Career Development

Questioner: “Is not gradualness the law of life?”
Maharaj: “Oh, no.  The preparation alone is gradual, the change itself is sudden and complete.  Gradual change does not take you to a new level…  You need courage to let go.”
Questioner: “But I need time to collect my courage…to ripen for action.”
Maharaj: “The entire approach is wrong.  [...]

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A pale green lizard is cooked by mistake, and worms become crust along the pavement.  And you?  You walk out into the heat of summer sapped of energy, hoping to fall off into a daydream.
And what’s stopping you?  Your colleagues and clients are in far off places.  There’s no one home.   Where do you find [...]

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“If I’d have asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, ‘A faster horse!’ ”  -Henry Ford
In the 1920’s and 30’s, the standard form of treatment was psychoanalytic in nature, consisting of four to five sessions per week for years at a time.  Psychological problems were seen as the result of intrapsychic conflicts [...]

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“Forget your so-called principles, Diana!  Are you done complaining? Can we all move on with our lives now?”
Ah…sweet adolescence.  I was exposed to some form of the message above on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis.  It was my reward for being both a high school senior and team captain.
“Diana!  Your stubborness makes you dumber by [...]

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