And they're messages that apply to me as a parent as well — in that same e-mail, Maggie reminded me that "living your life list teaches kids that there's a way to shape their world, even in small ways, instead of always reacting to their environment".
This classic and still relevant study of popular delusions and their results for investors contains important messages that apply to investors' behavior today.
Messages that applied the metaphor of choice and control to quitting and protecting babies' and young children's health provided participants with new motivation to quit and avoided the reactance more didactic messages evoked.
The more important message, the one that applies to lives lived at less exalted heights, is simply: Don't quit.
Accessing records of others is an enriching experience because it's not only an opportunity to assist someone progress on their life path but also many times the messages received contain wisdom that applies to our life.
There's a message here that applies equally well to the growing realization that water, not oil, will dominate 21st-century resource politics ("Drought: A Creeping Disaster," by Alex Prud'homme, Sunday Review, July 17).
At base, Trongpa's message is to be truthful and kind -- advice that applies directly to our creative selves.
"The question is whether the financial community recognizes that the world has changed and that the mayor's call for shared sacrifice is a message that clearly applies to them".
The key to their success lies in convincing the leading governments of the gains from acting in co-operation, rather than isolation, in a volatile but interconnected world a message that surely applies well beyond the esoteric world of trade regulations.
