Tag Archives: Hope

What You Want

Alain de Botton with a good reminder: One of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. A lot of the time our ideas about what it would mean to live successfully are not … Continue reading

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Information Age

The term gets thrown around a lot, almost in an ironic, joking way today. People used to scale mountains to listen to the wise man speak.  They used to wander through countryside to have their questions answered by the swami … Continue reading

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Hope and Fear

They’re not so different: The two of them march in unison like a prisoner and the escort he is handcuffed to.  Fear keeps pace with hope. . . . both belong to amind in suspense, to amind in a state … Continue reading

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Hope Is Bad

Hope is disappointment, delayed. If you need something done, craft a plan, and make it happen.  Don’t sit around and hope it’s going to turn out the way you want it to.  It won’t. Hope is what’s left after you’ve … Continue reading

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