I was on my yoga mat, in class, recently and had the following image; the mat is like a little runway. The practice we engage in, any practice, is both a jumping off spot and a place we land. It…
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We need a runway for take-off and landing
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Integrity – Internal Grit
Is it cheating if everyone is doing it? Is fairness just a level playing field? Are the win and profit at all costs mentality exemplified by the BioGenesis 13 and Johnny Football our new standard? In the past few weeks…
Tagged with: alignment, health, integrity, mental ecology, Purpose, self management, wellness, wisdom, zero sum
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Wellness
Mental Ecology – Part 2
Common ecological practices include the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They also include clean and renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, geothermal and others. So in terms of our internal environment and harnessing our personal energy towards effective…
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Quote of the Day
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. – the Dalai Lama Action follows thought. Remember my earlier posts about vectors and influence. Our vision is the guidance system for our actions. But it’s not…
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The win at all costs culture
Performance enhancement. It’s all over the sports pages, it dominated the business news during the credit default crisis, it fills your email spam folder. So we could take the conversation in a lot of directions. Is it a predominantly male…
Tagged with: alignment, dovetailed outcomes, flexibility, goals, leadership, Practice, Preparation, productivity, projects, Purpose, self management
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Make it your own.
My wife and I are doing a renovation project on our kitchen. So many lessons of this home project are applicable to my work projects. Having a vision of the outcome is critical, of course. Here is another. To make…
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Treating the symptoms
I have had a variety of intestinal ailments for more than thirty years. In the last two weeks, I have had some nasty symptoms. My response has largely been in the area of treating just the symptoms and not really…
Tagged with: alignment, health, intestinal ailments, learning, long term solution, microscopic change, Practice, resistance, self management, wellness
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Practice Quote of the Day
“Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” Martha Graham I like the idea that we are…
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“Enjoy your achievements as well as your Plans”
“Do not distress yourself with imaginings”, “whether it is clear to you or not, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should” Thanks Max. For a little comic relief, here is the National Lampoon version from 1962.
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Please join me online today.
I will be a guest on the radio show The Conscious Consultant Hour today, June 28th at 11:00 AM EDT. Host Sam Liebowitz and I will be talking about the power of productivity skills to reduce stress and realign our…
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