Comments on: To Have Versus To Be http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/ The Personal Development Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:06:39 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 100 Ways To Screw Up Your Life http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-79948 100 Ways To Screw Up Your Life Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:45:25 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-79948 [...] not only sink you in debt, but it will make it really difficult to get out of there. It’s not how much you have but how much you are. Not to mention that spending more than you have will never make you [...] [...] not only sink you in debt, but it will make it really difficult to get out of there. It’s not how much you have but how much you are. Not to mention that spending more than you have will never make you [...]

]]> By: 100 Ways To Live A Better Life http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-66208 100 Ways To Live A Better Life Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:39:52 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-66208 [...] Too much and too often we shape our life’s fulfillment degree to the amount we possess. The fundamental mistake. If you’re doing it, stop it right now. You’re not what you’re having. Being is so much better than having. [...] [...] Too much and too often we shape our life’s fulfillment degree to the amount we possess. The fundamental mistake. If you’re doing it, stop it right now. You’re not what you’re having. Being is so much better than having. [...]

]]> By: Brett http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-61561 Brett Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:59:40 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-61561 I remember seeing a reality show where someones house fell into a swollen river, all this stuff came out of the house, besides timber and insulation, just all these possessions, and maybe it was liberating. Have you ever put stuff into storage and lived happily while all this stuff was in storage? I remember seeing a reality show where someones house fell into a swollen river, all this stuff came out of the house, besides timber and insulation, just all these possessions, and maybe it was liberating.
Have you ever put stuff into storage and lived happily while all this stuff was in storage?

]]> By: Lance http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-47965 Lance Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:41:08 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-47965 Hi Dragos, This is excellent! This is something I've been thinking about after returning from a vacation - this idea of just "being" more often. And I love the thought of journey vs. destination. It is indeed the journey that matters to me Although I can also think of times when the destination has overtaken that - and for what? When I lose focus of what matters, "having" also seems to rear it's head more often. So, this is a great reminder for me - to really focus more on "being" in all areas of my life - thanks much! <abbr><em>Lance’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JungleOfLife/~3/FCGPf5_-hOw/" rel="nofollow">The Destination</a></abbr></em> Hi Dragos,
This is excellent! This is something I’ve been thinking about after returning from a vacation – this idea of just “being” more often. And I love the thought of journey vs. destination. It is indeed the journey that matters to me Although I can also think of times when the destination has overtaken that – and for what? When I lose focus of what matters, “having” also seems to rear it’s head more often. So, this is a great reminder for me – to really focus more on “being” in all areas of my life – thanks much!

Lance’s last blog post..The Destination

]]> By: dragos http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-47581 dragos Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:49:52 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-47581 @BadEconomy well, that's pretty powerful: personal mission statement about being not doing. It will certainly make reassess my <a href=http://www.edragonu.ro/personal-mission-statemen/ rel="nofollow">personal mission statement</a>, that's for sure. Thanks for your comment. @BadEconomy well, that’s pretty powerful: personal mission statement about being not doing. It will certainly make reassess my personal mission statement, that’s for sure. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Bad Economy http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-47408 Bad Economy Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:33:40 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-47408 I used to have my mission statement about doing, and nowadays it is about being. What I do and have come from what and who I am. I used to have my mission statement about doing, and nowadays it is about being. What I do and have come from what and who I am.

]]> By: Random Thoughts on Success — The Rat Race Trap http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-46324 Random Thoughts on Success — The Rat Race Trap Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:19:30 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-46324 [...] To Have Versus To Be – It’s what you are not what you have.  To Have Versus To Be [...] [...] To Have Versus To Be – It’s what you are not what you have.  To Have Versus To Be [...]

]]> By: nutuba http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-46021 nutuba Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:19:20 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-46021 Dragos, I love this post! You're right about possessions being a past/future phenomena ... we want something until we get it, and then we want something else. Instead of focusing on possessions, we should focus on who we are, and on the difference we're making. And even that -- focusing on our impact -- is not a move calculated to bring us to greatness, but to making life better for everyone else. I also do agree with your assessment on disease -- being misaligned rather than having something. Parkinson's does not define who I am -- my attitude now is still positive and upbeat. I will live life under whatever my current physical conditions may be. Those conditions don't define me. My heart, my mind, my soul -- those things define me. You continue to provide thought provoking posts. Keep writing! Best, Joel <abbr><em>nutuba’s last blog post..<a href="http://nutuba.blogspot.com/2009/04/fluffy-dozen.html" rel="nofollow">The Fluffy Dozen</a></abbr></em> Dragos, I love this post! You’re right about possessions being a past/future phenomena … we want something until we get it, and then we want something else. Instead of focusing on possessions, we should focus on who we are, and on the difference we’re making.
And even that — focusing on our impact — is not a move calculated to bring us to greatness, but to making life better for everyone else.
I also do agree with your assessment on disease — being misaligned rather than having something. Parkinson’s does not define who I am — my attitude now is still positive and upbeat. I will live life under whatever my current physical conditions may be. Those conditions don’t define me. My heart, my mind, my soul — those things define me.
You continue to provide thought provoking posts. Keep writing!
Best,
Joel

nutuba’s last blog post..The Fluffy Dozen

]]> By: dragos http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-45959 dragos Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:05:14 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-45959 @Stephen it's the thrill, not the goal, that's for sure :-) @Stephen it’s the thrill, not the goal, that’s for sure :-)

]]> By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap http://www.dragosroua.com/to-have-versus-to-be/#comment-45905 Stephen - Rat Race Trap Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:32:15 +0000 http://www.edragonu.ro/?p=2242#comment-45905 Dragos, wonderfully dense content you created today! I think you have truly captured the essence of what I continually repeat about it not being the destination but the journey. For example, most really successful people who have made it rich, don't get off on the money or the things. They get off on the trip. We think they are not satisfied with what they have and just want more, but in reality it is just the fact that they want to continue the journey because the journey makes them high. They may even think they want the money, but they don't. Life is the journey and successful people practice that whether they are explicitly conscious of it or not. <abbr><em>Stephen - Rat Race Trap’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRatRaceTrap/~3/bfnnJtwih8I/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-amazing-brain.html" rel="nofollow">What You Need to Know About Your Amazing Brain</a></abbr></em> Dragos, wonderfully dense content you created today! I think you have truly captured the essence of what I continually repeat about it not being the destination but the journey. For example, most really successful people who have made it rich, don’t get off on the money or the things. They get off on the trip. We think they are not satisfied with what they have and just want more, but in reality it is just the fact that they want to continue the journey because the journey makes them high. They may even think they want the money, but they don’t. Life is the journey and successful people practice that whether they are explicitly conscious of it or not.

Stephen – Rat Race Trap’s last blog post..What You Need to Know About Your Amazing Brain

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