Category Archives: Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

Feeling it through meditation

This is a dose of stream of consciousness writing based on an experience I just had that I feel is worth sharing. Enjoy… I feel the world swirling around me. Opportunities all around. I breathe through it and meditate while … Continue reading →

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January 20, 2011 | Posted in Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

Triple Bottom Line in the Business of You

I’ve written about the holistic trinity that’s guiding many of us in the world today – seeking out a deeper connection to self, to others (in business especially), and to nature (our environment/planet).  Most of the leading thinkers and doers … Continue reading →

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January 9, 2011 | Posted in Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

The myth of “bad” time management

I don’t think there is a such a thing as “bad” time management. After all, each one of us is always doing something with our time. Whether it be eating, sleeping, working, or walking it is always producing a result … Continue reading →

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December 6, 2010 | Posted in Human-Centric Business, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living, Simple Living Ideas

Expect Delays

That’s what the sign on the freeway said. Truer words have never been written. Delays happen when events out of your control slow your progress. This is different than procrastination which is self-inflicted slow progress. Delays are a fact of … Continue reading →

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November 19, 2010 | Posted in Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

What are you going to contribute today?

This question sits at the top of my daily “To Do” list.  I read it at the start of every day and throughout the day when I consult my list.  It reminds me of what is important.  It’s a reminder … Continue reading →

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November 4, 2010 | Posted in Ecologically Sustainable Civilization, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

Is this what you are?

It’s becoming more clear to me that I am writing to a type of person.  But what is that type and how is it defined? The people I write to and about tend to be self-aware, passionate, driven by something … Continue reading →

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October 31, 2010 | Posted in Connection to Nature, Human-Centric Business, Questions, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

Pursuing passion is a learned skill

It requires great skill to develop your passions… skill to: hear the voice of nagging when you deny your passion or to hear the voice of cheer when you engage it identify the passion through this noise allow the passion … Continue reading →

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October 28, 2010 | Posted in Human-Centric Business, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

How we dismiss dreams and why we shouldn’t

Last night I attended a dream interpretation talk by Len Worley, a writer/speaker/therapist/rolfer/dream worker and Charlottesville resident. Now, regardless of how serious a person you consider yourself, no doubt you have dreams. Sometimes those dreams are magical, fantastical, sexual, and … Continue reading →

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August 31, 2010 | Posted in Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

Like an Iceberg, Your Strength is Beneath the Surface

You are an iceberg. With an iceberg, what we see on the surface is only 10% of the actual mass.  90% of the mass of the iceberg is beneath the surface. With a human, we are essentially our thoughts manifested … Continue reading →

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August 26, 2010 | Posted in Powerful Communication, Pushing, Opening, and Expanding Your Boundaries, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living

Addicted to (Helping You Have) Powerful Experiences

I find nothing more exciting in life than experiencing powerful moments. Perhaps you are like this as well. I look around and see plenty of adrenalin junkies – snowboarding, big wave surfing, skydiving. It seems there is also a variation … Continue reading →

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August 23, 2010 | Posted in Powerful Communication, Self-Aware, Mindful, and Balanced Living