In this excellent read about why things feel more divided than ever, someone points out a number of important items. If you haven’t read the post yet, go do so. Welcome back. There’s an underlying subtlety that I think is worth pointing out. The nature of our relationships to large groups of people today has…
Over the weekend I had the privilege of attending a seminar with Stephen K. Hayes, my teacher’s teacher, at the Boston Martial Arts Center. The weekend’s topics were many and varied, but I took my own advice (as I always do with Mr. Hayes) and brought my list of burning questions. Here’s the sign of…
This time last year, I was out of the country for 10 days visiting Seoul, South Korea. For 10 days, 10 authors took my place and wrote some incredible material. To celebrate their posts, we put them together in a free eBook for you, Awaken Your Superhero: Download in MOBI Format for Amazon Kindle Download…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
