by Christopher S Penn | Nov 11, 2016 | Awakening, Buddhism
There’s an old adage, that if you look around the poker table and you can’t spot the sucker, you’re it. Let’s reframe that. If you look around and you can’t find your heroes, you’re supposed to be the hero. You might also enjoy: B2B Email Marketers: Stop...
by Christopher S Penn | Nov 18, 2015 | Awakening, Buddhism, Music
We live in challenging times. There are so many opportunities for us to make ourselves sick with worry, so many ways to fill our days, nights, and Facebook feeds with anguish. Some of the worry is vicarious, and some of it is incredibly personal and firsthand. All...
by Christopher S Penn | Oct 21, 2013 | Buddhism, On ko chi shin, Speaking
I was having dinner the other night with one of my coworkers, and we were discussing a talk I had delivered at a recent conference. During the course of the conversation, I related one of the biggest breakthroughs I had as a speaker that totally changed public...
by Christopher S Penn | Sep 20, 2013 | Advertising, Awakening, Buddhism, Marketing
In just a few weeks, on October 16, I’ll be helping to kick off the first day of the FutureM Conference here in Boston. My session, ambitiously titled “Where Marketing’s Next Best Ideas Will Come From”, will be more of a workshop than just a...
by Christopher S Penn | Aug 15, 2013 | Awakening, Buddhism
It’s August 15, which means it’s National Relaxation Day, a day America imported from our British friends, where it’s called National Slacker Day overseas. There’s much ado about all of the different ways you can choose to relax, which...
by Christopher S Penn | May 15, 2013 | Awakening, Buddhism, Business, Ninjutsu, On ko chi shin
Last night at the Boston Martial Arts Center I had an interesting experience while coaching one of the green belt students on some avoidance techniques. The drill was simple: I swung at the student with a foam-padded bopper and after avoiding a relatively slow swing,...