Advanced Personal Development Blog @ Dr. Ben Modie

  “Notice how you, me, and everyone else living, is always gifted with a priceless moment spanning a whole year, to utilise anyhow as we desire.   Not only that though, but if we allow ourselves to learn enough to effectively manage and lead our personal lives, we each stand to get many more such priceless days and years.   Such is an amazing gift which though we never truly and visibly recognize, is deserving of a great celebration at year-end , even without the usual types of successes commonly sought after.   Surely, if you’re still alive by year-end then it means you’ve had your living moment, which essentially represents your gift for the particular year.   Isn’t this something to be hugely grateful about, given it is some form of passive income which doesn’t require much effort from you, if any at all?   This year-end, therefore, despite any other challenging circumstances, make sure to see the lighter side of life, with respect to the end of yet ano...

  “As Socrates long observed ‘ true wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.   Truthfully, human beings are by nature designed to be always in the ascendance in terms of their development and advancement, relative to the evolving environment of habitation.   This is because nothing, in human life, stays the same for any prolonged period, and hence every individual must continue to learn to effectively manage themselves well against any changes in life.   It is unequivocal that whatever we know today, or at any given moment in life, is only a tiny fraction of what is there that we need to know.   Hence, we can never know enough, but we must necessarily strive to know more.     Whatever we know about what matters most to life today is far much more than what we knew decades and centuries ago, but also far much less than what we need to know now, and in the future to come. ...

  “That life is a challenge is stating the obvious, which though as Khalil Gibran described it, ‘is never seen until someone expresses it simply’.   Everything about life is a challenging question whose answer demands action.   When you get up every day you’re always called to action in one way or the other.   It’s not always that you’ll easily figure-out what to do, and neither will you always find the perfect solution.   This makes the entire journey of life hugely challenging, demanding, and overwhelming at times, living just a little window of joyous experience.   However, the sooner one comprehends this intricate nature of life, and as well that the answer to nearly all challenges is in learning, the better prepared one can be.   It’s when you learn from those who succeeded where you’re struggling that your journey begins to peak, as you become      wiser, inspired’, and motivated.   I once got overwhelmed myself, and tha...

  “ As a natural species, our survival and success are governed by the processes of nature.   In other words, it’s how we set ourselves to fit into Earth’s natural ecosystem that determines how effective we can be to survive and thrive.   Understanding the nature of our interactions with other living things, and as well the natural environment of habitation, is key to getting us far.   As Lao Tzu put it, ‘a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step’, and that includes learning and studying the specifics of our interactions with nature.   The latter is a free and open university that is forever providing vital lessons on future preparedness.   Once we knew nothing much about earthquakes and tsunamis etc., until we studied earth’s geological processes, including plate tectonics , and now we have a better understanding of the causes and how to better prepare for future occurrences.   Surely, our most critical needs as a species that seek to thr...