When you change your thoughts, you will change your feelings as well, and you will also eliminate the triggers that set off those feelings. Be someone who can control your thoughts-become the master of your mind. You can let your thoughts run amok, but why would you? It is your mind, your thoughts isn’t it time to take your power back? Isn’t it time to take control?Ĭhoose to be the person who is actively, consciously thinking your thoughts. That’s a lot, especially if they are unproductive, self-abusive, and just a general waste of energy. I have heard that the average person thinks around 70,000 thoughts a day. (And here’s Why Your Perception Is Your Reality) Your mind, more specifically, your thoughts, affects your perception and therefore, your interpretation of reality. To control your thoughts means to influence the way you live your life. Retrieved 24 November 2020.Your mind is the most powerful tool you have for the creation of good in your life, but if not used correctly, can also be the most destructive force in your life. " 'Jack of all trades' – the meaning and origin of this phrase". The complete saying was originally "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one." "The complete saying was originally." The complete saying was originally "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one." ^ Tabitha Wasserman (4 February 2019).This saying got cut short as well and originally said: "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one." ^ Haley Marie Craig, University of North Alabama (3 July 2020).But it is culturally telling that we have chopped off the ending: "…but oftentimes better than master of one. Jack of all trades, master of none," the saying goes. ^ The OED notes appearance in The Boston News-Letter in August 1721 as "Jack of all Trades and it would seem, Good at none.".^ "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y.
^ Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, compiled by William and Mary Morris.^ " 'Jack of all trades' – the meaning and origin of this phrase".Essayes and characters of a Prison and Prisoners originally published in 1618. ^ "Geffray Minshull (Mynshul), English miscellaneous writer (1594? - 1668)".^ "John or Giovanni Florio? Johannes Florius!".Braunmuller, editors, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2002, p. Groats-Worth of Wit cited from William Shakespeare-The Complete Works, Stephen Orgel and A. ^ "There is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you: and being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.".In modern times, the phrase with the "master of none" element is sometimes expanded into a less unflattering couplet by adding a second line: "but oftentimes better than master of one" (or variants thereof), with some writers saying that such a couplet is the "original" version with the second line having been dropped, although there are no known instances of this second line dated to before the twenty-first century. In the United States and Canada, the phrase has been in use since 1721. However, when "master of none" is added this is unflattering and sometimes added in jest.
When abbreviated as simply "jack of all trades", it is an ambiguous statement the user's intention is then dependent on context. Today, the phrase used in its entirety generally describes a person whose knowledge, while covering a number of areas, is superficial in all of them. The "master of none" element appears to have been added later it made the statement less flattering to the person receiving.
In 1612, the English-language version of the phrase appeared in the book "Essays and Characters of a Prison" by English writer Geffray Mynshul (Minshull), originally published in 1618, and probably based on the author's experience while held at Gray's Inn, London, when imprisoned for debt. They have pointed out how 'Johannes' was the Latin name of John (Giovanni) and the name by which Florio was known among his contemporaries, the term 'absolute' was an alliteration of the nickname chosen and used by Florio in his signature (precisely the word 'resolute') and the term 'factotum' was a disparaging definition of secretary, John Florio's job.
Some scholars believe Greene was referring to resolute Johannes Florio, known as John Florio. Robert Greene used the phrase 'absolute Johannes Factotum' in his 1592 booklet Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, to dismissively refer to actor-turned-playwright William Shakespeare this is the first published mention of Shakespeare.