched and you cannot see how you are going to ever get to touch them. This soon brings you to feel that this to-do list thing might not be full proof so you abandon it in search of something that could help you do everything that you put on that list before the close of the day.

Usually there is a lot of pressure on the user of the to-do list to accomplish everything on his list but an experienced person would realize that this shouldn’t be the case. There is a very simple way of dealing with this type of pressure and it is quite easy. Just simply clear you to-do list of all uncompleted tasks.

You might be thinking at this point that what would be the use of putting things on the list in the first place if you would just end up taking them of. Well the simple answer to that is this, if a task has been on your list for two weeks or more and you haven’t been able to put a specific date when it would be tackled, then it might as well leave the list for tasks that would be more relevant. If it is relevant then you should have put a clear date by which time you should have completed that task but if you haven’t done so then you might as well reconsider taking it of your very important list.

So that is it take of what is not necessary from your list and that would remove the clutter on your to-do list. Clearing it up will take of the pressure and help you concentrate on the more important things on your list.

I hope this was helpful. Please feel free to give some feedback, you could leave a comment or mail me to share your thoughts. Thank you.

The power of the to-do list: When?

Using the to-do list has no restrictions on time of use. Although it said in a lot of circles that there are times to use it, in actual fact there is no such thing.

The whole issue about time comes from these concerns of most users of the to-so list about organizing yourself. Most people who use the to-do list over time are usually more efficient than the average person who doesn’t use one. Most of these people believe in starting the day early and quickly getting on top of things as a result they make it a habit to look at their to-do list to have a better idea of what will be done in that day. It is for this reason that it is the usual practice to visit your to-do list first thing in the morning.

You would start thinking about what you should do with the list when new tasks come your way what would be the next line of action? Well you just go ahead and update the list as things go on. Depending on the way you prioritize your activities you could reschedule certain tasks. It is really cool when you start using a to-do list to manage your busy life style and it can be very rewarding.

To me this has been one of the most important things that I have come across in my life and it has been a real blessing to me if you haven’t started using it, please start it now and see the massive changes that come your way.

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