In today’s mega-stress society, it’s difficult to take a 30 minute break during your workday to meditate, take a walk in nature, or engage in other meaningful activities that experts tell us are de-stressors. Here’s a suggestion you can do multiple times throughout your day. [Read more…]
How fella got his groove back. . .
Everyone from mainstream scientists to sports psychologists to metaphysicians recognize the power of positive thinking. But sometimes that’s not an easy thing to do. How do you get your groove back as your trundling through your own dark night of the soul? [Read more…]
Yet another reason to be an entrepreneur . . .
Being on my own gives me the opportunity to brainstorm and to solve puzzles my own way. One of the missions of virtually every large organization, from the military on down to most corporate environments, is to train or mold employees into serviceable parts. Whether you are a private in the U.S. Army, or you are an IBM-er, you have to be trained or indoctrinated into matching your goals with those of your organization. On my own, I make up the goals. Moreover, I really enjoy brainstorming to try to figure out solutions to problems. That’s something that’s tough to do as a wage slave. Yes, I know there are companies that value innovation and encourage free-form thinking, but I believe these are still rare. With myself, sometimes bouncing ideas off of other colleagues, I can think of 100 ideas, of which 99 would suck, but one of them might be really valuable. Not only is this a cool way to spend my day, I think I might be run out of any typical big organization.
Are you burned out? (part 2 of 2)
Last time,(January 20th) we looked at the first three signs of burnout; here are four more: [Read more…]
Are you burned out? (part 1 of 2)
You fall violently ill one day and there are two physicians who are available to treat you. To your right is Dr. Black, who has no experience whatsoever in the disease that ails you. To your left is Dr. White, who is expert on the diagnosis and treatment of your disease, but really doesn’t care about patients, medicine or healing the sick at all. You are really stuck like Buridan’s ass, aren’t you? [Read more…]
The Seven Deadly Sins of entrepreneurship — part four
The fourth of Gandhi’s seven spiritually detrimental traits is knowledge without character. In the world of entrepreneurship, think of this fourth trait or sin, as being all analytical while ignoring your “softer” side. In other words, you deal only with cold, hard facts, and brush off the intuitive, emotional, and creative elements of your self. [Read more…]
Are you ready to spring into fall cleaning?
When you look around the spaces where you live and work, who and what do you see? Is it time to step off of the excess express and out of your life as a pro-crap-in-ator and embark upon a clutter-busting journey? As winter approaches and daylight becomes scarce, our inside environments take on additional significance.
Tranquility now?
A quote to ponder:
“We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
Indira Gandhi
Is a shutdown a good idea?
As I write this, the federal government is shut down. Whether you think that this is a good or bad idea, what if you took this concept and applied it in your personal life?