Hundreds, even thousands, of years ago, some really smart people spoke of or wrote down secrets, shortcuts, skills, techniques, and knowledge about life. Their words of wisdom can help us today to make our life easier, better, and happier. It can also help us to become who we wish to be and to get to where we want to be in life ‒ faster and with fewer setbacks. For instance,
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. (Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862)
Our time is our life. When we work, we exchange our time (part of our life) for money. When we do something, we exchange time and energy to do it. The more time we need in order to have (pay for) or do something, the more life we need to exchange in order to have or do it. When we buy something, the price we pay is the time it took us to earn the money (after income tax) to buy it. When we do something, the price we pay is not only time and energy spent doing it, it’s also the cost of the opportunity lost; exchanging that time and energy for something rather than exchanging it for something else.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. (Old Chinese Proverb)
This applies today as much as it did hundreds, even thousands, of years ago. Getting what we really desire in life requires that we have the information and skills needed to get it. To get and live the life we really want, we need answers. Asking is an opportunity to learn something we may not know or to correct or improve what we think we know. Knowledge is fundamental to our becoming who we truly wish to be and doing what we really want to do in and with our life. Asking enables us to get the answers we need in order to gain that knowledge.
This book sets out priceless wisdom in 70 timeless quotes and sayings. Each quote or saying is followed by a short one page commentary to help get the reader started – to think about each quote or saying and decide for themselves how it could help them to get what they truly want in their life.
Taking just a few minutes each day starting today to read and think about one quote or saying and the short commentary in this book could make all the difference in your life. Following Mark Twain’s advice (The secret of getting ahead is getting started.), no better time to start than now.