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Андрей Алексеев. The Way to myself
To the Reader
Chapter 1. Finding myself
Why?
A twist of fate
Inspiration to live
The inner master
Chapter 2. Family
Mutual expectations checklist
Become what I want!
How do I find “my person”?
A man and a woman. The Sun and the Earth
Chapter 3. Partners
“Bolshaya Medveditsa’s” lessons
Mira village
Chapter 4. Money
Money can’t buy happiness
Business and spirituality
Business as predestination
Chapter 5. Debts and duties
Me to world, or world to me?
Debts
Duties overcome rights
Chapter 6 The Truth
Why do we lie to ourselves and others?
Is silence golden?
The honest truth
Truth = Loneliness?
The practice of fairness
Chapter. 7 Criticism
Practice of curing over-criticism
Chapter 8. Balance
Chapter 9. Loneliness
Are you lonely, or free?
Love = give
Freedom from loneliness
Chapter 10. “I do” or “it happens”?
Wait or act? Fight or trust?
Practice of mind cleansing
Chapter 11. Wish and intention
Wishes don’t come true, intentions do
Do you really want it?
The price of wishes
Chapter 12. Places of power
Tapovan
Altay
Leave the aquarium of your mind
The place of power is there – in your heart
Chapter 13. Predestination
Mine, or not mine?
Be what you are
Just do it!
Chapter 14. Roles in life
Who chooses the game for me?
To play or not to play?
Chapter 15 A. Healthy life for mind and body
I am what I eat
Why do animals run and fish swim away from us?
Freedom from medicine
My principles of a healthy lifestyle
Chapter 16. Meditation
Who rules my life?
Want to get something – let it go
“I’m solid” means I’m filled with everything
Practice of meditation
So, what does it give us?
Chapter 17. My philosophy
What are my goals in this life?
Chapter 18. A model for living in the present
Body cleansing
Mind cleansing
Daily checklist
Chapter 19. The way to myself: the itinerary
Traps on the way to yourself
How do I start moving forward?
Instead of goodbye
Dear reader!
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In my childhood, I used to be a really active and stubborn kid. My mom said that while she and my father were walking from the bus stop to our home, I could dash there and back several times.
From my very childhood, I felt as though there was a kind of flame inside me, and that flame forced me forward. At school I was very much into volleyball. I trained twice a day for 7 years in a row. I made my way through to the Russian National team. And that’s as far as my career in sports went.
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Multiple instructions, internal orders and regulations, made a group of adherents turn into a bunch of obedient doers. Releasing the staff from their responsibilities regarding “what” and “how” they should do their jobs, I fully put all of them on myself.
At the same time, the flywheel of bureaucracy was moving faster, and the net expanded. 30, 40, and later 60 companies in 10 regions of the country. I stopped visiting the restaurants’ openings and started living my own life, while the business lived its own. I didn’t see our clients and guests, but only my managers’ reports. I became a little part of a huge managerial machine, and I didn’t own the business any more – it owned me. Moreover, the service quality and profitability were decreasing.
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