84.QualifiedHappiness
Whilemostofusareforthepursuitofhappiness,whatweoftenachieveisonlyqualifiedhappiness.WhatImeanisthat,althoughwearehappy,therearesomerestrictionsatthesametime.Forexample,peopleoftenlookbackattheiryouthandsay,"weweresoyoungandhappythen,althoughwewerepoormaterial-wise."Or,peoplemaystateabouttheircurrentlife,"wearelivingamuchricherlifenow,althoughso-and-soisnolo...[
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Ineverthoughtmuchabouthousekeepingbefore,simplyassumingthatitcouldbedoneifwanted,andhopefullynotbyme.Recently,however,severaleventspromptedmetothinkaboutitandIbegantoappreciatehowdifficultgoodhousekeepingreallyis.
ThefirsteventwastheScottishseekingindependence.TheBritishsaidthattheyhadbeenrulingtheUnitedKingdomwellbyfollowingthelawandaskedwhysuchfinehousekeepingwasnotsatisfactorytotheScottish....[
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Ifyoufollowthenews,youshouldbeawareoftheconcerningeventstakingplaceinHongKong.Politicsaside,let'slearntwowordsinthenewscoverage.Bothareverbs:thefirstoneisto"digin",andthesecondoneisto"rile".Doyouknowwhattheymean?Takeaguessbeforeyoureadintothearticles,though.You'llbegladincaseyouguesseditright!
BTW,Ididlooktheseupinwiktionary.orgmyself.AlthoughIhadguessedcorrectlythe...[
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WhilewanderinginarainyoldtownduringmytriptotheSEA,Imadearesolutionformyself:toenjoyourvicinitymore.WhatIrealizedwasthatweoftentraveltootherpartsoftheworldforsightseeing,etc.,whereaswetendtoneglecttherichnaturalandculturalheritagesrightinthevicinityofourhomes.Whatawaste!Shouldn'twebewiserandtakefulladvantageofwhatisalreadywithinreachdailyorweekly?Inotherwords,ifwepayattention,wecanlivemorerichl...[
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Hi,friendsonthisforum,
Afteranicebreak,Iresumedmybusinesstravellastweektothispartoftheword,theSEA(southeastAsia).I'mworkinginonecountrywithmanyislandsthisweekandwillbecontinuingmyworkinanothercountryonanot-too-distantpeninsular.Thebestpartofthistripisthat,afterthesebusinesstravels,Igettotakeoneweekoff,gohomeandseemyfamilyaswellasmywife'sfamily.Isn'tthatwonderful?IfIcandothateverytimeItravelfor...[
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1.Idon'tknowwhatIdon'tknow
2.IknowwhatIdon'tknow
3.Ilearnandgrowanditbeginstoshow
4.IjustgobecauseofwhatIknow
Ireadtheaboveinabookonleadership,anditseemstomethattheprocessofrealizingwhatonedoesnotknowandthenlearningtomasteritiscommontoalmosttoalllearning.
Surfer_Diver
2014.9.1
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Tosaveussomedriving,wechosetotaketheferrytocrossthePrinceWilliamSoundandthattookustoaneatlittleportnamedWhittier.Whittierhadatinypopulationof177asof2006,butstillitwascleanandcomfortable.
Knowinghowtinyitspopulationwas,thenumberofboatsinitsharborlookedratherrespectable.Seethefirstphotobelow.
ToappreciatewhyIkeepsayingthatWhittierisneat,oneonlyneedstolookatthesecondandthirdphotosbelowofaseaf...[
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Ms.婉蕠askedwhetherwehadseenanybearsduringouttriptowonderfulAlaska.Ofcourse,wedid!Actually,wesawsomanybearsthateventuallyIcouldnotbearitanymore.:)Letmeshareafewphotoswiththefriendsonthisforum.
Thefirstphotowastakenofatrafficjamcausedbyabearcrossingtheroad.What?Theredidnotseemtobea"bearxing"sign?Iguessthebeardidnotcare.Therewassomestopsignsabout20metersaway,wasn'tthere?Thatwascloseeno...[
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Ms.DiverandIwenttoAlaskaearlierthissummer,andwebothfounditdifficulttodrivethere.Why?Well,foronething,inadditiontopedestriancrossings,therewasawholenewcategoryofsalmoncrossingsthatwehadtopayattentionto.Foranother,whenwefinallygottoourdestination,wefoundmanyparkingspotsreservedforbears!Seethephotosbelowsothatyoucanbelieveme(ornot).Watchoutwhenyougothere!
Surfer_Diver
2014.8.19
PS:Photost...[
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在LinkedIn上讀到這個帖子,覺得有必要轉過來和大家分享。文章歸納了老板逼員工走人的九種方法,貌似都是合法的,又略加分析,有助於我們了解西人眼中的職場文化;最後的對策也有借鑒啟發作用。望網友加以點評,那就更有效果了。原文及鏈接,都在下麵給出,credit當然歸於原作者。翻譯誠為添足,就免了8。
衝·潛
2014.8.3
Link:https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/artic[
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