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Never fight with a pig and other useful rules for your life

15/12/2021 /

One of the many legacies left by Ed Gelbstein,  who passed away few years ago, are 10 useful rules that should be carefully considered for our daily life.

They can be a practical guide for decisions we have to take or for improving our attitude.

Here are the en rules:

  1. Never fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it
  2. Take advantage of every opportunity to keep your mouth shut
  3. Never argue with anybody who wears a uniform
  4. Never argue with an idiot. People watching will not be able to tell which of you is the idiot
  5. It is easier to obtain forgiveness than to obtain permission
  6. Don’t ask a question if you are not prepared to live with the answer
  7.  If you want a new idea, read an old book
  8. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there
  9. Don’t adopt a philosophy of life that does not need courage
  10. Never look back unless you intend to go that way

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Discover what is the value of time

08/01/2020 /

What is the value of time? Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $ 86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every night, it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use. What would you do? Draw out every cent every day, of course.

However, each of us has such a bank, not in dollars but in TIME. So this is the value of time. Every morning, it credits you 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost whatever you have failed to invest to good purpose. There is no balance, no overdraft. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss if yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against “tomorrow”. You must live in the present on today’s deposit.

The clock is running. Make the most of today.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present !

(Thanks to Ed Gelbstein for this contribution)

 

The value of time

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10 useful rules for life

20/09/2017 /

Ed Gelbstein put together 10 useful rules that should be carefully considered for our daily life. They can be a practical guide for decisions we have to take or for improving our attitude.

Here are the en rules:

  1. Never fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it

2. Take advantage of every opportunity to keep your mouth shut

3. Never argue with anybody who wears a uniform

4. Never argue with an idiot. People watching will not be able to tell which of you is the idiot

5. It is easier to obtain forgiveness than to obtain permission

6. Don’t ask a question if you are not prepared to live with the answer

7. If you want a new idea, read an old book

8. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there

9. Don’t adopt a philosophy of life that does not need courage

10. Never look back unless you intend to go that way

Image source: Flickr – climberaj04 (CC BY 2.0)

Good actions

01/12/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of December the selected quotation is by Plato, Greek philosopher, as well as mathematician. He is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others

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Criticism

01/11/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of November the selected quotation is by Zeuxis, Greek painter who flourished during the 5th century BC.

Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship

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Photo credit: Ed Gelbstein (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Certainty

01/10/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of October the selected quotation is by Pliny the Elder, Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain

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What you can promise

01/09/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of September the selected quotation is by Publilius Syrus, Latin writer of sententiae. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him.

Never promise more than you can perform

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The barrenness of a busy life

01/08/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of August the selected quotation is by Socrates, Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life

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The wisest counsellor

01/07/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of July the selected quotation is by Pericles, Prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age. He promoted the arts and literature.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all

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The level of success

01/06/2016 /

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of June the selected quotation is by Aesop, ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables.

The level of success is limited only by our imagination and no act kindness, however small, is ever wasted

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Photo credit: Kyle May (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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