“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys
The Importance of Nature - Beautiful, benevolent, and soul restoring, nature waits for us to bring her home.
Imagine a world without nature. Without trees. Clouds. Seasons. Snow. Green grass. Beautiful flowers. What would the meaning of life be? Would people just go along erecting buildings and growing industries? Without an escape to nature, the world would be a dull, boring place. Sanity would be sparse and many of the world’s successes would never have happened. The genre of romantic writing captures the value of nature in a special way. The way to capture romantic writing is through shunning the artificiality of civilization and seeking unspoiled nature, championing individual freedom and the worth of the individual, contemplating nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development, finding beauty and truth in exotic locales, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination, and finding inspiration in myth, legend, and folk culture (Characteristics 144). The poem “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant depicts the characteristics of a romantic literature because of its descriptions of nature’s beauty, search for individual worth and freedom, search for wisdom of the past, appreciation of unspoiled nature, and value of feeling and intuition over reason.
Importance of nature, it’s not so much that humanity has destroyed a large part of the natural world and withdrawn from the remainder. We have also expelled it needlessly from our daily lives. Today, the number of people living in urban areas has passed the number living in rural areas. Simultaneously, the home range of each person on average, the area traversed on a regular basis, is declining steadily. In the cities we do not grow our own food or hunt for it. Mostly, we pick it up at a market and have little idea of its origin.
Our eyes are fastened upon the digitized images of screens.
Even the images of nature we see are those of remote places, taken by other people.
No matter, we say—the city sustains us, and we are happy. But so are cattle in a feedlot.
They are provided with the essentials of maintenance but can never live the lives true to their species and the epic million year evolution that put them on Earth. They cannot visit the habitat in which they were born.
They cannot roam freely, explore, learn the dangers and discover the delights that shaped their bodies and brains. And to a lesser degree, the same is true of humans in most of the cities around the world.
Imagine a world without nature. Without trees. Clouds. Seasons. Snow. Green grass. Beautiful flowers. What would the meaning of life be? Would people just go along erecting buildings and growing industries? Without an escape to nature, the world would be a dull, boring place. Sanity would be sparse and many of the world’s successes would never have happened. The genre of romantic writing captures the value of nature in a special way. The way to capture romantic writing is through shunning the artificiality of civilization and seeking unspoiled nature, championing individual freedom and the worth of the individual, contemplating nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development, finding beauty and truth in exotic locales, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination, and finding inspiration in myth, legend, and folk culture (Characteristics 144). The poem “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant depicts the characteristics of a romantic literature because of its descriptions of nature’s beauty, search for individual worth and freedom, search for wisdom of the past, appreciation of unspoiled nature, and value of feeling and intuition over reason.
Importance of nature, it’s not so much that humanity has destroyed a large part of the natural world and withdrawn from the remainder. We have also expelled it needlessly from our daily lives. Today, the number of people living in urban areas has passed the number living in rural areas. Simultaneously, the home range of each person on average, the area traversed on a regular basis, is declining steadily. In the cities we do not grow our own food or hunt for it. Mostly, we pick it up at a market and have little idea of its origin.
Our eyes are fastened upon the digitized images of screens.
Even the images of nature we see are those of remote places, taken by other people.
No matter, we say—the city sustains us, and we are happy. But so are cattle in a feedlot.
They are provided with the essentials of maintenance but can never live the lives true to their species and the epic million year evolution that put them on Earth. They cannot visit the habitat in which they were born.
They cannot roam freely, explore, learn the dangers and discover the delights that shaped their bodies and brains. And to a lesser degree, the same is true of humans in most of the cities around the world.
Leaders who make good decisions Do these 6 things constantly - Oskar Ponthe
Are your leaders making the right and good decisions and thus ready for their leadership roles? Are you? Those that are adhere to the following six behavioral patterns:
1. Knowing experience matters only so much
The only thing certain about business today is uncertainty. Marketplaces shift and competitors emerge globally in much less time than ever before. As a result, what succeeded 25 years ago -- or even five years ago -- matters only so much. A track record of prior success doesn’t mean that it will apply within any organization, even the industry you work in. What matters most is mindset: Leaders who are adept at being inclusive in their leadership in the workplace make good decisions by constantly seeing and seizing new opportunities.
2. Refusing to play politics
Leaders that play politics lose their leadership identities, because they are always trying to serve other people’s agendas and motives that don’t align with their beliefs. That leads to bad and inauthentic decision-making. It is possible to serve your company’s and boss’s goals and objectives and not get addicted to corporate politics. Is this always possible? No. But, at the very least, leaders who are transparent about playing politics when necessary maintain trust from the employees who depend upon them.
3. Having clarity of purpose
What do you stand for? Do you even know what your core values are? Do they align with what your leaders and company expect from you? Then how can you know you are making the right decisions? Clarity of purpose allows you to make decisions that are true and consistent with the mission at hand and align it you’re your own. Lacking this clarity erodes your ability to make decisions authentically.
4. Knowing how to manage resources
Do you know the resources you have at your disposal -- both the human and intellectual capital and the tools and resources that are available and/or need to be acquired to compete? I’m constantly surprised at how few leaders actually know how deep their talent is and what they need to succeed and thus make bad and uniformed decisions leading to a mismanagement of those resources. People are your playbook for success for not just managing growth but reclaiming it.
5. Being able to see and seize opportunities
Seeing and seizing opportunities are the keys to reclaiming growth and require what I call circular vision or wide-angle thinking that makes leaders proficient at anticipating crisis and managing change before circumstances force their hand. It broadens their observation and allows them to see around, beneath and beyond the obvious detail before them.
6. Trusting themselves
Do you trust yourself enough as a leader to adapt to the cultural demographic shift taking place in America’s workplaces and marketplaces? Do you have the courage and wisdom to embrace diversity of thought? The best leaders do and thus have the trust not only of their people but also trust themselves as they lead through uncertainty, even if they can’t know whether their decisions will lead to success.
Many great leaders begin to lose self-trust as they fail or face uncertainty and thus fail to do the other five things that lead to bad decisions. Don’t fall into this trap!
1. Knowing experience matters only so much
The only thing certain about business today is uncertainty. Marketplaces shift and competitors emerge globally in much less time than ever before. As a result, what succeeded 25 years ago -- or even five years ago -- matters only so much. A track record of prior success doesn’t mean that it will apply within any organization, even the industry you work in. What matters most is mindset: Leaders who are adept at being inclusive in their leadership in the workplace make good decisions by constantly seeing and seizing new opportunities.
2. Refusing to play politics
Leaders that play politics lose their leadership identities, because they are always trying to serve other people’s agendas and motives that don’t align with their beliefs. That leads to bad and inauthentic decision-making. It is possible to serve your company’s and boss’s goals and objectives and not get addicted to corporate politics. Is this always possible? No. But, at the very least, leaders who are transparent about playing politics when necessary maintain trust from the employees who depend upon them.
3. Having clarity of purpose
What do you stand for? Do you even know what your core values are? Do they align with what your leaders and company expect from you? Then how can you know you are making the right decisions? Clarity of purpose allows you to make decisions that are true and consistent with the mission at hand and align it you’re your own. Lacking this clarity erodes your ability to make decisions authentically.
4. Knowing how to manage resources
Do you know the resources you have at your disposal -- both the human and intellectual capital and the tools and resources that are available and/or need to be acquired to compete? I’m constantly surprised at how few leaders actually know how deep their talent is and what they need to succeed and thus make bad and uniformed decisions leading to a mismanagement of those resources. People are your playbook for success for not just managing growth but reclaiming it.
5. Being able to see and seize opportunities
Seeing and seizing opportunities are the keys to reclaiming growth and require what I call circular vision or wide-angle thinking that makes leaders proficient at anticipating crisis and managing change before circumstances force their hand. It broadens their observation and allows them to see around, beneath and beyond the obvious detail before them.
6. Trusting themselves
Do you trust yourself enough as a leader to adapt to the cultural demographic shift taking place in America’s workplaces and marketplaces? Do you have the courage and wisdom to embrace diversity of thought? The best leaders do and thus have the trust not only of their people but also trust themselves as they lead through uncertainty, even if they can’t know whether their decisions will lead to success.
Many great leaders begin to lose self-trust as they fail or face uncertainty and thus fail to do the other five things that lead to bad decisions. Don’t fall into this trap!
Tools and strategies to improve your focus without any problems | Oskar Ponthe
With a combination of mindset and tools, it’s possible to set up an environment that fosters focus. Here are eight tricks and tips for eliminating distractions and paying attention to what you need to do:
1. Prepare Your Brain
Before a task, calm your brain. “Take a minute or two to sit in a comfortable position and breathe deeply into your stomach,” he says. “You don’t have to sit cross-legged or chant. Let your body calm down before you approach your work. You’ll find it really helps you concentrate.”
2. Understand Where Your Focus Needs To Be Focus also involves an understanding of what is worthy of your distraction,Success comes down to embedding that focus into the flow of how you work.
3. Unplug For 30 Minutes- If you need to focus, log out of email and social media. “Even if you live and die by email, do yourself a favor and log out for 30 minutes either in the beginning of the day or for a period in the afternoon.
4. Grab Some Coffee - That morning coffee doesn’t just help you wake up; it helps you focus on the day. If you need an attention booster in the afternoon, a coffeeshop run might do the trick.
5. Check the Thermostat - If it’s too hot or too cool in your work environment, it could impact your focus.
6. Turn On Some Music - Too much background noise can be very distracting,Given that musical preferences are uniquely individualized phenomena and that music can vary in acoustic complexity and the presence or absence of lyrics
7. Take Short Breaks - Instead of succumbing to distraction, build it in, suggests a study from the University of Illinois.
8. Doodle - If you’re sitting in on a long meeting or conference, improve your focus–and your artistic skills–by doodling.
1. Prepare Your Brain
Before a task, calm your brain. “Take a minute or two to sit in a comfortable position and breathe deeply into your stomach,” he says. “You don’t have to sit cross-legged or chant. Let your body calm down before you approach your work. You’ll find it really helps you concentrate.”
2. Understand Where Your Focus Needs To Be Focus also involves an understanding of what is worthy of your distraction,Success comes down to embedding that focus into the flow of how you work.
3. Unplug For 30 Minutes- If you need to focus, log out of email and social media. “Even if you live and die by email, do yourself a favor and log out for 30 minutes either in the beginning of the day or for a period in the afternoon.
4. Grab Some Coffee - That morning coffee doesn’t just help you wake up; it helps you focus on the day. If you need an attention booster in the afternoon, a coffeeshop run might do the trick.
5. Check the Thermostat - If it’s too hot or too cool in your work environment, it could impact your focus.
6. Turn On Some Music - Too much background noise can be very distracting,Given that musical preferences are uniquely individualized phenomena and that music can vary in acoustic complexity and the presence or absence of lyrics
7. Take Short Breaks - Instead of succumbing to distraction, build it in, suggests a study from the University of Illinois.
8. Doodle - If you’re sitting in on a long meeting or conference, improve your focus–and your artistic skills–by doodling.
How to use SEO to improve the brand authority for small and medium-sized businesses - Oskar Ponthe
The primary purpose of SEO is to promote a business by generating organic traffic through a search engine result. This great traffic helps companies generate leads and convert them to customers. However, in advance practice, SEO techniques are also available to improve the brand now and improve the image of the brand.
According to a new statistic, it has been found that every month users spend around 3 billion Google search. The number will be around 1 trillion for search breaks in one year. So the fact is clear here, there are many looking for products or services that your business is about, but they are certainly not aware of your brand. And Google gives SMEs the opportunity to improve their brand recommendations, target their potential customers, and compete with industry leaders. Entrepreneurs can hire an SEO agency in India that offers high quality branding services. In this post, we will look into different SEO techniques that small and medium-sized owners can try to improve the brand for their business.
Content optimization according to the brand:
The content is the king and no SEO campaign can not be effective without proper content planning. Whether you just want to convert leads or enhance your brand range, from affiliate marketing to social media marketing, you need quality content to engage your customers. When you try to optimize your content according to your brand, you focus on three things:
· Follow USP on your brand when writing content
· Create unique, high quality content
· In particular, the crawlers feed
Content optimization according to the brand:
The content is the king and no SEO campaign can not be effective without proper content planning. Whether you just want to convert leads or enhance your brand range, from affiliate marketing to social media marketing, you need quality content to engage your customers. When you try to optimize your content according to your brand, you focus on three things:
· Follow USP on your brand when writing content
· Create unique, high quality content
· In particular, the crawlers feed
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