The Forgotten Monk

Life Lessons From Movies, Books and TV

Entries Tagged as 'Self-Improvement'

Field of Goals

November 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments

There’s a whole lot of literature out there regarding following your dreams. Which seems like a really nice concept. I like the idea. But, how does someone know it’s realistic or even attainable?
Seeing shows like “American Idol” you see that for the vast majority of the singers they have no chance of attaining their dream. […]

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Tags: Books · Inspirational · Self-Improvement · Success

Success Through Observation

October 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I read a post from John Chow’s website. He received an email asking about when a blogger should call it quits. John Chows answer as well as many other comments were if you’re no longer having fun then quit.
The answer though sound, I can’t help but feel there might be better […]

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Tags: Link love · Motivate Others · Self-Improvement

Start At the End and Work Backwards

October 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

As you know, I really enjoy stories, specifically ones that surround a unique protagonist. I find the whole mythos surrounding a protagonist fascinating. Take the protagonist from the last action movie I saw last weekend; ‘The Lookout’. Not a great movie, not particularly well written, or directed; but the movies […]

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Tags: Movies · Self-Improvement