Every once in a while I need to revisit this fundamental question. People ask and are often confused by the term “mindfulness.” Or it carries “New Age” baggage it doesn’t deserve. Mindfulness is as practical and mainstream a concept as discipline or integrity. Have you ever read stories about a woman who didn’t realize she was pregnant and then suddenly gave birth on the toilet? That’s the opposite of mindfulness. Being so completely cut off …
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I don’t know the answer to that question, but I’m pretty sure it’s a LOT more than we think. So much is about our mindset, which is so easily affected by our environment if we’re not extremely diligent about protecting it. We’re very fragile creatures, especially at the inception of a new idea. So, here’s mine. Please be gentle with it. Have you noticed that whenever there’s a world tragedy such as the Tsunami or …
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I’m going to a Meet Up event this evening for people who like to have philosophical discussions about deep topics. Tonight’s topic is humor. What makes us laugh? What’s funny? Why do we experience humor as human beings? What purpose does it serve? It’s got me thinking about the balance of my own life. For years, the bulk of my professional career has been about creating laughter and astonishment. More recently, I’ve been crafting a …
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the qualities of leadership lately. Since I teach principles that pertain to personal transformation, I’m always considering the bridge to business. Yes, I can apply the principles I teach to sales mastery, goal setting, peak performance and stress reduction. But how do these principles impact organizations as a whole? Well, first through example. An organization without a self-realized leader is doomed to failure no matter how well intentioned the …
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I just saw the movie Invictus with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The former plays Nelson Mandela who, upon returning to power after 26 years in prison, seeks to unite a fragmented population and recreate South Africa as a nation of pride and possibility. He inspires the national Rugby team captain to embrace the possibility of winning the world cup; a seemingly impossible task for a third rate team lacking the support of most of …
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