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.…
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Joy Restoration
Tagged with: Ease, focus, goals, health, inspiration, Joy, limiting beliefs, mental ecology, Practice, productivity, Purpose, self management, wellness
Posted in personal productivity, Quotes
Posted in personal productivity, Quotes
Day Seven – Chakras and Productivity
The Seventh Chakra, called Sahasrara, is the 1,000 petal lotus at the crown of the head. This is the area of true inspiration and purpose. Some would call it our connection to the divine. Maybe Plato would have called it…
Tagged with: chakra, cycle of completion, feedback, focus, Getting Things Done, goals, higher self, inspiration, Joy, leadership, Practice, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management, wellness, wisdom, Yoga
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Flowing Energy = Ease
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
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Quote of the Day
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
Posted in personal productivity, Quotes
Drishti, Shtira, Focus, Stabilty
When I first started thinking about the connection between the practice of yoga and the practice of productivity I was, appropriately, in a yoga class. Ultimately there are many points of synergy. Two really came out as primary. Drishti, the act of…
Tagged with: drishti, Ease, focus, Joy, Practice, productivity, self management, shtira, stability, Yoga
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Mind Map Art
I recently posted on using mind maps for meeting notes. I also use them for speakers notes when I have a presentation, brainstorming new projects and for generally clearing out my mind. Today I want to share another use. Word…
Tagged with: arts, creativity, innovation, inspiration, Joy, mind map, mind mapping, MindJet, play, poetry, Practice, productivity, Purpose, tools, vision, writing
Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Don’t Postpone Joy
I first found this button in a store on the upper west side of Manhattan in the 1980’s. My father introduced me to a place called The Last Wound-Up. Imagine a 20 something and a fifty something busting a gut…
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