Pearls of Wisdom from the TV series: The Story of Pearl Girl Directed by Xie Ze. Adapted from the legend of Kunshan Jade by Tan Tian Yin Starring: Zhao Lu Si Duan Wu / Su Mu Zhe Main Role Ju Yu Nino Yan Zi Jing Main Role Tang Xiao Tian Zhang Jin Ran Main Role The Story of Pearl Girl is set in China in the Tang Dynasty. It is about a beautiful girl who works as a slave as a pearl diver. The story focuses on jewelry merchants and the interesting topic of business. We cannot fault the Chinese for being good at business. It is also the most subtle yet intense, suspenseful romance, where the character's moral virtue cannot be questioned. With beautiful cinematography and costume design, not to mention a stunning cast, this is sophisticated television at it's best. It also offers insight into Chinese philosophy from which I have gathered a number of quotes that you might want to remember, which I called my 'Pearls of Wisdom". Episode 1 Master Yan - 'A real man never ...
Do it Now, by William Knauss A book Review and Summary Grown out of some workshops at the Albert Ellis institute in the USA, where William Knauss worked, it was the first book of its kind. It is designed to help you master your time and find the courage to beat procrastination. The book starts off by explaining what procrastination is and then leading into the different styles of procrastination. Then he helps us identify the weeds in our minds that lead to procrastination. The slogan used throughout the book is, ‘Do it Now’ - the same as the title, meaning if you do what needs to be done ‘now’, you will get over your procrastination. A lot of procrastination is caused by discomfort, frustration and intolerance. Here the author helps us to test our metal by dealing with these stressors and forming a sense of discipline to get things done despite negative feelings surrounding the task. If there is a weed in our minds it’s got to be the wheedler of chapter 5 This is whe...