Word of Wisdom
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
With a new crop of college graduates stepping out into the real world, we ask Brian Lehrer Show listeners to offer their one-word advice.
One.
Word.
Comment below!
One.
Word.
Comment below!
Comments [267]
Karma:
The word "Karma" is a sanskrit word, adopted in English to mean "One's Deed" Good or Bad.
Actually, in the original context it has a three fold meaning:
1) "Action" - One's act itself, done knowingly or unknowingly, NOT the result of the act.
Today's context: You have full control of your Actions. Use that control wisely.
2) "Cyclic Nature" of the existence - The "Every Action has an equal an opposite Re-action" theory.
Today's context: Be careful of the actions you do it has an effect somewhere in the universe.
3)And finally, Concentrate on the process of keeping the Act (Deed) good - in harmony with the Nature,Society etc. Don't concentrate on the "Fruit" or Results, the result is not in our hands.
All three points collectively explains the single word "Karma"
Prison construction
philosophize
evolve
generosity
WATER
Bike!
LEARN
#5 beat me to it! :)
Ubuntu*
*African philosophy, NOT the operating system!
Gratitude.
debt
community
democracy.
Learn
Bankruptcy
GREED!
Share
civility
GREEN!
NARCISSISM
Choice
Each person has a choice as to what kind of person they want to be. Their lives will be shaped by the choices they make in situations big and small.
Throughout life when one tries to understand how they arrived at a certain place, the path can always be traced back to the choices one makes.
Network(ing)
love
Gradschool: Your BA is WORTHLESS.
YOGA
Tenacity
resilience
BREATHE.
gratitude
There's a saying: When gratitude dies on the altar of a person's heart, he is well nigh hopeless. If we are grateful for what we have, it brings what we need.
Terror
(security services - Unfortunetly, it is a growth industry & there's money to be made)
"africa" or "asia" or "southamerica" or "former-colonized-nations-inthe- southern-hemisphere-seeking-just-portion"
ahimsa
Niche
Once college graduates increased their employability by mastering a generic set of mainstream skills such as accounting or becoming mainframe or Java programmers. In today's global markets off-shore companies often provide cheaper access to these skill sets. Graduates today should focus on more narrowly focused specialized skill sets.
Technogenesis
10 years out of highschool... i say:
RUN
Question!
choose
Listen (and Learn)
Sustainability
I cant believe New Yorkers did not have that first on the list......
Sorry hyphenated word..."Vertical-Farming" - highly resource-efficient farming, research by Dr. Dickson Despommier, Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences and Microbiology at Columbia University
PLAGUE
compassion
Listen
Laugh
Yoga
Read
Marketability
logistics
Question. (always)
Seek
Play
Teach
Gratitude
optimism
CELEBRATE! -- How could this powerful word have gone unmentioned? Celebrate life, celebrate love, celebrate your trials and tribulations -- all of this is what makes life meaningful.
overunity
cheese.
(knowing wink)
reclamation
ENJOY!
Patience
Hubris
LOVE
kind
China
thankful
Grad school
south-hemisphere
Content
deconditioning
Read
Recycle!
Mcdonalds
Teach (you'll always have a job)
Enjoy
enjoy
Awake!
security
faith
cooperate
Shatner
Focus!
DON'T
Picard
(Capt. Picard from startrek. He represents everything a human being should be)
defy
weekends
budget
THERAPY
humble
Sincerety
VOLUNTEER!!
"Terror"
Sadly it's a growth industry & there's money to be made.
Dare.
Humility
Give (like from you Brain!)
FOCUS
IRA
Responsibility
Prioritize
diversify!
PROTEST
Reponsibility
yoga
Oil.
McDonalds
Energy
strategery!
Ex-pat
improvise
observe
respect.
SLOW.
TANSTAAFL
risk!
Despair
emigrate!
JohnnyBunko
Communicate
Now!
(Most all the regrets I hear from friends and family are things they put off for too long).
Laugh
Condoms
breathe...
solar
Chinese. Alternatively, Spanish.
communicate
i.e., don't lose touch with your parents and other loved ones--like call them once a week?
Give.
CONTENT
Unplug!
ex-pat
Brian
Do
Fundamental
(as in the types of decisions to make vs. instrumental from a show last week)
Fearlessness
xanax
DONT keep your head in your shell and go to graduate school.
Question!
GIVE.
give
run
Imagine.
networks
Un-reify
Explore!
exercise!
Focus
resist
Create!
Baba-booey!
VOTE
Renewables
Don't-Know
Teach!
Hope
Drink
Balance.
Water
Gratitude
VOTE
strategery
Meditate!
explore
Canada
mobile
Imagine.
(Thank you, John and Yoko.)
GREEN
NOW!
RESPECT
Nano-technology
humor
GradSchool
Yuan
Explore
adjust_expectations
TOLERANCE
Food.
Travel!
pray
Ignoreadvice.
Relax!
Obama
PATIENCE!!!!!!
Tolerance
Bamboo
rubbers
Network
Logic
SMILE!
Solar.
Self-actualize!
Care
Duck
think
Create
Vote
CARE!
CouchSurfing!
http://www.couchsurfing.com/
Water.
Run!!!!!!!!!
Relationships
Environment
canada
Act
Vote!
S
E
X
LIVEandLOVE
Run
Explore
Live.
imagine
$ave
Read.
Condoms
Computerization!
McJob
Parthenogenesis!
Relocate. (Or 'China'. Same point.)
YIKES!
Live.
Permaculture
$ave
Travel
worklikehell
ETHICS
TRAVEL!
nocreditcard!!!!
Nanotechnology.
PRAY ;-)
persistence.
condoms
green
DARE
spaghetti
LIVE
determination
DARE
SAVE!
NPR
Euros.
travel
Travel.
javascript
Euros.
People.
Travel
money!!!
respect!
giveup.
THISTOWILLPASS!
Corruptestablishmentasskickingyoungsnappers!
ACCOUNTABILITY
Bliss
Faith
Perseverance
Patience
PATIENCE
Travel
Listen!
Compassion
moveallthewayintothecaranddonotblockthedoors
Focus
Plastics.
Oops, I mean GREEN!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Flexibility.
Empathy
Chocolate!
Forward
Soul.
relax?
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