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Is your Work a Well Fare?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

Your work is to find out what your work should be and not to neglect it for another’s. Clearly discover your work and attend to it with all your heart. (Dhammapada, v. 166) I found this Buddha quote in a…

Tagged with: alignment, Buddha, inspiration, integrity, learning, Purpose, welfare, wellness, wisdom, work, work and welfare
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Quotes

Pressure Cooker v. Crock Pot

Posted on May 15, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

I can’t tell you the physics behind these cooking methods but I find the results similar in many ways. I used to have a crock pot or slow cooker in my college dorm room. We made a lot of soups…

Tagged with: flexibility, goals, leadership, personality styles, productivity, self management, team work
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Ideation

Posted on May 14, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

My uncle Al told me that he would sit in a favorite chair and have an original idea every day. My productivity mentor David Allen once told a class I was in about having a list of $1Million ideas. People…

Flowing Energy = Ease

Posted on May 10, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

Which of these two people looks more relaxed and at ease? Which looks like they are exerting more energy? We know from the physical law of inertia that an object in motion stays in motion. We know from the Wizard…

Tagged with: Ease, flowing, health, isometrics, Joy, law of inertia, mental-health, natural flow, Practice, productivity, wellness, Yoga
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness

Quote of the Day

Posted on May 9, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy. -Arthur Ashe

Tagged with: Joy, limiting beliefs, Practice, Preparation, self management
Posted in personal productivity, Quotes

Peace on you

Posted on May 8, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

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Peace is Present

Posted on May 8, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

There is not only ‘no time like the present’. There is actually ‘no time but the present’ I attended a workshop last night called Finding Peace in Today’s World led by John Morton and organized by The Institute of Individual and World…

Tagged with: fear, IIWP, John Morton, judgement, MSIA, peace, Practice, Purpose, quotes, resistance, self management, spirituality
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness

Purpose – Visual Thesaurus

Posted on May 7, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

Play with this, both for the exploration of purpose and for the fascinating interface and if you are reflective a chance to uncover hidden bias or propensity. Click the image above and then the same image on the landing page. Then Click…

Tagged with: interface, mind map, Purpose, tools, visual thesaurus
Posted in creativity, personal productivity

Run Through the Finish

Posted on May 6, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

In 1986 I took a seminar called Insight. The facilitator, made an analogy that has stayed with me these twenty five plus years. So often, as we approach our goal we tend to let up. Amateur runners see the finish…

Tagged with: cycle of completion, goals, Practice, self management, wellness
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Extreme Balance

Posted on May 3, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

This video is a mesmerizing meditation on the concepts of balance, focus and letting go. Watch his eyes. Focus and Balance are in motion. In this fluid state of shifting yet constant balance, notice how important it is to let go of…

Tagged with: balance, drishti, focus, letting go, Practice, Purpose, self management, shtira, wellness, Yoga
Posted in creativity, personal productivity