I was thinking this morning about how I admire people who light out on their own and build something new. That doesn’t have to be inventing the geodesic dome (but I did watch a YouTube video on Buckminster Fuller). It could be…
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Blazing new Frontiers
Tagged with: focus, goals, innovation, inspiration, leadership, new frontier, Practice, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management, vision
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Turning Negative to Positive – Reframe step by step
If you got a chance to read my post from yesterday, I talked about the limiting beliefs and images we hold and the effect on achieving our goals. Today I want to give you a tangible step by step process,…
Tagged with: alignment, coaching, core values, goals, negative associations, Practice, productivity, Purpose, reframe, resistance, self image, self management, tools
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Posted in personal productivity
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
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Is your Work a Well Fare?
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
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Quotes
Ideation
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…
Tagged with: creative ideas, ideas, limiting beliefs, mental exercise, Practice, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management, thoughtful spot
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Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Peace is Present
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
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Purpose – Visual Thesaurus
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
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Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Extreme Balance
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
Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Occam’s Razor and Applesauce
As I was cutting apples for applesauce this morning I was thinking about simplicity. Here’s my recipe: Apples Cinnamon Cut apples, sprinkle with cinnamon, cook in pressure cooker on low heat until done. Simple. Occam’s Razor is the name of…
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Posted in personal productivity
We are not our limited self image. We are our picture of success!
I mentioned previously that I have a paperweight on my desk that says ‘what would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’ I have also drawn the conclusion that without failure we make no progress nor gain learning and experience. And…
Tagged with: failure, focus, goals, inspiration, learning, Purpose, self management, vision
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
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