Showing posts with label Advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advice. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Socrates- Speak good or not at all
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.
One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied.
"Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth.
Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not.
Now let's try the second filter, the filter of goodness.
�Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"
"No, on the contrary... "
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but
you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of usefulness.
Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is neither true nor good even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
This is why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high esteem.
Use this triple filter each time you hear loose talk about any of your loved ones :)
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Friday, 20 September 2013
Mind your own business!
It seems everyone is interested in everything but their own business. Leave off that which does not concern you. You will not be questioned questioned concerning someone else�s daily activities so why are you so overly concerned about it? This is a disease in the heart of any individual, remove it instantly.
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