Monks & The Sand
In some Buddhist monasteries monks spend up to a month creating elaborate paintings of sand. In the west, these beautiful creations would be displayed in galleries or hung in entry ways to be loved and admired for years to come. In the East, the Monks destroy their creations upon completion, washing the sand away in …
Read moreInspiration Vs. Degredation
Dale Carnegie advises in his book How To Win Friends And Influence People to never criticize, condemn or complain. This morning I had breakfast with a great friend who owns an assisted living center. He said it used to be that when he’d meet with his employees, the focus would be on what they’d done …
Read moreHow To Blog
I used to think blogging was hard. Now I know, it’s easy. First, understand why. Second, remember they can be short. Third, realize you don’t have to be Shakespeare. Let me ask you a question. Throughout your entire day, was there just 1 thing you experienced that another human being could get value from? Something …
Read moreProblems
We all have them. They always seem bigger in absence of awareness of what others are dealing with. Someone once told me if we all threw our problems in a pile and, then chose which ones to pull back out, …we’d choose our own most of the time. Do your problems feel big at the …
Read moreHidden Slavery
The other day, I wrote a bit about how each of us has our own map or model of the world. Worldview and philosophy are 2 other names describing this same phenomenon. In NLP they say ‘the map is not the territory’, to help make this distinction. The map is a representation of reality, it’s …
Read morePassive Suicide
I have friend who always used to tell me his favorite movie was Shawshank Redemption. He would always quote this line from the movie where one of the characters was talking about his dream of getting out of prison and moving to Mexico to live on the beach. The one guy says to the other… …
Read moreThe Buddhist & The Christian
Once upon a time a Buddhist & a Christian met on a path in the woods. They told each other their struggles & here’s what happened. The Buddhist told the Christian, “In meditation, you will find Nirvana.” The Christian told the Buddhist, “God will answer your prayers.” Each said in his own mind “That’s nice” …
Read moreIt’s Not What You Think
You see a bear in the woods. Your heart races, your blood pumps, your nervous system gets jacked with super human strength as you flee from danger. You then discover, it wasn’t a real bear. It was an actor in a bear suit. The lesson? The mind tends to respond not to reality, but rather, …
Read moreThe Wrong Metrics
Yesterday I had 1 person comment on a blog post. I had zero facebook likes or comments. I sponsored 2 customers. In business, it’s easy to spend time on things that seem to matter. Maybe better to focus on the one’s that actually do.
Read moreTolerance
To me, tolerance is when you can say, “I may disagree with you, but I love you anyway.” And a step further, “There’s a great chance I could be wrong.” It the opposite of intolerance. It’s the way a higher level consciousness responds to a lower level consciousness. Do you respond with hatred, revenge or ill …
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