Welcome back to Episode #28 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is how to identify your strengths, and how to leverage them best in all aspects of your life, including your daily interactions and communications with the world. This is inspired by Marcus Buckingham’s studies, StrengthFinder – check out my reviews when I read [...]
self-discipline
Self-discipline can seriously surprise you when you put it to the test. You may believe you have a really good grasp on it because, well, you stick to your routine and schedule and produce remarkable results on a day-to-day basis, but how robust a discipline is it if that only happens in the controlled environment [...]
Welcome back to Episode #20 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is by a request from a listener and a friend John Kowalski who asked me to talk about controlling our internal energy. How do you interact with yourself, your thoughts, your mind and your wealth of ideas when your excitement is just over [...]
For the Love of Productivity We all crave productivity. We want it now and we want it all the time and we certainly want it for the long-term. We can’t imagine being without it, especially when we are after something – a college degree, a certification program, a paper, a book, a speech, a website, [...]
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light of your own Being. ~Hafiz It turns out there is after all a name for that irrational, incessant and intrusive behavior which we so precisely insert between ourselves and success. It doesn’t take a psychology degree to recognize this [...]
There Is No Reason To Do What You Hate There is no reason for you in 2011 to be doing anything that you hate. No reason good enough, no explanation worthy enough that you will want to whisper back to yourself after the sun has set on your youth, your beauty, and your opportunities as [...]
Why I Hadn’t Talked About Financial Freedom as a Smart Habit? Sometimes the most obvious escapes us! Of all the smart habits and rich living ideas and opinions I have shared with you in nearly 300 blog articles, how is it that I have not yet talked about the single most important habit of all, [...]
What can you get from two opinionated minds with an insatiable desire to experiment and talk about the art of living well and the pursuit of the highest self in life? Aileen and I met in Blogworld 2010 in Las Vegas and our connection was instant. Aside from our friendship, we happen to possess an [...]
Entrepreneurship is like having children. I will explain. First of all, it is not for everyone – sorry if that shocks you on either side of the statement; the truth tends to do that to me too. The simple truth is that you must be made for them to survive and thrive. Much like having [...]
“A genius! For 37 years I’ve practiced fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!” –Pablo Sarasate (Spanish violinist) Give Practice some Glory Practice deserves a lot more glory around here, frankly. It is far too often the unpopular accompaniment to success and stardom. It is the unworthy servant next to Gods [...]
Too many mornings, I chose email over mediation, I chose twitter time over introspection time. Too many nights, I collapsed into deep sleep without taking a moment to quiet the mind and reflect on the day. Too many days in 2010, I chose impulsively rather than consciously. The heart longed to make meditation a ritual, [...]
How well do you handle your interactions with customer support? Yesterday, an AT&T rep of all people put me in my place. I was completely out of line when I said she was not doing anything to help me. She was. I was also wrong when I told her it’s nearly impossible to isolate an [...]
Awesome content every time. Original content with value for your readers. Perseverance and persistence. Consistency and authenticity. Those were the repeated messages from the best sessions I attended. Knowledge and information which addressed not just bloggers but writers, creators, artists, and communicators alike. If you are any one of these, this post is for you. [...]
Ironic as it may sound, after the post on micro vacations, I report live from quite the opposite – the heart of an extended vacation. Sitting here in beautiful Bali after week long visits to Toronto and Singapore, I find it nearly impossible to focus on writing this next blog post. Before embarking on this [...]
Person A: “I am so sorry I am late. I was stuck in traffic.” Person B: “No kidding. Cause I chartered a plane to get over here!” I am so tempted to respond this way to every Person A who has been notoriously late to a meeting or rendez-vous with me and arrives with this [...]
