How the Discipline of Simplicity Can Change Your Life

“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.” – John Maeda

(Photo taken of Zen-like koi pond in Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore)

Editor’s Note: Guest article submitted by Rita Schulte.

Stop for a moment and take a good look at your life. It’s a mess. You’re over- committed; don’t know how to say no, you have way too much stuff, too little time, and no idea how to organize all the things that are complicating your life. If that sounds like you, take heart, you’re not alone.
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How to Be Contented With What You Have

When you practice contentment you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes I already have everything that I really need’. — Dalai Lama

Editor’s Note: Guest article submitted by Alden Tan.

Have you ever felt frustrated and unsatisfied with whatever that’s going on in your life?

You may have a job, but you keep wondering about when you’ll be promoted.

You may have many friends around you, but sometimes they annoy you and you don’t even feel like hanging out with them.
It always seemed to be that way for me.
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How One Word Can Change Your Life

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein

Editor’s note: guest article submitted by Anne-Sophie Reinhardt.

Words are powerful.

They manifest themselves into beliefs, feelings, actions and entire lives. They make your world or break it. They lift you up or pull you down. They move you forward or make you tread water.
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