Comments on: Irrational vs Rational

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:32:32 +0000

Oh..nice,:-), it was supossed to be in the next paragraph. Funny me.

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:36:58 +0000

Purchasing the Rolex, etc is only there to fill a void. It only lasts for two minutes.

By: monish21

monish21 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:49:19 +0000

Rational Thinking requires some Irrational Thoughts

Let me explain this way:
Money is strange, because you can either earn money the easy way or the hard way. It is very hard to find the easy way and very easy to find the hard way. That is the reason most people go by the easy way and keep earning money the hard way all their lives. Very few follow their guts (follow their dream) and take the hard way and eventually start earning money the easy way.

I bet nobody understands this better than our author here – Mr Paulo.

Monish K Khosla

PS: If you ever read this Mr Paulo, I am from India, living in US – I am 25 years old and love to communicate with this world. I would like to have chat with you someday.
Email: monish21@gmail.com

By: Al

Al — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:52:49 +0000

Well, our life is a mixture of irrational and rational thoughts we have all the time.

When your’e choosing a spouse you might have some reasons why you are attracted to her, but you can’t rationalise why one looks better than the other for you, or why after youv’e seen one you can’t see any other.

By: luce

luce — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:36:03 +0000

When the war arrived in my home town, on my 40th birthday first bombs hit ground around my home only the mountains of love, hope and faith got me through.
I left behind everything and fled to town that I untill then I saw as picturepostcard but it was and it still is fortress.
When I was able to visit my ruined home still under occupation with me I took only my family photographs ( some of them 80 years old ). When I returned to the shelter my sister couldn’t believe I left all “necessary” back there, to thieves ( lovely dresses, shoes, cristal, etc …)
I left my books as well, my LP records, my diaries… nobody took them anyway, and by the time war was over, the fashion changed…
Some houses in this village of mine were burnt down… now tell me was it more rational to take photos or coat and boots, for me there were no choice realy.
In the end from my photoes copies are made for whoever asked.

Thank you Paulo for the questions, they make me think deeper then I did for long time !

Luce

By: Carlos Alberto

Carlos Alberto — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:58:38 +0000

As Anthony Robbins says… People take decisions based on emotions and justify them with reason.

.. by the way, my emotions urge me to ask you, why is your blog in english and not in spanish… :(

Thanks

By: Iqra

Iqra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:07:34 +0000

I totally agree wih Aditya.
I also have made some decisions in my life very irrationally and I also had to bear consiquences. Now i realise what is difference between Irrational and Rational.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:57:56 +0000

Little children are always asking ‘why?’ How wise. I don’t know if it is irrational, rational, perverse, stubborn or simply the open curiosity of innocence that wants the truth of things which allows adults to do the same thing.
‘Why’ is a refusal to accept things at face value and be taken in by them. ‘Why’ stops the footsteps on that well trodden path and begins the process of looking at the issue from other angles. Rational and irrational are 2 sides of 1 coin. We are holding the whole coin. ‘Why’ can lead us to either side of it, it can also take us beyond the coin altogether to the hand that holds it.

By: aditya

aditya — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:40:03 +0000

rationality is limited by the person’s capabilities, the race’s capabilities. what is rational goes on changing as we change with time, while irrationality is limitless. humans are capable of more than the limitations of their human mind, but rationality is within the capabilities of mind, hence what u say paulo, makes sence, we need to be able to use both ratinality and irrationality for a healthy existance !

By: wanbliska

wanbliska — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:30:32 +0000

It is unnecessary to have a mountain o’ things. But now I’d like some things in my life. Because I spent a long long time without asking a thing. Accepting to be poor.
Now I have projects that need money.
The rich person is blessed when he share his things.
We have all that we need in this world. Enough for all to be feed and clothed. And have fun.
People deserve it, as any one of us.

When I worked in a supermarket, I watched the customers with their caddie, waiting for the open. Once the doors were. They entered very promptly. I didn’t know if I had to cry or laugh. They seem to be feared by being short of all that mountain o’things.

I never go shopping. Only once a week, for food.
This could be add in my hell day list: Having to be in a supermarket on a saturday…

By: wanbliska

wanbliska — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:21:57 +0000

Mountains o’ things – Tracy Chapman

The life I’ve always wanted
I guess I’ll never have
I’ll be working for somebody else
Until I’m in my grave
I’ll be dreaming of a live of ease
And mountains
Oh mountains o’ things

To have a big expensive car
Drag my furs on the ground
And have a maid that I can tell
To bring me anything
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I’ll revel in their attention
And mountains
Oh mountains o’ things

Sweet lazy life
Champagne and caviar
I hope you’ll come and find me
Cause you know who we are
Those who deserve the best in life
And know what money’s worth
And those whose sole misfortune
Was having mountains o’ nothing at birth

Oh they tell me
There’s still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings

Consume more than you need
This is the dream
Make you pauper
Or make you queen
I won’t die lonely
I’ll have it all prearranged
A grave that’s deep and wide enough
For me and all my mountains o’ things

Mostly I feel lonely
Good good people are
Good people are only
My stepping stones
It’s gonna take all my mountains o’ things
To surround me
Keep all my enemies away
Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay

The life I’ve always wanted
I guess I’ll never have
I’ll be working for somebody else
Until I’m in my grave
I’ll be dreaming of a live of ease
And mountains
Oh mountains o’ things

I’ll be dreaming, dreaming…
Dreaming…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:06:40 +0000

Well, I believe, the worst thing to get caught up in is routine or following others,and that is basically where the words rational and irrational come from. If it is “the norm”, then it is rational thought or action. If it goes against the grain, in every sence of the word, then it is irrational. But, just the opposite is true to me. Part of all the ill’s in the world are due to people conforming to old ways of thinking. If the goal of mankind is to evolve, then irrational, non-comforming thought, is the way to go.

Thank you
Daniel

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:22:08 +0000

Irrational or inducted?

When shopping is concerned we must bear in mind that companies spend loads of money to keep their brands on top of mind in our thoughts.

When thinking about what we earn, it is not true that what you earn is your value?

Some irrational thoughts are not that irrational. They’ve been inducted to makes us work harder and harder, not knowing what for.

It’s a kind of new religion, where shopping malls are the new churches and the more you spend the better you will feel…

By: Tania

Tania — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:56:26 +0000

My take on that is that what some may seem as a Irrational decision can push you into a place where you are yes out of a vicious circle not repeating the same patterns , learning to do things for your self ,showing” others” that you mean what you say “action speaks louder that words” ,also by postponing things ,or decisions we end sometimes not following through or we just keep putting off the inevitable .I think that choices dont have to be hard even if they are close in price ,or running for something , You sometimes are not given a choice and why cant you have both items and share them …and yes I think if something or someone is blocking you or holding you back then you need to pave a new path and I am certain the universe will honor ,support your choices or decisions , thats what life is about .But some people are predictable day in day out while others act unpredictable or make sudden irrational choices ,I prefer to be outside of the box that people feel safe in ,thats when you see what you are made of . Blessings Tania

By: maxim

maxim — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:07:20 +0000

We walk same steps, afraid to change the path, change direction.
Afraid of the unknown, afraid go different way.
We became slaves of the routine, of rules of this world.

By: Liara Covert

Liara Covert — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:49:13 +0000

The subject of this Mehegan book reminds us that human ego is irrational and prompts people to behave contrary to their inner impulses. The line of thinking that enables humans to uncover truth, to learn to feel the inside of the self, is acually simple, different, and requires no inner struggle.

When a person doesn’t choose to respect the past, he or she inevitably makes similar mistakes in future. Whatever you’re doing now or are about to do, a few months ago, you may have never imagined. And yet, you can love what you do, who and where you are. You can evolve to trust your instincts and discern they have their own virtues. To realize whatever is going on around you doesn’t have to brainwash or condition you to give up who you are, is a key step to opening your senses wider. We can each move away from irrational thinking and behaviour. its part of a process that indicates our growing self-awareness.

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:35:02 +0000

Oh..nice,:-), it was supossed to be in the next paragraph. Funny me.

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:18:33 +0000

So true.
We walk same steps, afraid to change the path, change direction.
Afraid of the unknown, afraid go different way.
We became slaves of the routine, of rules of this world.
Hmm..
Dare to be different..
“Dare to live!” – like Andrea Boccelli sings – that’s what we should listen,
that’s what can give us smile, that’s what’ll make us free.
But..,
yes… there are always “buts”.
Our heart tells us one thing, but, we don’t listen, afraid of… everything.

….
But..
you can always try,
and change the world,
change your own point of view,
see love,
hear every breath of silence
when you alone,
realize there is no nightmare,
that there is
love.
…

love
Agnieszka

By: azilda

azilda — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:07:35 +0000

Today as i was walking the streets of Montreal i came upon a man dressed in hundreds of shopping plastic bags. He was standing on a very busy shopping avenue of the city. Every time someone walked by with a plastic bag full of purchases, he would offer the person a free cloth bag in exchange for the plastic one, if the person agreed, he would then wear the new bag and on to the next passer-by. I took a photograph of this man (you can see in myspce.com/azilda) while he was trying to convince a woman to do the exchange, i had to get involve to reassure her that this was not a scam…the cloth bag was really for free. She agreed and i made her promise that she would again use her new bag the next time she goes shopping. That was a very good idea from this young gentleman…i gave him two thumbs up …way UP!
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