The Buddha advised us not to be fooled by what we perceive. He told Subhuti, “Where there is perception, there is deception.”4 The Buddha also taught on many occasions that most of our perceptions are erroneous, and that most of our
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“There are no bad dogs or bad humans, just inappropriate behavior.”
― Shannon Riley-Coyner The Evolution of Dog Training: From choke chains to clickers, uncovering the secrets to having a well behaved dog
― Shannon Riley-Coyner The Evolution of Dog Training: From choke chains to clickers, uncovering the secrets to having a well behaved dog
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Fear is the enemy of learning. It’s the negator of joy, the preventer of play, the inhibitor of trust and love. Fear just gets in the way, slows things down, and causes unnecessary pain.”
― Reaching the Animal Mind
― Reaching the Animal Mind
“This is the magic secret of dog training -- lose control over yourself and you at once lose control of the dog. Your strongest and most irresistible weapon is iron patience.”
― Gray Dawn
― Gray Dawn
“Nobody should be allowed to have a baby until they have first been required to train a chicken”
― Don't Shoot the Dog! : The New Art of Teaching and Training
― Don't Shoot the Dog! : The New Art of Teaching and Training
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
Rachel’s 2024 Year in Books
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