This is a term like The Tall Poppy Syndrome. I never heard it... but once you define it, you start to see it everywhere. Defining something reveals something previously hidden because the definition allows us to make the distinction.
The ability to define something allows us to discern (which is to perceive distinctions).
Some examples:
All work is the avoidance of harder work.
A road reaches everyplace, but a shortcut only one.
And I realized that I've been writing these myself for years... they are a sudden realization - a big 'aha' or what I often refer to as 'then it hit me.'
So allow me to share some of my favorite aphorisms. Many of these are originals... but I suspect they have been written or spoken in one form or another since there's so such thing as an original thought.
I think it's the most brillant part of my writing: being able to distill down many complexities into a single sentence.
Where I am is where it’s at and that’s all there is.
Complaining about it makes it seem harder than it actually is.
We don't know what we don't know, but we figure it as we go.
In a rut? When was the last time you did something for the first time?
The value of a coach (or teacher) is inversely related to how much you do not want it. Easy rarely wins!
Do what you love, but call it work.
The happier the time, the shorter it seems.
Fearlessness comes from being free of association from the result.
The nostalgia you'll have tomorrow is the life you're living today. Don't wait to enjoy it.
Win or lose, it doesn't change who you are to me.
Is my decision from fear & scarcity OR from freedom & abundance?
Some seek to suffer, and have a story to tell. Others find the joy in nothing at all.
The paradox of importance is that it's not about me.
It's putting others before ourselves, like mothers to be.
We react without and we respond within
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Failures focus on fails and winners focus on wins. What are you focused on?
Weekends are for what I want. Weekdays are for what I need.
All my complaints expired in 2021.
Multitasking: The art of doing twice as much as you should half as well as you could.
DON’T TAKE CRITICISM FROM PEOPLE YOU WOULD NEVER TURN TO FOR ADVICE.
You begin to live up to your full potential when you stop believing this silly idea that you're not.
I just realized the documentary (of my life) has turned into a docudrama. Time for an intermission 🙂
Every decision is the gateway to a new possibility.
Your life is not a ???, it’s a !!!
You're like the one seed in a seedless watermelon!
Life's a bowl of cherries. But it's a bad idea to try and eat them all at once.
When you don’t know where you’re going, any road will do. But you'll be happier in the end if you choose the high road.
Some days I feel like I'm on fire, others I feel like I'm on ice.
You're not were you planned to be because you didn't have a plan in the first place.
Embrace your setbacks! Without them, life would be boring and predictable. The growth is in the challenge.
I guarantee you will fail at 100% of the the ideas you don't act on.
Always show up because there are only two possible outcomes: (1) you'll succeed or (2) you'll learn. Failure only exists when you fail to act.
You either succed or learn, there's no failure in trying, we only fail to try and we only fail because we fail to see the truth.
Life is like a bowl of trail mix... most of it’s nuts, but occasionally you get an M&M.
"Don't know what you've got til it's gone..." seems to always kick in right after I've taken a load to Goodwill!
And then some I write are longer... so by definition, is it still a aphorism?
I am highly motivated to work hard for someone I love. Because I don't want to disappoint them, I put in the effort necessary to produce the best result I can. The stronger the love, the harder I work. If you are not motivated to do the work, maybe it's because there's no love for the one you are doing it for. And here's the kicker: It doesn't feel like hard work when you are doing it for the love.
Which one will I run out of first? Time or money? While my greatest fear for the majority of my adult life has always been running out of money, it's time that is more valuable in the end. Time with the ones we love. We can always make more money, but we can never make more time. Even the richest person in the world will eventually run out of time. I think this is what Steve Jobs finally realized on his deathbed.