The problem is not with working too much. It never has been! The problem is in the type of work that you do and how you feel about it. It is in the people you work for or with. It is in the nature of the actual work. It is in the measure of purpose [...]
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I’m not a huge fan of vague, flowery, New Age jargon, so I’ve gone to great effort to keep this book practical and rooted in reality. ~ Tiny Buddha I absolutely loved and heartily recommend that you too devour Lori Deschene’s Tiny Buddha. I loved it precisely because Lori means what she says above. The [...]
I have been in Australia for a week now, a beautiful unforgettable week here in Melbourne, a lovely laid-back city that has everything you could need plus an easy, happiness-inducing feeling about it. Yesterday, we drove to see the 12 Apostles. The pictures in this post are from the scene of these stunning rock formations [...]
The pursuit of massive wealth can be a wonderful thing, but it is the most beautiful of all when pursued with meaningful work on your own terms. A little over six months ago, I embraced uncertainty like a long-lost friend and walked out of my corporate “career” of some 12 odd years because I could [...]
Have you ever wondered what would happen if your limitations and imperfections, your worries and anxieties, or your doubts and fears, neither mattered nor materialized as you so desperately persist that they do? Just what if …
Tell me, where do you go for corporate career advice when you need it? Whom do you trust to tell you the truth about how things run behind the corporate walls? In the early years of my 12 year corporate career, I went down a lot of dark alleys; I came up to a lot [...]
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ~William James You probably even experience the fatigue without knowing the real reason because procrastination is tricky business; it plays on your weaknesses and emotions but has no arm of logic supporting it. Let me prove it to you very simply:
If it weren’t for my curiosity to find out about the real life whereabouts of Pi, Yann Martel‘s primary character in Life of Pi, I would gone on believing that this shocking tale of survival and courage, of unshakeable faith and conviction, of true desperation and uncanny desire to hold on to dear life, was [...]
Seth Godin needs no introduction. A world class marketer, a best-selling author of a dozen books, an unmatched voice of influence, not to mention a sincerely genuine person on every interview and interaction. He is too good to be real and yet so real, it’s hard to believe. “Art, at least art as I define [...]
I had a headache that lasted 3 days. A headache that made it hurt to think, something I like to do all day long, everyday and nonstop. And a headache that brought me face to face with the demon that is better known as stress! During those hours, a lot happened to me but nothing [...]
Pushing past your limits. Breaking through your boundaries. Crushing all barriers in your way to keep the momentum going. This describes my modus operandi the last few weeks. It’s exhausting, exhilarating … and remarkable as always when I get into these phases. Do you ever feel this way?
“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 [...]
The elephants in Bali had no business making me feel so utterly grounded, detaching me from my own world and drawing me so instantaneously into their stark contrast version of reality. How could they do that just standing there, these gentle giants, munching on their food and making unsolicited eye contact? How could they mesmerize [...]
My first reaction is not my best one when confronted with unforeseen circumstances – even at my own doing – but to my delight, my second reaction seems to be improving dramatically over time! On a beautiful Saturday morning in August, my first reaction when I promptly locked myself out of my house was paranoia. [...]
On Tuesday morning, the last day of June 2010, I met a new woman at the 5:45am cycling class: myself! A new woman with the stamina, perseverance, strength and power that I would not have otherwise believed existed in me were it not for the image in the mirror staring back at me. This was [...]
