Burning Your Bridges

Burning your bridges

 

What you do immediately after burning your bridges (making it impossible for you to turn back) will determine if you are set up for success or failure.

Success is not a Destination

Success is not a destination

 

Success is not a destination, but a state of being which was not before. The best word to describe success is attainment.

Insight is Slow but Incisive

Insight is slow but incisive

 

Wisdom is not always the most vocal or the most eloquent; neither is the solution always the most popular or the most promising option. But insight, by virtue of the labour it places on itself before expression, is usually slow but incisive.

Not Everyone Who Sees Discerns the Truth

Not everyone who sees discerns the truth

 

Not everyone who has a head uses it to think beyond the banalities of life; not everyone who speaks knows the rudiments of what they are harping about; and not everyone who sees discerns the truth from the facts.

Life is Tougher Without Thinking

Life is tougher without thinking

 

Generally, life can be tough. But it is tougher on those who do not apply much thinking to their ways and doings, and toughest on people who live or work with them because they are usually the first at the receiving end of the consequences of thoughtlessness.

Slow Down and Think Backwards

Slow down and think backwards

 

If you find that you have hitched a wrong plane in your thought cruise or have nurtured thoughts that, although they seemed cool and sharp at the time, did not lead you to the right destination, then you need to slow down and think backwards to identify where you have missed it or what wrong premise you had latched onto.

The Problem Often Lies in the Premise of Thought

The problem often lies in the premise of thought

 

The premise of thought or its subsequent action is usually where the problem is. Premise is what makes some people conclude that suicide is the best option for them. It is also what makes some quit trying altogether, close shop, retreat or take some steps that are later proved to be brash, surface or ill-formed.