31st July 2012
Cicero's Six Mistakes of Man
`Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for'
Socrates
I have been repeatedly saying that one has to invest on himself. We are like a walking organization and we are the Chairman and Managing Director! What will happen if the CMD does not care about the development of the organization? The organization will cease to exist. The same will be the result if we ignore our self development.
I came across the following quotation of Cicero, who was a politician, lawyer, orator and philosopher who lived in the mid 1st Century AD:
1. The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.
2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
6. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
I was quite impressed with the wisdom behind the above words. What else can we expect from such a great man!
Over next few days, may be you could do a self audit as to where you stand with reference to the above critical traits!
N C Sridharan
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