You make 3 to 4 time what they pay you

When ever a company does business with a client, who ever works on the project is being paid half (in most cases) of what the company charges the client. Which means that if you’re paid 30 000 a year to do a job, the company who hired you makes 60 000 a year on you.

If a client invest 60 000 on you … don’t you think he expects to make a lot more out of the work you’re doing?

Wrong definition of Mastery of Self

I read something recently that made me re-think my philosophy on feelings and the mastery of self. I used to believe that Mastery of Self meant to control how we feel, which implied not only suppressing feelings on the spot but creating new ones as well.

Chuck Goetschel in his “Simon Says” book stated:

“...Part of the process of discovering your Life Purpose has to do with being in touch with your feelings. Your feelings are clue to what your life purpose is all about. By noticing how you feel about things, you’ll discover what you value and what you don’t. Things that don’t trigger much emotion probably aren’t tied to your purpose or the application of it - at least for now....”

If there would be a way for us to control our feelings, we would never discover our life purpose. The Mastery of Self isn’t about controlling our feelings, it’s about controlling our actions. Doing things because it’s the right thing to do despite of how we feel about it. We go to the gym even if we don’t feel like it because it’s the right thing to do. We eat a salad instead of a pizza because it’s the right thing to do …

Simply put, the mastery of self is the discipline to do the right things despite of how we feel about them.

The then and now of love

It seems to take longer for people to find a mate theses days and I wonder if it’s in part due to people not being able to accept each other as much as they used to.

They say that times have change but do people live more fulfilling lives now or was it the case before?

If something wasn’t broken … then why change it?

Figuring things out

I strongly believe that we were put here to figure things out about life and it's even more so when we're living with someone. 2 heads are really better than one and the lessons learned in a relationship aren't the same as the one when we're single.

We learn the most about ourselves by observing others.

Any thoughts?

Not a fan of "small talk"

Most of you know that I’m not a fan of “small talk. We were not put on this earth to repeat "Hi how are you" billions of times. We're here to figure things out, everything is a test where you can only fail if you don't learn from your mistakes.

In life, lessons are repeated until they're learned. You learn the most during set-backs.
After life slaps you through the face (such as a break-up, bankruptcy ...etc) we usually,naturally, go on a period of self-analysis. We go over everything in our minds to try to figure out what we did good, bad or could of done better.

The past should only be revisited for self-growth purposes (in a positive manner). It's not meant to bring us down only to help us move forward better.
Rocky says it best "Life is not about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." Thomas Edison said "I did not fail 10 000 times. I found 10 000 ways that doesn't work."

Keep moving forward.