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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 [...]
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As I commit to another fantastic month long health-forming challenge, I question one thing: How long does it really take to form long-term, sustainable, healthy new habits that seamlessly integrate into your life as though they have always been there? Habits that once formed never part. Habits of a lifetime. Forming life-long habits is not [...]
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Yesterday marked the end of my 31 day yoga and meditation challenge. For the entire month of May, I committed to a minimum of an hour of daily yoga practice and a few minutes of daily meditation. Like most great ideas born of small stuff, this one started from a casual question; I shared my [...]
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Am I ever tired of having these conversations with myself: “You cannot do yoga every day”, “You can never get into that twisted pretzel pose, you might hurt yourself”, “You should not try to push your luck. You had some breakthroughs but really, that’s enough for now.” I am determined to vanish these thoughts for [...]
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March 20th 2010 – The first day of spring and the Iranian new year more commonly known as Nowrūz (spelled at least half a dozen different ways in its tangled translation to modern English). The dawn of a new day, new season, and new beginnings. In a traditional Persian style, one of my cousins married [...]
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It is only now, after nearly 8 years of on and off the mat yoga practice, growing, regressing, obsessing, trying, giving up, and returning again and again to yoga, that I am making a small breakthrough, one for which I dearly wish a permanent stay. The irony of the breakthrough itself is humbling. It is [...]
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The Experience: It used to be I said I was going to do something and I would do it. It was as factual, as simple and as expected as the rising of the sun and the passage of time. There were no obstacles strong enough to keep me from reaching my goals. There was a [...]
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I was in my Toastmasters meeting in the Piano conference room on a beautiful Wednesday morning in 2003 when I first heard about Lance Armstrong. Megan was up for giving her speech about courage and inspiration. A strong and determined woman. I was not the only one moved beyond words by her speech – her [...]
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“The first person you lead is you” How true indeed. How could we become leaders of others if we have no leadership over our own lives, our own deeds and direction? John C. Maxwell is a leader in business books. He has written numerous books on business, leaderships, relationships, attitude, and management. If you are [...]
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