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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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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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3D Competence: Domain Knowledge v Core Competencies

Posted on January 2, 2014 by srfogel — Leave a comment

As we develop ourselves and our professional skills there are those that are 100% portable and those that may or may not move with us as we move through our careers. I spent ten years in the training and development…

Tagged with: flexibility, focus, leadership, learning, Practice, productivity, self management
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“He is so rich,…

Posted on September 19, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

“He is so rich, he has no room to shit.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations There really is such a thing as too much of a good thing, or of anything. Ever heard of an ’embarrassment of riches’? How about an…

What I did on my summer vacation: Brazil, Boston, Beards

Posted on September 9, 2013 by srfogel — 1 Comment

Is there a beneficial collectivism that supports and maintains the individual while enhancing the chances for attaining success en toto? Really, that’s your first sentence after two weeks vacation? I have spent the last two weeks with my wife’s family…

Can’t See the Forest or the Trees

Posted on August 19, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

My basic method has to do with getting de-cluttered from the inside out, clearing out the mental overload that leads to stress and reduces productivity and going all the way through the individuals work and home environment. I help folks…

Tagged with: action, de-clutter, focus, goals, Practice, Preparation, productivity, projects, Purpose, self management, vision
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Positive Thinking – umm?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by srfogel — Leave a comment

Positive thinking is like positive drinking. It can be intoxicating but don’t drive under the influence. Neutrality and outcome focus leaves us nimble, agile, flexible and ready to react to the realities we encounter between here and our goal. Negative…

Tagged with: action, flexibility, focus, goals, mental ecology, Practice, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management, vision
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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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Mental Ecology: More Resources

Posted on August 7, 2013 by srfogel — 1 Comment

Searching around the web on the topic of Mental Ecology I found a couple of useful links. One to a David Allen Article of Huffpost. It is a coincidence and not a coincidence that I am using a term from…