Missing your kids» soccer games, drama club plays, and ballet recitals because you were too busy working is
not the meaning of life.
Not having enough financial resources to support your favorite charity is
not the meaning of life.
Also: lobotomies, ISIS, and the meaning or
not meaning of Life.
Well, perhaps
not the meaning of life.
While sex is good in its right context and has its loving purposes, it is
not the meaning of life, nor the meaning of heaven.
You see, works are important in the Christian life, but they are the result of living by faith,
not the means of living by faith.
They are
not the meaning of our lives, not the things we cherish dearly.
Not exact matches
As the study points out, the cheapest cities to
live in may have the lowest average
of combined expenses, but that doesn't
mean everything there is cheap, like transportation or groceries.
In this beautiful citation, wrongly attributed to Buddha, it is said: «In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you
lived and how gracefully you let go
of things
not meant for you.»
Which isn't to say,
of course, you shouldn't make the bigger changes that will bring you greater
life satisfaction, it just
means that you're
not powerless to start working on your happiness right this instant.
But ignoring the emerging - market opportunity is
not an option if we
mean to keep our health - care system, our pensions and our standard
of living, HSBC's Gordon says.
Making one mistake doesn't doom you to a lifetime
of financial struggle, and getting lucky once — even winning the lottery — doesn't necessarily
mean you're set for
life.
His remarks can't be considered a roadmap for the future path
of interest rates; he made a point
of stating that every policy meeting is «
live,»
meaning the latest data could alter assumptions.
Patricia G. Greene, a professor
of entrepreneurship at Babson College, points out that «retirement» may
not mean the same thing to small business owners as it does to people who have spent their
lives working for other people.
Don't get tunnel vision when it comes to your business — for your company to thrive you have to be thriving yourself, and this
means paying attention to all aspects
of your
life,
not just work.
Research shows that caffeine isn't physically bad for you (unless you really go hog wild or pour in the sugar), but that doesn't
mean drinking a ton won't affect how you feel in the morning, as Jessica Randazza, head
of marketing at Danone - Nutricia Early
Life Nutrition discovered when she cut out the stimulant.
My GetMeATeam is hard at work on the 4 o'clock assignment, which
means it's time to turn to the remaining area
of my
life that I haven't managed yet today: dating.
The book argues that most
of us are
not as creative as we have the potential to be and, thankfully for the time starved business owner,
living up to our full creative potential doesn't necessarily
mean locking yourself in a practice room for around a decade.
This image
of what it
means to be decisive may be appealing (who doesn't want a little clarity and surety in his or her
life?)
It
means driving the same car for many years, buying good quality items that would last a long time, buying second hand products when it makes sense, simplifying your
life so you don't own random crap, and
not buying things for the sake
of buying them.
Even if these families had the
means, suing wouldn't be worth the legal fees because state legislators passed a law barring citizens from winning compensation for damages related to health, quality
of life, enjoyment
of property, or lost income caused by factory farms.
Dostoevsky once wrote that a person could
live in a square yard
of space, as long as that person was free; but he couldn't possibly have
meant at $ 589 a night???
«He didn't want me to have the same conceptual problem... for the rest
of my
life,
meaning he didn't want me to repeat this pattern
of going through the motions and expecting good results.»
So again, the book struck me as being fairly vague about the very concept
of «inequality» because it does
not provide a very insightful perspective into the
meaning of «wealth» and how it really relates to our
living standards.
Victories and losses begin to look similar — because
living to their potential
means finding out what they're made
of,
not being perfect.
The rise
of social media
means that we're
not just having experiences for ourselves, we're having them for our networks, as we see what our social audience is up to and want our
lives to be reasonably competitive.
Not only does it
mean a better user experience — it can make the difference between
life and death when it comes to trading on NASDAQ, or even a high stakes game
of League
of Legends.
It
means representing and selling Canada as the country that doesn't use its brand or ideologies to conquer the world, but rather to enhance the
lives of its global clients.
Intelligent people tend to be inquisitive
not only about everyday curiosities but also about «the big questions,» pondering philosophical topics like the
meaning of life and the universe.
Plus, the system promises to produce lettuce and herbs even in the dead
of winter,
meaning you don't need to
live in an ideal environment for growing vegetables.
Just because you are building a business does
not mean that you should neglect the rest
of your
life.
Even if you don't have kids, getting older and having the desire for a little more convenience go hand in hand, which
means that eventually at least some millennials are going to see the appeal
of living in the suburbs.
I'm by no
means trying to start a coastal war
of words here, but isn't it time that we acknowledge that Apple should offer pre-orders at a time when it's convenient for everyone, regardless
of where they
live?
When asked about the campaign by a journalist, one
of the unnamed activists remarked the «campaign is
not meant to harm the gay people who
live in the nine cities» [in unprotected states] that are bidding for Amazon's foothold.
Perhaps because you don't understand the basics
of finance, most
of you
live way beyond your
means, and that's a recipe for disaster.
The upside is this: if a bunch
of people are getting away with
not paying their share, it
means we don't
live in an utterly repressive totalitarian state.
Like a lot
of WA's mineral and land resources, the easy developments
of LNG may be behind us; but that doesn't
mean we should simply
live off the past.
But that doesn't
mean that men should feel left out
of the holiday — here are a few ideas for they can do celebrate and to show their support for the women in their
lives:
Because
of the fast - paced business environment we
live in, waiting to move forward with a new initiative because it's
not quite perfect can
mean the failure
of that initiative.
This
means you must think
not in terms
of why you want to sell your service or product to them, but why they want to become a customer and how you are going to make their
life better.
«This
means they are seeing their special day as
not the end goal but as part
of their ongoing
life together as a couple,» says Kelly.
Instead
of getting her relational needs met by her husband, she tried to find them in her son — which, Strauss realized, gave him the idea that monogamy was a smothering, soul - crushing artifact
of society, and clearly
not the way that he was
meant to
live.
Plenty
of other recent psychological research has suggested that short bursts
of mindfulness are effective, which
means that busy business people don't have to take days or even weeks out
of their
lives to get started with meditation.
Although the term (it
means «for
life») wasn't coined until the 1960s, understanding
of them began more than a century ago when Ilya Mechnikov, a Russian - born Nobel laureate in the late - 19th and early - 20th centuries suggested drinking sour milk containing bacteria — which sparked a fad diet in Paris.
These aren't the kind
of hacks that
mean tech - savvy folks need to change their login credentials, but precursors to something far more serious: potentially devastating and
life - threatening infrastructure disruptions that could leave thousands or millions
of people without electricity or other utilities.
Daily emails are
not a new business model by any
means, but the founders
of theSkimm managed to breathe new
life into a communication tool that many businesses have written off as tired or ineffective.
For example, she said, if a new roof lasts 20 to 30 years,
living until 90 instead
of 80
means budgeting for one new roof at age 60 won't cut it; if they tend to keep cars for 10 years, their retirement might entail an extra purchase.
But, as Lochte showed, just because he exhibits mental strength in the pool, doesn't
mean he's mentally strong in all areas
of his
life.
But just because no sort
of CEO school could transform any candidate into a fully qualified CEO for
life, doesn't
mean that business schools or other training programs can't do more to prepare those hoping to occupy the top job in business, according to the executives interviewed.
Without taking the time to think carefully about where your notions
of achievement and purpose come from and what success
means to you, you're in a terrible position to decide if this week's hot «how to be successful» advice applies to you or only to someone who thinks the point
of life is something you actually don't value much at all.