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Chinese proverb of the day: ‘Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be afraid only of … ‘ — a lesson on why slow progress always beats no progress

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Chinese proverb – Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still The new language app you downloaded sits untouched on your phone. The gym membership you bought in January has been used twice. The novel you started writing is still stuck on page one. You tell yourself you’ll get to it … Read more

Filipino proverb of the day: ‘A desperate person clings even to a knife’ and the lesson it offers about survival, hardship and human nature

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‘A desperate person clings even to a knife’ Why a desperate person ‘clings to a knife‘ and why this Filipino proverb still speaks to the modern world Imagine standing at the edge of a cliff with nowhere to turn. In panic, you grab the nearest object for support, only to realise it is a sharp … Read more