Ashkan Mirzai

Ashkan Mirzai

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14 years ago @ FinerMinds - How To Stop Worrying A... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great note. Phrase that caught my attention was if we lived our lives on the proverbs of the past we would be leading perfect lives. That and knowledge isn't power until it is applied.

I also noticed everything he talks about, I do.

When I'm walking down the road I feel people in the cars are critiquing me.
When I'm driving I feel everyone around is starring and thinking about me.
In the back yard I was thinking of erecting a 6 foot wooden fence just because I didn't want other people knowing what I was doing (whether it be practicing some shots or whatever)
When I go for job interviews I feel like my dad has found some way to screw things up.
When I'm sitting at my computer in my room I actually black out my curtains, lock the door and I feel I have attained some sense of privacy.

"Other people aren't thinking about you, they're thinking about themselves." That quote actually resonated with me that much more after a moment of reflection in typing out this post.

14 years ago @ FinerMinds - The 7 Habits of Highly... · 0 replies · +1 points

I read the first couple of chapters 2-3 years ago, listened to the abridged edition 6 months ago and just now listened to and followed along with the pdf note. Brian's note gave an overall summary of the whole book, and it was great because it puts all of Covey's ideas into there proper slots.

The main thing I got from but wasn't mentioned in Brian's note was the circle of influence and the circle of concern.

From Brian's note the main idea that resonated with me was the commitment; I was making them and not keeping them. I didn't know the effect this was having on me, and now I do.

Finally another big one was the quadrants. I found myself spending a lot of time in quadrant I, III, and IV ( watching porn, listening to music, catching up on latest tv sitcoms, catching the latest fights, gossiping about employees to other employees, etc) and little time in quadrant II (reading books, listening to cds, solving problems, etc).

I read through a lot of the notes that preceded this, and got a little nugget out of approximately every other one. A thank you goes out to everyone for posting, as the posts/comments are helping to stimulate my thinking process; and in the process making my post that much easier to type.

14 years ago @ FinerMinds - Get Your Greatness On ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Vishen, the great thing about the books listed and why I want to be a part of this is that I haven't read a lot of them. The books I have read and understood Magic of thinking big, and that's pretty much it. The book I have read and gotten little out of is 7 habits (My mission statement is too vague) and the silva method (feel like I'm wasting time trying to hold the alpha level).

The thing is I connected with a particular author, John Maxwell, and the past couple of months I have immersed myself in his material. The great thing and the worst thing about your list is that every book has a different author and different message. That being the case I honestly feel like the books and authors listed would create a multi-faceted aspect to my life. If I could just get the essence, which is what I think the purpose of these notes are.

Anyways as a 26 year old male wishing you and everyone else that's reading this a Merry Christmas from Toronto, Canada.