The Way of It http://thewayofit.com/blog Awakening to All that Is Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Gotta love my life! http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/10/21/the-story-of-my-life/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/10/21/the-story-of-my-life/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:36:45 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=657 woman-silhouette-world“She is perfect”
…
Keep thinking that.
That’s going to be your demise.

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]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/10/18/love-does-prevail/feed/ 10 Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/10/12/10-paradoxical-commandments-of-leadership/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/10/12/10-paradoxical-commandments-of-leadership/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:35:49 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=641 by Kent Keith

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.

Love and trust them anyway.

2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

Succeed anyway.

4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

Be honest and frank anyway.

6. The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.

Think big anyway.

7. People favor underdogs but follow top dogs.

Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

9. People really need help but may attack you if you help them.

Help people anyway.

10. Give the world the best you have, and you may get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world your best anyway.

teamwork


-In gratitude to my dear friend Charlotte Price who sent this my way.

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/10/12/10-paradoxical-commandments-of-leadership/feed/ Learned it the hard way http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/09/28/learned-it-the-hard-way/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/09/28/learned-it-the-hard-way/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:15:53 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=638 bungee-jump-fall

Being “spontaneous”

is anothe form of posing.

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/09/28/learned-it-the-hard-way/feed/ Yes, ‘you’! http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/09/10/yes-you/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/09/10/yes-you/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:07:56 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=626

rodriguez-arrogance

When you’re blinded by what you know

to the point of hurting people with what you say or do

you don’t really know anything.

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/09/10/yes-you/feed/ Good news or bad news? http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/20/good-news-or-bad-news/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/20/good-news-or-bad-news/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:52:44 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=622 daliesque

I don’t remember the past the way it happened.

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/20/good-news-or-bad-news/feed/ Taking it in http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/19/taking-it-in/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/19/taking-it-in/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:49:56 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=619 citywords

People write all kinds of things

on blogs.

I learn from them all.

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/19/taking-it-in/feed/ The standards I want http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/12/the-standards-i-want/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/12/the-standards-i-want/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:38:03 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=611 burn

I betrayed my friend’s trust and she made it public.

That’s all it took:  I would not have it any other way.

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/12/the-standards-i-want/feed/ Without a motive… http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/01/without-a-motive/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/01/without-a-motive/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:58:59 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=607 payapainting

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even … without any hope of doing it well.—Oliver Hereford

]]> http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/08/01/without-a-motive/feed/ My students give me advice http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/07/22/my-students-give-me-advice/ http://thewayofit.com/blog/2009/07/22/my-students-give-me-advice/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:04:10 +0000 Eduardo http://thewayofit.com/blog/?p=600 k1000297
I polled my students from the Spring quarter. Day in and day out for ten weeks I shared myself with them, and so they learned about me things I often don’t know myself. I wanted to know what that is, so I asked them. This is what they said:

Eduardo, your life will be better if you:
• Wore more color
• Go to the movies more
• Meet new people
• Ride a bike
• Go to the gym
• Find a girlfriend
• Go sky diving
• Spend more time with your daughter
• Go on vacation to a new place
• Give breaks during class and watch a funny YouTube video with us every day
• Take time to appreciate the good stuff in your life
• Join the Cal Poly Arab music ensemble
• Didn’t spread yourself too thin
• Work less and go chase women around instead
• Remember to eat lunch every day
• Were more organized
• Didn’t dress so fly
• Could do a one-arm pushup
• Ditched class to go to the beach
• Used your knowledge to get rich instead of teaching at a public university
• Shared more of those weird analogies you use in class with everyone
• Took your students on a field trip
• Shared more about your life outside of work with your students
• Got a puppy
• Played video games
• Swindled kids out of their lunch money
• Listened to all the LP’s of the Velvet Underground on vinyl
• Pick up the guitar
• Take a good vacation and relax
• Dye your hair green
• Went cliff jumping
• Do not watch those mind altering videos your friend from London sends you
• Bring fruit to class
• Listen to Basshunter or global deejays
• Don’t make things too complicated
• You spent less time reflecting on the intricacies of relationships and more time on relaxing
• Follow the advice you give your students regarding the value of questioning your stressful thoughts.

Once more, from my students I learn that I still have a lot to learn.

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