Dr. Dahan’s Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast
Dr. Dahan’s Daily Wisdom is a free motivational podcast. It is one of the best self improvement podcasts online. Everyday Dr. Daniel H. Dahan focuses on an inspiring or motivational concept to help your personal development and provide you with a new uplifting podcast to listen to each day.
Don’t Regret, Just Act
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 879 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond At times, we have decisions that we have to make and we’re not too sure which direction to go. Interestingly enough, the grief that we cause ourselves in not making the decision or second-guessing our self, can be quite difficult to handle at times. Not only that, as it says, it’s the difference between a promise and a price. The price that we’re going to pay if we don’t keep our promise can be difficult. Regrets weighs literally tons while discipline weighs ounces. Think about that for a second. Every decision we make is not only a choice for something but it could be a choice for something else; so we know, if there’s going to be that choice to be made, why be stuck in that action? Just act it. Don’t look to make the perfect choice, just a good one. What is a good choice? The one that you’re coming up with. But you said, “I don’t know, I’m stuck.” Don’t second-guess yourself. You have within you the ability and the power to overcome that challenge and that choice will be good. Focus on the things that will come up. Don’t worry about what might and might not happen, and if you have a question and you don’t know how to pursue it, then know that the Talmud says, “Why not discuss it with another?” read more…
Angel in the Marble
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 878 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Did you know that Michelangelo was one of the artists who lived years ago and he was able to imagine and literally come up with designs in his level which were beyond and above so many artists? Michelangelo, a famous sculptor, was asked how he saw what he saw. He said, “I did not create anything. I saw an angel set in the marble and all I did was chiseled around the angel and I set the angel free.” Interesting, isn’t it? Now, you have to ask yourself, in your life, you have to find the angel in the marble.
Now, most people, all they see is the marble. However, they need to see the angel in the marble, and the angel could be trapped. read more…
The Needs of Others
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 877 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There’s an interesting idea about helping others and helping them for an altruistic way. Let me give you an example.
What is the difference between an artist and a philanthropist? You see, the artist is driven to actualize his own talents. The philanthropist, on the other hand, is driven by the need of others. The artist wants to express himself. Artists just want to express what they have within themselves that makes them an artist. They don’t care about the audience; it’s about “my expression”, what I do, what I’ve created, and I want other people to see it, but it’s about me. Me developing what I have seen to be good and what I believe to be different, unique, special, sophisticated, just mine.
The philanthropist, on the other hand, cares about the need of the other people. Not about giving from him, but that others should receive. It’s not about him giving. Now, of course, there may be some people out there who want to become philanthropist so they could get recognition but above that, above and beyond that, what is it that the philanthropist want to do? He wants that others should receive. They deserve as much if not more and he wants them to receive so therefore, he gives. read more…
I Define Myself
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 876 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Recently, I heard about a Doctor John Nash. He was a professor of mathematics from Princeton University. He was actually a Nobel Prize winner in economics. Quite amazing. Interestingly enough, he suffered from a disease called Schizophrenia, and he thought in his mind that communists wanted to take his life pursuing him, and thanks to his wife, he was rehabilitated but that took many years.
Now, here’s an interesting story. At the Nobel Prize ceremony, he gave a speech and he asked the question, “What is the summation of all mathematical equation?” And this is what he answered, he said “It was love”, and of course, during that time, he thanked his wife for all her support, the empowerment, the security in the life that she had given him. read more…
How to Fill Up a Glass
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 875 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
How do you fill up a glass? Well, one way is to, for some people, use a garden hose and the pressure that comes out from the garden hose is so powerful, that will actually make it overflow and never fill up the glass, or at least only a very small amount. Another way is to use a faucet. Even if it’s dripping, one drop at a time. This will fill up the glass. So to fill up a glass, there are two conditions. Number one, that the glass has to be empty. Second, that the pressure of the water that you are applying to fill up the glass has to be moderated and gentle so that you can actually fill it up to the level that you wish.
This is the way the mind works: when you try to give a message to somebody else and you want them to take this message or receive the message and accept what you’re saying, it’s like filling up a glass. If you hit them with harsh words and tremendous pressure, and try to talk them into what it is that you believe, it won’t work; it will overspill. It will overflow and it won’t last. If the glass is too full, meaning if the person thinks that they know everything and they’re not willing to listen to you at all, then there’s not much that you can put in there because they’re not ready to take in any messages. So for someone to be able to listen, they have to empty themselves. They have to be ready and willing to take in a message from someone else or something else. For someone to be able to give the message, they have to do it slowly, but certainly in a measured way, not too powerful and not too slow, and continuous but at the same time, gently. Interesting, isn’t it? read more…
Why Am I?
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 874 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
When you have a strong desire in your heart and something is pushing you to do things which are not appropriate or that you feel they are not good, and certainly not good to you or perhaps even to those around you, you have to ask yourself a question. Don’t judge yourself at that moment, just ask the question: “Who am I” and “What is my purpose in this world?”
Who am I is deeper than why I am here because the why I am here, says “Is there anything real about me?” Do I have a function or a purpose in this world? That is obvious, something you need to know. If you don’t know that, you need to realize it. Who am I is a better question than why am I.
The why is the mission, the who is up to you. read more…
Asking for Help
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 873 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There’s a story of a person who passed away and when they got to heaven, they cried in front of the Creator saying that they didn’t get what they wanted while they were on earth. The Creator asked that person, “But you didn’t ask for these things,” and it occurred to that person that the remark was true.
In order to receive, you must ask.
Here is the beauty about prayer: asking for help is something that human beings have a right and the intelligence to do. So when you ask, first know that you have to ask with intelligence. Don’t ask for things that are ridiculous; ask for good things. read more…
Perfectionism
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 872 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I’m sure you’ve heard the term “perfectionism”. They are called OCD, over Compulsive Disorder. Everything has to be perfect, everything has to be done exactly this way and not that way. The truth is, perfectionism is a good thing when you’re trying to prepare a paper. You want it be good, you want to be perfect.
Now, to be stuck by the fact that there are some issues with it, that will be something different. read more…
Missing or Regretting
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 871 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I was speaking to a friend once who said that they regretted, not having spent more time with their family members.
I ask you the question: Are you missing or regretting? See, there’s a big difference. Missing, means you wish those times would come again because you enjoyed them and you cherish them. You keep them as a memory, something which will stay with you at all times. Regretting, is different. It is when you feel as though the opportunity passed and you were never able to make up what you needed. read more…
Negative Self-Talk
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 870 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There’s a concept called “negative self-talk”. Something that we use to bash ourselves; something that we blame ourselves with or carry as guilt because of something we were not able to do at the time. And that is real; people find themselves stuck in situations. They can’t move forward, they realize they made a mistake or there’s something they can’t do, and they say, I just can’t do it. I messed up. My life is miserable. I will never be able to do the right thing. I will never be able to move forward. read more…
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