The point of existence in this dynamic, ever-changing world then was not to aspire or achieve, but to introspect.
“What Yudhishtira learnt—the point of existence is not to accumulate merit, but to attain wisdom. We have to ask ourselves—why do we do what we do? When we truly accept the answer, we break free from the cycle of births and deaths,”
― Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
― Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
“True proactiveness comes from seeing how we contribute to our own problems. It is a product of our way of thinking, not our emotional state.”
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
“What will you do if something doesn’t work out?’ He says, ‘I will keep trying and never give up!’ and I tell him, ‘No, remember, the only person you can ever change is yourself; after you have done that and you are the best you that you can be, let go. There is always another job, another woman, another best friend.”
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
“Systems thinking is a conceptual framework, a body of knowledge and tools that has been developed over the past fifty years, to make the full patterns clearer, and to help us see how to change them effectively.”
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
“When our actions have consequences beyond our learning horizon, it becomes impossible to learn from direct experience.”
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
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