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Magnanimity: The Forgotten Strength, and How Love Intelligence Brings It Back More than 2,500 years ago, Confucius taught a virtue that is rare today but deeply powerful: magnanimity,  the ability to be generous in spirit, to rise above pettiness, to stay big even when others go small. In today’s world of competition, ego, and instant reactions, magnanimity is often mistaken for weakness. It is not. It is strength under control . So why is magnanimity so difficult? Because it requires something most people lack: Not intelligence. Not skills. But emotional and moral capacity . This is where Love Intelligence (LQ) comes in. 1. Care: Seeing Beyond Yourself Magnanimity begins with care . When you genuinely care, you don’t just react to what people do. You try to understand why they do it. Instead of: “Why did he do this to me?” You ask: “What is he going through?” Care expands your perspective. And when your perspective expands, your ego shrinks. That is the first step to being magn...

Chow Yuan Fat acted as Confucious in this movie. The 7 lessons I get from watching this epic: If you hate a person you are defeated by them What the superior man seeks is in himself, what the small man seeks is in others Whatever you go, go with all your heart When anger arises, think of the consequences Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished When it is obvious that goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop Confucius 孔子) is a 2010 Chinese biographical drama film written and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher. The film was scheduled to screen later in 2009 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as the 2,560th birthday of Confucius himself. The film begins with Confucius as an old man, thinking back. Then we see him in his early 50s,...

If you were like most people who always say, "I'll do charity when I have money", or "I'll take care of my house once I got a big one", then you are having this syndrome called Perfection. Yes, perfection is an ideal but if you were to base your life on perfection, you'll never do it.  Like Confucius who lived in China 2,600 years ago, Confucius continued to teach even when his own country (Lu) was against him.  He was chased out of his own country and left wandering in 16 countries for 19 years but he never give up. Today, Confucius' teachings has become the national culture of many countries like the 2 Koreas, Taiwan and many Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia and North America. Because Confucius understood this important principle: there is never a perfect time to do anything .  As long as that thing you do is of importance to you and the society, now is the time to do it.   If you fear that you may do wrong, you can always correct it.   The ...