Thread: Set Aside Ego

What you said was true, but, the best is your very refreshing attitude...ego/pride usually results in unnecessary difficultlies and bantering that can destroy otherwise good exchanges of information, if not friendships. I wish everyone would drop by to read your post!

Originally Posted by Lazarus

Thank you for the skillful teaching David. I recently spent a weekend focusing on my speech. Before saying anything I first asked myself these questions: Is it true, is it necessary, is it helpful, is this the right time to say it? It was a very quiet weekend.

LOL - odd isn't it? When you decide to focus on something, you find all of the mediocrity you have been living with relative to that thing.


David

I think that attitude is a very important thing to be successful, not only in shaving, but in life in general. Being humble and willing to experiment at any step is essential for learning. We should always keep our minds open. The other aspect of this thread that caught my attention is the importance of using approaches that fit your own needs and meet your own expectations. I hardly ever use more than 2 passes when I shave. I am able to get excellent shaves using the 1 1/2 pass shave that relies on identifying the direction in which the hair grows in my face to maximize the closeness of the shave while decreasing the irritation and other problems that could be associated with multiple passes. Having said this, I can also understand that others prefer a multipass approach in their shaves. There is often more than one path to accomplish something in life and usually only the individual needs of a situation determine what should be used in each case.

Al raz.

+1 Alraz,

I agree with that. There are some things that require following the recipe. For instance mixing a lather of a certain consistancy.

But then there are the things that you just follow guidlines. And then you have to adapt to the terrain. Like golf and str8 shaving.

But even in the first case, without curiosity and somebody to ask "can the recipe get better", there is no innovation. I think the intellectually lazy stop at the recipe and nothing more. No experimentation, nothing. Even with the discipline of a martial art, there arent' so many styles for no reason. Somebody, most likely a master's student, found a way to improve the existing.

But there should always be humility and respect for the original. Those people that blazed trails and fought odds to generate something nobody had ever seen before. JMHO -

David

Originally Posted by Alraz

I think that attitude is a very important thing to be successful, not only in shaving, but in life in general.
Al raz.

True. The only thing always subject to our control is our attitude/thoughts, and nobody can control them but us. Or as Buddha put it:
We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.

BTW, nice looking pup!

Originally Posted by hardblues

BTW, nice looking pup!

Thanks. He is an American Bulldog runt of the litter that wasn't supposed to live. 95 lbs and could jump a 6 foot fence before his knee replacement. Your dog is a looker as well. Thank you for the link to the good folks at badrap. Those dogs deserve a loving home.