Jon, nice essay! I have always been fascinated by the Scrooge story and the lessons it teaches. Dickens was masterful in the creation of the storyline. Your contrast in this article, namely Scrooge vs. Tolle, is a good foray into mindset and motivation. Each person is left to wrestle with fundamental questions in life. These generally fall into categories like origin, meaning, morality, and destiny. Answering our fundamental questions leads to the formation of first principles that guide our actions. The moments that transform our lives seem to do so because they shift our perspective--so we answer the fundamental questions differently through the principles that we apply in each future moment of our constantly changing now. I hope to revisit my perspective this holiday season. Thanks for stirring my thoughts!
Jon, nice essay! I have always been fascinated by the Scrooge story and the lessons it teaches. Dickens was masterful in the creation of the storyline. Your contrast in this article, namely Scrooge vs. Tolle, is a good foray into mindset and motivation. Each person is left to wrestle with fundamental questions in life. These generally fall into categories like origin, meaning, morality, and destiny. Answering our fundamental questions leads to the formation of first principles that guide our actions. The moments that transform our lives seem to do so because they shift our perspective--so we answer the fundamental questions differently through the principles that we apply in each future moment of our constantly changing now. I hope to revisit my perspective this holiday season. Thanks for stirring my thoughts!