Category: Buddhism
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How to get motivated
The number of self-help and self-motivation guides available to people is simply staggering. Most of them do a wonderful job of getting you pumped up and energized for as long as you’re at the seminar, weekend retreat, or in the book. However, once your daily routine sets back in, that motivation can get sapped frighteningly…
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The Wisdom of Play with Stephen K. Hayes
My teacher’s teacher, An-Shu Stephen K. Hayes talks about life as a ninja and the wisdom of play at TEDxBloomington. Watch this and see what lessons you get out of it. I won’t say any more than that – watch, listen, and see what you learn.
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Copying Sutras, Questioning Traditions
In Buddhist monasteries, young monks are often made to practice the art of sutra copying. They’re given handwritten copies of sutras, or religious texts, and are made to copy the words and brushwork of master teachers onto new scrolls and books. These texts are often elaborate and beautifully written, sometimes in Sanskrit. Monks huddle over…
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Three Words for 2012
Every year since 2006, friends of Chris Brogan put together our three words for the coming year that define what we’re focusing on in the coming year. They’re not goals, but more like rails or guides that help keep us moving in the general correct direction. Here are mine for 2012. Story When I look…
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A flash of lightning
Have you ever had a glimpse of the greater you? Maybe you reacted in an emergency with greater speed, confidence, or strength than you thought possible. Maybe one day you were forced by a sense of needing to pause, only to be confronted with an amazing sunset or the perfect evening breeze. Maybe in a…
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The action of giving thanks
We make reality in our world in three ways: thought, word, and action. It’s good to think about gratitude, to think about all we have that we might otherwise not. The grateful mind helps shape our view of the world and deepens our appreciation of everything that we have. It’s good to speak of gratitude,…
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You might be doing it wrong…
You might be doing it wrong… … if you enjoyed my talk about awakening your superhero with the power of social media and then went back to the office and enforced rules about not using social networks at work. … if you read the latest book from your favorite business author, demanded everyone read it,…
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Exoteric, esoteric, and surviving in the knowledge economy
There are fundamentally two types of secrets in the world. Exoteric secrets are surface level secrets. They’re the kinds of secrets that are easily transmitted, easily learned, easily shared, and thus easily stolen or imitated. Examples of exoteric secrets are things like the Colonel’s 11 herbs and spices or the formula for Coca-Cola. If the…
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Doing More With Less
Here’s a special holiday gift for you, complete with complex instructions. This is a recording of the session I did at the Web 2.0 conference earlier this year. It’s about 30 minutes long. Download the MP3 here. You will need to do the exercises in this session with a training partner. It can be a…
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On sorrow
Ever lost someone you cared about? Ever faced impossible odds or certain defeat? The difference in life between those for whom events and circumstances crush them and those who overwhelm their circumstances to success (or at least a decent Pyrrhic victory) is all in how we approach them. For some, escaping loss and sorrow is…