LISTENING FOR TRUTH IN DREAMS

"Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist.

We easily convince ourselves that our initial thought is correct, so much so we don't further reflect, listening for "submerged truth". 

How much more might we win; how many losses might we avoid were we to do so?

OUR INNER 2ND OPINION

"Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself."

Plato

4th century BC Greek philosopher

And we don't always think before we act.

I wonder what our souls think about that.

Think (But Not Too Much) Before You Act!

"Reflection makes men cowards."

William Hazlitt

18th century British essayist

You need to reflect before taking action but too much thinking about what might happen and you may not act at all.

How do you balance the two?

Self-Reflection

"Only by acceptance of the past can you alter it."

T.S. Elliot

20th century American-English poet playwright

And before you can accept it you must understand it, including things you've done and said you now wish you hadn't.

Through You, Me

"Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

19th century US poet/essayist

If we're paying attention.

In fact the reaction to us and our ideas coming from others, is a much better indicator of who we really are than most anything we come up with for ourselves.

Again, assuming we look for it.

New Growth Requires New Ways

"Habits rule the unreflecting herd."

William Wordsworth

18th century English poet

So, Mr. Wordsworth is telling us that those who do not think, live their life based on habit.

Since change is a given, how many habits can you think of that will continue to serve you as well as they (at best) may have in the past?

Hard Times Management: The Time to Change

"The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation."

Comer Cottrell
Businessman

When all goes well some people, myself included, sometimes get comfortable not looking to change things. It's only when challenged that we are forced to look for alternatives.

Well we're certainly not comfortable now and because we are not there are a growing number of us searching for "alternatives."

On the one hand I wish things were better economically but precisely because they are not I see in myself a re-energized examination of all things in my professional life.

Already I am making changes in both me and my business I wish I had thought to make before things got ugly. But of greater importance I look around and see I am not alone and that others are as well.

How about you?