THE INSPIRING CONTENT™ | It's All About Mindset🧠
21 May,
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10 Life Lessons From Socrates
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1) An unexamined life is not worth living.
It is only when you understand yourself that you can start to live life to your fullest potential.
Understanding yourself is also the prerequisite to self love.
So spend time in self reflection.
It is only when you understand yourself that you can start to live life to your fullest potential.
Understanding yourself is also the prerequisite to self love.
So spend time in self reflection.
- Become conscious of your thoughts.
- Questions your beliefs.
- Find out who you truly are beyond all those beliefs.
- Questions your beliefs.
- Find out who you truly are beyond all those beliefs.
2) True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
True wisdom comes when you realize how little you know of this infinite universe.
It is this realization that keeps the flame of curiosity alive and opens your mind to constantly learn and grow.
True wisdom comes when you realize how little you know of this infinite universe.
It is this realization that keeps the flame of curiosity alive and opens your mind to constantly learn and grow.
The moment you think you know everything, you become closed minded and stop learning/growing.
So never say "I know everything."
So never say "I know everything."
3) Learn from others experiences.
The wisest thing to do is learn not only from your life experiences but also from life experiences of others.
And reading what others have written is one of the best ways to do this.
Try to read as much as you can.
The wisest thing to do is learn not only from your life experiences but also from life experiences of others.
And reading what others have written is one of the best ways to do this.
Try to read as much as you can.
4) Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
The lesson here is to not overindulge in anything.
Food offers sustenance and also pleasure, but if you overindulge in it, you are opening the door to ill health.
The lesson here is to not overindulge in anything.
Food offers sustenance and also pleasure, but if you overindulge in it, you are opening the door to ill health.
So is the case with everything in life.
The important thing to remember is to always maintain balance.
The important thing to remember is to always maintain balance.
5) Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Education should create in a child an appetite for learning and discovering new things.
It should kindle the child’s natural curiosity and encourage individualistic thinking.
Education should create in a child an appetite for learning and discovering new things.
It should kindle the child’s natural curiosity and encourage individualistic thinking.
It should encourage the child to challenge assumptions and question reality, to question established thoughts, ideas and ideologies.
It should not fill the child’s mind with concepts and ideologies.
It should not fill the child’s mind with concepts and ideologies.
6) To find yourself, think for yourself.
You cannot find your true self as long as you are unconsciously subscribing to other people’s thoughts, beliefs and ideologies.
To find yourself, you need to start having a conscious look at all your beliefs.
You cannot find your true self as long as you are unconsciously subscribing to other people’s thoughts, beliefs and ideologies.
To find yourself, you need to start having a conscious look at all your beliefs.
7) Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
Gossiping can be fun but it is of little significance.
It does not help in your growth.
Instead a far better way to converse is to exchange ideas and learn different perspectives.
Gossiping can be fun but it is of little significance.
It does not help in your growth.
Instead a far better way to converse is to exchange ideas and learn different perspectives.
8) He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Contentment is an inner feeling.
When there is lack within, you feel lack outside and no amount of external possessions or achievements can satisfy this sense of lack.
Contentment is an inner feeling.
When there is lack within, you feel lack outside and no amount of external possessions or achievements can satisfy this sense of lack.
Contentment comes through self love and understanding that you are enough as you are.
So to become contented, get in touch with yourself.
Make an attempt to know yourself on a deeper level.
So to become contented, get in touch with yourself.
Make an attempt to know yourself on a deeper level.
9) Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
To wonder is to be curious.
It’s the desire to look at things from different perspectives and to know things on a deeper level.
So reignite your sense of curiosity, the one you had as a child.
To wonder is to be curious.
It’s the desire to look at things from different perspectives and to know things on a deeper level.
So reignite your sense of curiosity, the one you had as a child.
10) Happiness is within not external.
Happiness just like contentment is an inner state.
When there is a sense of lack within, the external cannot fulfill it.
This is why a lot of people end up chasing happiness through achievements but never find what they are looking for.
Happiness just like contentment is an inner state.
When there is a sense of lack within, the external cannot fulfill it.
This is why a lot of people end up chasing happiness through achievements but never find what they are looking for.
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