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Joy Restoration

Posted on August 22, 2014 by srfogel — Leave a comment

I think my new mission is Joy Restoration. We’ve all had Joy. I would even posit that it is our original state. We may have had it removed through the careful application of social ‘normalization’, religious indoctrination and enforced maturation.…

Tagged with: Ease, focus, goals, health, inspiration, Joy, limiting beliefs, mental ecology, Practice, productivity, Purpose, self management, wellness
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Measurement is Management

Posted on May 9, 2014 by srfogel — Leave a comment

This topic goes back to my very first blog entry on Productive Practice and it is sill one of the most important lessons I continue to work with and practice. Measurement is management. The first step to change is measuring. …

Tagged with: action, feedback, goals, health, inspiration, measurement, productivity, self management
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Spiritual Ecology

Posted on May 8, 2014 by srfogel — Leave a comment

I have written about mental ecology. Here’s a view of spiritual ecology. Kind of the same line of thought We can leave the physical earth with a much nicer frequency than we found it. These areas of responsibility apply to…

Tagged with: accountability, inspiration, mental ecology, Practice, Purpose, self management
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We need a runway for take-off and landing

Posted on January 29, 2014 by srfogel — 1 Comment

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…

Tagged with: alignment, approach, Ease, goals, inspiration, Practice, Preparation, productivity, runway, self management, Yoga, yoga mat
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Practice Quote of the Day

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

“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.” ― Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action

Tagged with: action, goals, inspiration, Practice, self management
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Quote of the Day

Posted on July 24, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

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…

Tagged with: action, alignment, focus, goals, inspiration, productivity, self management, vision
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“Enjoy your achievements as well as your Plans”

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

“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.

Tagged with: alignment, inspiration, microscopic change, productivity, self management, wisdom
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On Purpose

Posted on June 25, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche via Quotes About Purpose (430 quotes). In English, when we say we have done something ‘on purpose’ we mean we have done it volitionally.…

Tagged with: alignment, Choice, goals, inspiration, productivity, Purpose, self management
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Supermoon –

Posted on June 21, 2013 by srfogel — 2 Comments

OK this is a stretch topic but here goes. This weekend will be the 2013 Supermoon. The moon will be the closest to us it will be for all of the year. It will appear huge. The image at right…

Tagged with: feedback, flexibility, focus, goals, inspiration, motivation, productivity, Purpose, resistance, self management, supermoon, vision
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Please join me

Posted on June 20, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

I will be a guest on the radio show The Conscious Consultant Hour next Friday, June 28th at 11:00 AM EDT. here is a link. http://www.talkingalternative.com/friday-shows/the-conscious-consultant-hour. We will be talking about the power of productivity skills to reduce stress and…

Tagged with: goals, inspiration, Practice, productivity, productivity skills, radio, self management, stress, tools, vision, wellness
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