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Building Your Bridge to Meditation …“I never gained control of my mind- how do you dominate an ocean? – but I began to form a real relationship with it.” — Natalie Goldberg… For years, my dear friend Cara has felt both pull towards and guilt around meditation. She’s a businesswoman, mother, wife. She knows […]
We all have such power to influence the lives of others. Famous our not, there are so many great ideas that come from inside the whole that is each of us. Believe in yours. Personal Operating Systems Stop and consider what makes up our invisible and unique operating system: Family legacy habits, customs, structures, ideas, […]
It’s 4:15 PM, and I think the Superbowl has started, but we never watch, so I’m not sure. I’m aware that this is a form of national sacrilege. Instead, I’m sitting in my writing room, having just re-warmed the coffee for the 4th time, and after a busy weekend, am settling in to write. My […]
As I sped into the train station parking lot, and then watched the train pull away while purchasing my ticket, I realized (again) this morning that I have an uneasy relationship with time. One less red light, or 30 more seconds and I would almost be at work right now. There’s a little post-it on […]
Take a breath, grab a refreshment, breathe it in. It is so easy to get frantic over the holidays and long for inner peace, rejuvenation, time with our people – true joy. We are all wanting and needing more of this. Take charge – forget about the “one more thing” on the list. Your people […]
Focus is a Muscle. Muscles Require Exercise to Stay Strong Cal Newport talks about Deep Work. Greg McKeown talks about Essentialism. Gary Keller talks about The One Thing. All of these authors are speaking to the importance of gaining and keeping focus while reducing distractions in service to a specific work result – in […]