It is interesting to read the stories of the ascent of young and n now successful businessmen. It’s always pleasant, especially if you apply it to yourself and think, what if I can do it too. As our psychologists, motivators, and consultants say, about whom I already speak, you just need to act as successful people do, and you will become just as successful. Naturally, I will argue with this, but there are principles that guide successful people. This is exactly what we will be talking about today.
I repent, I’m a sinner, literally until today I didn’t know that one of the successful social networks “VKontakte” was created by a programmer and now a successful businessman, 28 year old (currently) Pavel Durov. And the story of his rise would have passed me by (you never know how many Zuckerbergs create social networks), if not life principles Paul, which I have already heard separately, but are collected here in one place. And they really appeal to me, since most of them guide me in life (I don’t understand why I don’t have a personal social network yet? ). My comments are highlighted here in italics.
- Find out what you really like. Golden Rule says: do what gives you true pleasure, and then you will become much happier.
In my opinion, this principle was propagated Steve Jobs. Yes, but don’t forget that some of the most happy people- all sorts of crazy people who live in their own imaginary world. But if you create a real one, not virtual world, exactly the one you like, then this will be real happiness.
- Give up the junk you eat, drink and smoke every day. No secrets or tricky diets - natural food, fruits, vegetables, water. There is no need to become a vegetarian and completely give up drinking - you just need to limit sugar, flour, coffee, alcohol and all plastic food as much as possible. How many times have they told the world... On the topic effective advice for those who want to lose weight
- Teach foreign languages. This will expand the depth of perception of the world and open up unprecedented prospects for learning, development and career growth. There are 60 million Russian-speaking Internet users. There are a billion English speakers. The center of progress is now on the other side of the border, including the language border. Knowledge of English is no longer just a whim of intellectuals, but a vital necessity. My recipes for learning English
- Read books. Approximate circle– your professional field, history, natural science, personal growth, sociology, psychology, biographies, qualitative fiction. If you don’t have time to read because you’re driving, listen to audiobooks. The golden rule is to read/listen to at least one book a week. That's 50 books a year that will change your life. This is correct, the main thing is to set your priorities correctly. Now I spend as much time as possible on foreign languages, but at other times I read a lot.
- Make the most of every weekend. Go to a museum, play sports, go out of town, skydive, visit relatives, go to a good movie. Expand your zone of contact with the world. The more new impressions you let through yourself, the more interesting life will be, and the better you will understand things and phenomena.
- Start keeping a blog or a regular diary. It doesn't matter what it's about. It doesn’t matter that you don’t have eloquence and you will have no more than 10 readers. The main thing is that on its pages you can think and reason. And if you just write regularly about what you love, readers will definitely come. Here it is, it’s not in vain that I’m writing here. Even people like Pavel Durov recommend it. Phew, balm for the soul.
- Set goals, record them on paper, in Word or on a blog. The main thing is that they are clear, understandable and measurable. If you set a goal, you can either achieve it or not. If you don’t put it in, then there are no options for achieving it at all. Without options, you cannot go there without knowing where and find something without knowing what.
- Learn to touch-type on the keyboard. Time is one of the few treasures you have, and you should be able to type almost as quickly as you can think. But you shouldn’t think about where you are required letter, but about what you write. Thank you, that's exactly what I'm typing
- Ride the time. Learn to manage your affairs so that they work almost without your participation. First, read David Allen - “How to Put Things in Order” or Gleb Arkhangelsky. Make decisions quickly, act immediately, don’t put it off for later. Either do everything or delegate it to someone else.
- Give up computer games, aimless sitting in in social networks and stupid surfing on the Internet. Minimize communication on social networks, leave one account. Destroy the television antenna in the apartment. Yes, yes and yes again!
- Stop reading the news. All the same, everyone around will talk about key events, and additional noise information does not lead to an improvement in the quality of decision-making. I have already mentioned this principle
- Learn to get up early. The paradox is that in the early hours you always get more done than in the evening. If on a summer weekend you leave Moscow at 7 am, then by 10 you will already be in Yaroslavl. If you leave at 10, you will be there by lunchtime at best. 7 hours of sleep is enough for a person, subject to quality physical activity and normal nutrition. I don’t like programmers who can only start working at 12 noon. You need to start working as early as possible, and this is confirmed by numerous examples of great people who manage to do much more than sleepy losers.
- Try to surround yourself with decent, honest, open, smart and successful people. We are our environment from which we learn everything we know. Spend more time with people you respect and can learn from (especially your bosses). As it turns out, we also choose our bosses. Still serfdom It was canceled for us quite a long time ago, so there is little point in wasting time on unproductive communication.
- Use every moment of time and every person to learn something new. If life brings you together with a professional in any field, try to understand what is the essence of his work, what are his motivations and goals. Learn to ask the right questions– even a taxi driver can become an invaluable source of information. As Carnegie said, “Take a keen interest in other people.”
- Start traveling, change your environment more often. It doesn’t matter that there is no money for Argentina and New Zealand– the quality of your vacation is not related to the money spent. When you see how diverse the world is, you will stop focusing on the space around you, and you will become more tolerant, calmer and wiser.
- Buy a camera and try to capture the beauty of the world. When you succeed, you will remember your travels not only by vague impressions, but also by beautiful photos that you brought with you. As an alternative, try drawing, singing, dancing, sculpting, designing. That is, do something that will make you look at the world with different eyes. By the way, I don’t post all my photos, there are also my interesting(?) photos
- Do some sports. You don’t have to go to a fitness club where jocks, pick-up artists, Balzac ladies and freaks hang out. Yoga, rock climbing, bicycle, horizontal bar, parallel bars, football, running, plyometrics, swimming, functional training – best friends a person who wants to restore body tone and get a surge of endorphins. And forget about the elevator. Yes, it’s definitely time, otherwise Lately I got lazy and took the elevator to the fourth floor. Unfortunately, our staircase is very smoky, and this is one of the reasons...
- Do unusual things. Go somewhere you’ve never been, take a different route to work, figure out a problem you know nothing about. Get out of your “comfort zone”, expand your knowledge and horizons. Rearrange the furniture at home, change your appearance, hairstyle, image. I've been wanting to dye my hair red for a long time, it'll probably suit me. I just imagine myself in a jacket and with a laptop walking to a client with a bright red head. Yes, inspired by it, I recently re-read The Red Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Invest. Ideally, you should invest part of your income every month, because a rich person is not the one who earns a lot, but the one who invests a lot. Try to invest in assets, minimize liabilities and control expenses.
- Get rid of the junk. Throw away all unnecessary and unnecessary items that you haven’t worn or used in a while. last year. Leave only what you like and need. It's a pity to throw it away - give it away.
- Give more than you take. Share knowledge, experience and ideas. A person who not only takes, but also shares, is incredibly attractive. Surely you can do something that others really want to learn.
- Accept the world as it is. Give up value judgments, accept all phenomena as neutral. And even better – as unequivocally positive.
- Forget about what happened in the past. It has nothing to do with the future. Take with you from there only experience, knowledge, a good relationship and positive impressions.
- Don't be afraid. There are no insurmountable obstacles, and all doubts live only in your head ( They also say “all the bars are inside us”“ ) . You don't have to be a warrior, you just need to see the goal, avoid obstacles and know that you will achieve it without a single chance of failure.
- The last one is the first one. Do what you like. Learn. Teach. Develop yourself. Change yourself from within.
It only remains to add that these rules need to be re-read periodically so as not to forget about them.
P.S. Along the way, you can read the history of the creation of the VKontakte network and the role of Pavel Durov in all this
So these are the principles:
- Be merciful and kind. I am not a member of a cult and I am not encouraging you to join the Peace Corps. Doing good can be much more difficult in small things, on an everyday scale, than saving the world. This is what the first principle says - in every situation that fills a person’s every day, there are different lines of behavior and, accordingly, options for action. By choosing one that has a good message, you not only do yourself good (because good always comes back), but you also inspire others to do the same. Not only epidemics and affectionate words spread from person to person, mercy and consideration for others can also infect people.
- Be brave. The longer humanity exists, the more precisely the beaten paths are worked out, and the easier it becomes to follow them. doesn’t necessarily mean going against the grain and society – you probably don’t want that at all. Being brave means doing what you want, doing what you feel, and saying what you think.
- Always remember that you are not alone. Very often it seems to us that we are alone against the whole world. That no one can help us, and we must do everything ourselves. Taking responsibility for your life and actions is very good, but you shouldn’t lock yourself in the bubble of your own “I can” and “I do,” because there are things that are beyond a person’s control or things that you definitely can’t do alone.
Remember two things: firstly, you are not alone - look around: there are many people around who are ready and able to help you and provide support. Believe in people. Secondly, no matter how you feel about religion, it is stupid to deny that besides man there are no higher powers. There is something much larger in this world than each of us individually. For some it is God, for others it is the Universe, for others it is the unity of all living beings. Don't forget that you are not alone in the vast world. You won’t get lost, they look after you, they help you, they take care of you. Always.
- To be here and now. One of the main life principles that is most difficult to follow is to stay in the present, to live in it. Living in the past or future is a huge temptation, an excellent means of escaping reality. But the reality is that if you don't manage your present, either your past will define you or your future will be built by someone else. And in order to manage the present, you need to be in it. Develop awareness, learn to fixate on the “here and now.”
- Analyze. Living your life without trying to understand the causes and consequences of your own actions, the events of your life means wasting it. Don't float with the flow like a log, get into the boat and control its movement. To do this, you will need to become an analyzer of what is happening both inside and around you. Don't be that person who, when you die, understands less than when you were first born. Analyze yourself - if you understand yourself, you will have access to understanding the whole world.
- Explore. In our wonderful world There are enough reasons for surprise for every person’s life. Humanity has existed for several thousand years, and the world continues to surprise us. Don’t lose your child’s curiosity, look at everything as if you were seeing it for the first time. Don't be afraid to explore new things, make discoveries of any scale, and your life will never be boring. Already now it is filled with thousands of amazing things that are worth learning about, that are worth noticing and studying. Live with your eyes, mind and heart wide open.
- Love. Without love, the brightest life is just a shadow of what it could be if a person let the highest feeling into it - . Giving and receiving love in order to be happy is as important as breathing and eating in order to live. Trusting your feelings is risky and scary, but remember the second principle? Be brave when it comes to love because it is the only thing that can make you truly happy. Love is the highest reward and it requires a lot of work. Love needs to be cherished, nurtured, supported and developed - then its fruits will make you the happiest of people.
Hello, dear readers! Finding your way in this life is quite difficult. Yes, and everyone has one own desires, dreams, goals. For one it will be real happiness to achieve high success at work, and for the other to give birth to three children. We build our own system of principles, life rules and follow this path. Today I want to talk to you about principles that everyone should know.
Instructions
What principles are taught to every person from childhood? Don't harm others, don't steal, don't lie, and so on. The world does not stand still. And the man does not stand still. I don’t know what principles you are already guided by, but I want to teach you how to make your list.
After all, simply following other people’s commandments is stupid without experiencing them yourself. I have collected a large number of rules for you and life positions, among which you will surely find something useful for yourself.
For example, I advise everyone to get Irina Khakamada’s book “ Tao of life. Master class from a convinced individualist" The author very interestingly describes how you can combine work, family, personal growth, hobbies and at the same time be happy man. In this book you are sure to find interesting and useful thoughts.
Remember that we are all individuals. So what works for one person may not necessarily work for you. If you read lists best advice from successful people, then do not expect that every method or method will work for you.
Learn to choose the main points for yourself from these lists. Try to live them, taste them, so to speak.
I want you to learn to live your own life, listen to the advice of others, but act according to your own mind.
General principles
The world doesn't care about you. Our huge world does not value each life individually. Both the world and the people around us simply don’t care about each other.
For example, you bought a house abroad. Of course, the first reaction of your friends will be stunning. But over time it will subside, and your own emotions will subside. And this will simply be another purchase, because many people buy real estate abroad. There is nothing supernatural about this.
Learn not to expect anything from people. Don't pay attention to their reactions. And learn not to be upset if someone did not react the way you would like. Remember that no one cares.
An exception
But, as with any other rule, there are exceptions. Throughout the whole wide world, there will definitely be people who will be sincerely interested in you, who will care deeply about you and honestly rejoice at your victories.
Learn to surround yourself with people whose interest is genuine. Because they are the key happy life. Usually such people don’t care what job you have, how much you earn or what car you drive. Your inner world is important to them.
Money. First, money is worth nothing. Many men and women passionately desire to earn as much as possible and add untold riches to their piggy bank. Yes, of course, money opens the way to comfortable life. But this does not mean that you need to live only for the sake of it. Simple advice: let money be only a means to achieve your true goals. This means that you don’t need to get hung up on their number.
One of my friends saved money all her life, worked around the clock, did not see her children, and had no personal life. She saved and saved everything. An accident happened and she died in a car accident. She never had any use for her piggy bank.
Secondly, have the right attitude towards money. Yes, money is worthless and you don’t need to get hung up on it, but you shouldn’t spend it thoughtlessly left and right. Try not to borrow. Learn and buy, rather than buy and pay for it. Instill in yourself healthy attitude to money. Believe me, this will make your life much easier.
From the word is salvation, from the word is destruction. Learn to speak competently and correctly. Why, you ask. Rhetoric helps not only to communicate with people around you, but also to manage your life. When you start developing your speech, you will understand how you can, in a conversation, how easily you can convince a person and influence him simply with a word.
Moreover, you will become more protected from such manipulations from the outside: advertising, marketing, sales specialists. You will notice how much less you are “led” to spontaneous purchases, for example.
Where to start, basic communication, tips and useful tips you can find in my article "".
Re-evaluating your own reactions. A person is too accustomed to any events. Remember any incident from your past. How upset you were then, killed, cried and thought that nothing worse could happen. What can you say about this event now? Emotions and memories fade and fade over time.
The power of intuition
You can’t even imagine how strong you are and is trying to work for you. But reason, logic and consciousness sometimes prevent the voice of the subconscious from reaching you important thing. Listen to your inner voice. How does this usually work?
You go shopping, look for mobile phone. And then suddenly a salesperson in one of the hypermarkets shows you a suitable model, beautifully describes it, and talks about bonuses and gifts. And you seem to agree, but something still tickles inside. So, it is the voice of your intuition that tickles. Therefore, in order not to regret the purchase later, listen to him.
Habit. You yourself understand perfectly well that a person consists of numerous habits, many of which are already so firmly established that it is not possible to change them. So, this is nonsense. You can change anything, if only you have the desire and self-discipline to achieve results. And results are achieved through hard work.
Therefore, if you want to quit smoking and start eating breakfast in the morning, you need to do this immediately. Not from Monday, not next month, not from the new year. Right now. Either change it or don’t regret what you missed.
Information flow and multitasking. Today, information comes from all corners. People like a lot of choice. Do you remember how last week you went to the store and stood for a long time in front of the shelf with pasta? There is such a huge selection, you don’t know where to start.
In fact, a person can really perceive only four options. A large number of options always provide an opportunity to retreat. Therefore, a person may end up choosing nothing at all and not moving on.
The modern fast pace of life forces a person to do everything at once. Only few people think that this is wrong. You and I are capable of supporting one specific task at a specific point in time. If you want to do your job well, then you need to focus all your energy on it. Don't spray yourself.
Laziness is not a disease. My favorite point. Only few people know how to work with it correctly. Everyone immediately begins to consider their laziness as a kind of virtue that helps them in life, and does not hinder them. The essence of the principle is to learn not to scold yourself once again for rest, lazy mood or state of rest. We all need rest.
Carnegie
1. Your inaction only leads to even greater doubts and fears. You always need to act, move forward. Then there will be much less doubts and fears.
2. Be smart about timing. Many people spend great amount time to think about who thought what, who will react how, who will say what next. Instead, it would be much more effective to spend this time developing yourself.
3. Don't be afraid of failure. Any failure or mistake is another step up to success. Every greatest victory contains an equally great mistake.
4. Happiness is ours own choice. No surrounding circumstances affect our happiness. Learn to manage your inner feelings, then you will be able to get closer to the one you choose.
5. In every action you carry a message. Your clothes, hairstyle, habits and habits - all this carries some kind of message to the world. Expensive car and the suit say that this is a businessman. If you learn to send the right messages, you can be anything you want to be.
6. Do what you love. A person cannot achieve success while he is doing things that are unpleasant to him. Look for an activity that will bring you genuine pleasure.
7. Risk! Be sure to jump above your head. Yes, you may miss, the situation may turn out badly for you, but this should not stop you. Only by taking risks can you reach unprecedented heights.
For parents
Raising children is not an easy process. But the key to your child’s future success lies precisely in the principles that you put into him. Will it be family values or the principle of behavior - only you can decide. I bring to your attention several principles from which you can choose one, or combine several together.
Patience. Teach your child patience. Today's man wants everything at once, but that doesn't happen in life. To achieve results, you need to try, work, make an effort.
Backup plan. Help your child understand that having a plan B is very useful in some situations. After all, circumstances do not always work out in a favorable way for us. If something didn’t work out today, then don’t be upset, but rather use a backup plan.
Courage. Don't ruin children's initiative. Let the child make mistakes, get hurt, do something wrong, but still move on. Courage will be very useful to him in life, believe me.
Choice. The best way to teach a child responsibility is to make independent choices and face consequences. Don't force him, don't teach him to live by your rules. Provide some freedom, let him choose, let him learn to justify his choice, and in the future take responsibility for the consequences of this choice.
I am sure that not all of the rules and principles described above will work for you. That's why I encourage you to make your own list. Act, fail, act again and fail again. Only yours personal experience will show you the way to happiness.
What principles do you follow in life? What advice can you give to the younger generation?
Don't stop and take risks!
Best wishes to you.
A person’s life principles are the unspoken rules that he follows. They shape an individual’s behavior in a given situation, his attitudes and opinions, actions and desires.
general characteristics
To understand what it is, you need to turn your attention to religion. For example, in Orthodoxy the commandments are clearly stated: do not commit adultery, and so on. These are the same life principles or frameworks in which a believer is placed. He lives by relying on them, listens to them, behaves in accordance with them, and also preaches them to others. It turns out that in worldly society principles are an analogue of commandments.
They can be different, but are usually created in order to form character, balance achievements and contributions, indicate values and outline a principle - a core, a core around which the very essence of a person revolves. It gives an individual firmness and confidence, helps him overcome difficulties and withstand adversity. Principles will always be the basis for making important and everyday decisions. But it happens that they limit them by observing them, he becomes less flexible, misses the chances and opportunities given by fate.
Basic principles
Each person has his own personal subjective vision of life. Despite individuality, some creeds become “public” - they are common to the mass of people. The basic principles of life that most representatives profess modern world, this is constancy and proportionality.
The first implies loyalty and unwavering devotion to something. It is also loyalty, reliability, balance and firmness. A person tries to cultivate all these character traits in himself in order to be one of the best: an undisputed leader, successful leader, valuable employee, a competent parent, an ideal spouse. When an individual is consistent in his decisions, despises betrayal and does not betray himself, he is worthy of admiration and inheritance.
Proportionality is proportionality. That is, a person tries to act within a certain framework of decency, where the principle of justice prevails: “you give me - I give you.” Proportionality does not allow him to relax; it spurs the individual on the path to the goal.
Philosophical principles
They have centuries of experience and deep meaning. Each life principle has its own name, which aptly, concisely and truthfully reflects its essence:
There are many similar principles. They all teach real worldly wisdom, the ability to behave correctly in any, even the most difficult situations.
Introverted
These are life principles and values aimed at self-development. They are professed by many great people who, with the help of these credos, achieved success in their profession and became respected and popular in society. The most important one is: “Live in the present.” Of course, we must remember the past and plan the future, but we must emotionally experience only what is happening in this moment. This principle helps you become more collected and teaches you to concentrate on the current moment.
Be persistent is another popular life principle. No, this does not mean that you need to brazenly go over your head in the direction of the goal. You just have to not give up and stay faithful. the decision taken. I would also like to highlight inner harmony personality and its desire for self-development: these two credos will certainly be beneficial and bring positive results. And sincerity and goodwill, self-control added to them will multiply the result several times.
Extroverted
They shape interaction with society. This includes the following life principle: change yourself, and then you will change the world. If you want your life to become much better, to find new colors and meaning, start transforming your inner “I”. As a result, the world will also become different, according to at least you will look at him in a new way.
We are just people - this is one of the main credos. Learning to understand others, to perceive them as they are, not to judge them for mistakes and to be able to objectively analyze actions is a real science that is not given to everyone. But, having mastered it, a person understands that everyone can stumble in this life, so you need to be able to give others a second chance.
Look for the good in people - this life principle helps to preserve positive thinking and even good mood. Pay attention to people's good deeds, praise them for it, encourage them. This behavior will characterize you as a wise person.
According to zodiac signs
Mostly the characteristics of the signs are filled with humor. But nevertheless, they accurately reflect the behavior of people and their position in life:
- Aries. It's better not to argue with me. Stubbornness is not a vice.
- Calf. A bad peace is better than a good quarrel. I don’t need someone else’s, I won’t give you my own.
- Twins. I'm different every day. Those who didn't have time are late.
- Cancer. He who seeks will find. My home is a fortress.
- A lion. Pleasant manners are half the battle. To do it is big.
- Virgo. Everyone lives for themselves, but serves others. Patience and a little effort.
- Scales. Only fools are principled. Win by agreeing.
- Scorpion. Not everyone can bear my gaze. The world is lost without knights.
- Sagittarius. The main issue is scale. Good man there must be a lot.
- Capricorn. Don't break the law: someone else will do, you'll get caught. No man is an island.
- Aquarius. It's hard to be an angel, but it's necessary. The good intention is more important than the deed itself.
- Fish. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. A promise is fun, and a bad person is joy.
Summarizing all of the above, we can do next output: What principles of life to profess, each person decides independently. The main thing is that they make not only you personally better, but also the world around you, bring good to people and serve for the benefit of society.
Life principles of Stanislav
Initially, a list of life principles that I and my friends adhere to (in varying degrees), supplemented the article “Reflections on Principles”, but then grew and was separated into a separate page.
This list was compiled from various sources (religious, philosophical, psychological, everyday), which in some ways or in general may repeat each other, complement or even contradict each other. However, all the principles listed below are the subjective basis of my worldview and behavior, which I am not trying to impose on anyone else, but I will be glad if any of you find something useful here for yourself.
This is not a set of laws or immutable rules that everyone must follow together and strictly. Not everyone - but only those who intuitively and sincerely feel them “as their own”, corresponding to their worldview, necessary for their development. Not necessarily all together - each of the principles operates separately, but once you start following one point, you can feel that others will be easier to follow. Not necessarily strictly - this is not always or not immediately possible, but there is no limit to perfection. You decide.
Manifestations of weak will
General principles of life
From the teachings of Porfiry Ivanov “Baby”
- Be in love surrounding nature and your city, do not litter or destroy.
- Do not spit or spit anything out of yourself.
- Help people in any way you can, do it with joy.
- Don't be greedy and acquisitive.
- Don't be smug and proud.
- Don't be afraid of anything, including death.
- Don't be a hypocrite.
- Trust people and love them.
- Do not speak unfairly about people and do not take unkind opinions about them to heart.
- Free your head from thoughts about illness, illness, death.
- The idea cannot be separated from the action. Reading is good. But the most important thing is to do it!
- Tell and convey the experience of your health and success, but do not boast or exalt yourself in this. Be modest.
From the system of Mirzakarim Norbekov
- Being normal is encouraging the crowd. Become an individual!
- A little more self-esteem today will make you a little different tomorrow, etc. Artificially increase your self-esteem and self-confidence.
- The formation of illogical behavior is not first what I want, and then joy about it, but vice versa.
- Smile, externally and internally.
- Keep your posture and muscles in good shape.
Secrets of longevity from the 100-year-old surgeon Uglov
- Do exercises and walk. Walk as much as possible.
- Leave the table slightly hungry. Because of dining table move to the work area and not to the sofa.
- Not a single glass of alcohol, no cigarettes. Otherwise, all other recommendations will be useless.
- Do not wish evil and do good without expecting gratitude. Do good; evil, unfortunately, will happen on its own.
- Love your homeland. And protect her. The homeless don't live long.
- Love the job. And physical too.
- Know how to control yourself. Don't lose heart under any circumstances.
- Love your family. Know how to answer for her.
- Maintain your normal weight, no matter the cost. Don't overeat!
- Be careful on the road. Today it is one of the most dangerous places to live.
- Don't be afraid to go to the doctor on time.
- Spare your children from health-destroying music.
- The mode of work and rest is laid down in the very basis of the work of your body. Love your body, spare it.
- Individual immortality is unattainable, but the length of your life largely depends on you.
From the book “Two Lives” by Concordia Antarova
- Every person is your teacher. Even from your opponent or adversary there is always something to learn.
- On your current day, you must accept all the circumstances included in it, recognize them as yours, wholly and only necessary for you. Everyone has their own path, their own tests of strength and their own rewards according to their merits.
- Don’t present every smile as a rare kindness, but start your every day and every greeting to the person you meet with it. However, it’s better to read about this from Norbekov. :-)
- Never listen to gossip, cut off all complaints of people who tell you evil about the people of their country, about their country itself, about their people, about their rulers. By supporting or allowing such negative conversations, you contribute to the evil and irritation of people, and the deterioration of the energy-informational atmosphere.
- Avoid and stop cruelty. If you saw how they beat Living being, and did not intercede for him, you sinned just as much before the Eternal as the cruel one who beat him. If you heard a cruel word hitting an innocent person, and you failed to protect him, to lead him away from the evil one, you are guilty before Eternity no less than the scolder himself.
- The superstitions of people that you encounter at every step of your life should not only not affect your perception and upset you, but your cheerfulness should increase from every meeting with a person whose superstition prevents him from opening his eyes wide to the world.
- There is no religion higher than Truth. There is one truth, but there are many ways to it, both through religions and bypassing them (see graphic illustration).
- Watch yourself, but watch lightly. There is no need to adopt those life principles that you cannot yet implement, for which you are not yet ready.
For more details, see Concordia Antarova’s book “Two Lives”.
From the “Memo to the Manager” by aircraft designer Ilyushin
- Be principled. Never conform to someone else's opinion if you don't agree with it.
- Be truthful even if it may cause you trouble.
- Don't justify your mistakes by being too busy.
- Never get irritated. It degrades your dignity.
- Never give in to despondency, it undermines faith in your strength.
- Never, under any circumstances, lose your ability to reason.
- One of the most strong means in educating subordinates - yours personal example in work and in life.
- If during the day you personally have not learned anything, then consider this day lost for yourself.
From the “Code of Honor” of one knightly order
- Keep your honor, do not encroach on someone else's.
- Live with the desire for self-improvement, strengthen your spirit and will.
- Try to be fair and honest with everyone, regardless of whether you are a friend or an enemy.
- Help others whenever you can help, do not refuse the selfless help of others.
- In your actions, be guided by the voice of your conscience.
- Be proud, but don't let your pride turn into arrogance.
- Don't draw conclusions until you know all sides of the issue.
- Argue if it is justified and you are sure that you are right, and do not argue if you have even the slightest doubt.
- Trust your heart - often the truth is hidden in it, and not in cold reasoning.
- Having managed to rise yourself, help those who follow you.
- Take care of the cleanliness and health of your body and thoughts.
- Take time every day to reflect on the path you are on.
- Don’t give a word if you’re not sure you can keep it, and once you’ve given it, don’t give it up.
- Strive to gain new knowledge and find something useful even in failures.
- When going towards your goal, do not forget about those who are walking next to you - together you are stronger.
- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, learn to admit them and forgive the mistakes of others.
- Learn to enjoy obstacles, choose a stronger opponent and a smarter interlocutor - this is the only way you can rise higher.
- Whenever possible, take care of the world around you in which you live.
- Try to learn to feel oneness with everything in the world.
- Appreciate what you have, learn to be content with little, be happy and do not envy anyone.
- Always be ready to act - inaction weakens.
- Don’t be killed by the imperfections of the world - change yourself, then you will change the world.
- Having known your capabilities and abilities, use them and develop them, for the benefit of yourself and others.
- Remember: you are not better than others, you are only striving to become better than you are now.
From Leo Tolstoy’s book “The Way of Life”
- Greater and greater union of the human soul with other beings and God, and therefore greater and greater good of man, is achieved by freeing the soul from that which hinders love for people and the consciousness of its divinity: 1) sins, that is, indulgence in the lusts of the body, 2) temptations , that is, false ideas about the good, and 3) superstitions, that is, false teachings that justify sins and temptations.
- The superstition of the state consists in the belief that it is necessary and beneficial for a minority of idle people to rule over the majority of the working people. The superstition of the church consists in the belief that the religious truth, which is constantly becoming clear to people, has been revealed once and for all and that famous people who have arrogated to themselves the right to teach people the true faith, are in possession of a single, once and for all expressed religious truth. The superstition of science consists in the belief that the single, true and necessary knowledge for the life of all people lies only in those randomly selected fragments from the entire boundless field of knowledge, for the most part unnecessary knowledge that known time attracted the attention of a small number of people who freed themselves from the labor necessary for life and therefore live an immoral and unreasonable life.
- In order for a person to live well, he needs to know what he should and should not do. To know this requires faith. Faith is knowledge of what a person is and why he lives in the world.
- If you doubt your faith, it is no longer faith. Faith is only faith when you have no thought that what you believe in could be untrue.
- There are two faiths: faith in trusting what people say - this is faith in a person or in people, and there are many different such faiths, and faith in one’s dependence on the one who sent me into the world. This is faith in God, and such faith is the same for all people.
- To believe means to trust what is revealed to us, without asking why this is so and what will come of it. This is true faith. It shows us who we are and what we should therefore do, but it tells us nothing about what will come of doing what our faith tells us to do. If I believe in God, then I have nothing to ask about what will come out of my obedience to God, because I know that God is love, and nothing but good can come out of love.
- Love gives people good because it connects a person with God.
- ...There can be no intermediaries between God and people... [As far as I know, one of those phrases for which Tolstoy was excommunicated from the Church - approx. creator of the site.] What is needed for life is not gifts to God, but our good deeds. This is the whole law of God.
- When a person holds on to faith only because for the fulfillment of works of faith he expects all sorts of external benefits in the future, then this is not faith, but calculation, and the calculation is always wrong... If you serve God because of eternal bliss, then you serve yourself, and not God .
- You need to not drown out your mind in order to know true faith, but, on the contrary, to purify and strain it in order to verify with the mind what the teachers of faith teach. We do not reach faith by reason. But reason is needed in order to test the faith that is taught to us.
- A religion is not true because it was preached by holy people, but holy people preached it because it is true.
For more details, see Leo Tolstoy’s book “The Way of Life”.
"Phrases about Life" by Gabriel García Márquez
- Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all their soul.
- Never stop smiling, even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile. :-)
- You may be just a person in this world, but for someone you are the whole world.
- Don't waste time on a person who doesn't want to spend it with you.
- Perhaps God wants us to meet not those people before we meet that one person. So that when it happens, we will be grateful.
- Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
- There will always be people who will hurt you. You need to continue to trust people, just be a little more careful.
- Become a better person and understand who you are before you meet someone new and hope that they will understand you.
- Don't try so hard - the best things happen unexpectedly.
From the “Moral Code of the Builder of Communism”
- Conscientious work for the benefit of society: he who does not work, does not eat.
- Everyone cares about preserving and increasing the public domain.
- High consciousness of public duty, intolerance to violations public interest.
- Collectivism and comradely mutual assistance: each for all, all for one.
- Humane relations and mutual respect between people: man is friend, comrade and brother to man.
- Honesty and truthfulness, moral purity, simplicity and modesty in public and personal life.
- Mutual respect in the family, concern for raising children.
- Intransigence to injustice, parasitism, dishonesty, careerism, money-grubbing.
- Friendship and brotherhood of all peoples of the [former] USSR, intolerance towards national and racial hostility.
- Fraternal solidarity with the working people of all countries, with all peoples.
Bill Gates: “11 things they forgot to teach you at school”
- It's very unlikely that you'll start getting paid $40,000 a year straight out of school. You don't become the vice president of a company, with a limousine and a personal chauffeur, until you earn it.
- If you think your teacher is strict and demanding, wait until you meet your boss. Unlike a teacher, a boss's career depends on how you handle your assignments.
- Don’t rush to blame your parents for every failure. Don’t whine or fuss about your failures – learn from them.
- Before you were born, your parents weren't so boring and... uninteresting people how they seem to you now. They became like this by making money for your carefree childhood, washing your clothes and listening to your endless chatter about how great you are. Therefore, before you go to save the Amazon forests from destruction by the greedy generation of your parents, try to get your room in order first.
- Life is not divided into semesters, summer holidays doesn't exist, and very few employers are interested in helping you find your true self. You will have to do this on your own time.
- Do not confuse real life with what is shown on television. In life, people have to spend most of their time not in a coffee shop, but in their workplace.
Chinese list of "8 virtues and 8 vices"
- Love your Motherland, do not harm it.
- Serve the people, never betray them.
- Follow the science, don't be ignorant.
- Be diligent, not lazy.
- Be responsive, help everyone, don’t profit at the expense of others.
- Be honest and decent, do not compromise your principles for profit.
- Be disciplined and law-abiding, no to chaos and lawlessness.
- Live simply, work hard, do not wallow in luxury and pleasure.
