Daily Advice July 22, 2011

七月二十二日 July 22, 2011

孟子荀子***

人之初是惡是善
孟子荀子誰是對
誰是誰非唔重要
重點是止惡行善
對人對己謀幸福
可算對得起孟荀
對社會有點貢獻
也算對得起自己

Mencius and Xunzi***

Mencius’ philosophy is that men are born with a merciful heart but Xunzi’s philosophy is that men are born with a wicked heart. It really doesn’t matter who is right or who is wrong. As long as our goal is to train ourselves to be a good person who won’t do anything injurious to others but only performs good deeds to help others. If we do that, both Mencius and Xunzi should be OK with that. Since we have either turned our wicked nature into a good one or we have kept up our good nature to contribute something good to our society, we should feel good for ourselves too.

委婉勸解***

說好話可助人心
喜歡說好話的人
說時會面露慈悲
對於別人的過錯
多會用委婉勸解
而不會嚴詞譴責
讓對方容易接受
達到遷善的效果

Offer constructive criticisms tactfully***

Saying good things will always help people. When people say good things, it shows in their face. In pointing out other people’s mistakes, they always use tact and never use any harsh words to criticize people. In this way, your opposite party will accept your advice gladly and correct their mistakes.

Philip Chan, author of “Good Advice”
Goodadvicechan@yahoo.com
http://good-advice-book,blogspot.com