by Christopher S Penn | Mar 3, 2017 | Awakening, Buddhism, Jedi mind tricks, Music, Ninjutsu, On ko chi shin, Productivity
In the martial arts, we spend a lot of time learning how to face and deal with difficult situations, dangerous enemies, and unpredictable challenges. However, the worst, most dangerous enemies we often face are ourselves. We get in our own way. We sabotage ourselves....
by Christopher S Penn | Jun 11, 2013 | Jedi mind tricks, Marketing, Ninjutsu, On ko chi shin
Here’s a fun exercise to try at your next in-person marketing event. The difficulty of this exercise scales with how centered on your product, service, or business you are, and its value scales inversely to that self-centeredness. The more you can lose yourself,...
by Christopher S Penn | Mar 27, 2013 | Awakening, Jedi mind tricks
“You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work… when you go to church… when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth,...
by Christopher S Penn | Sep 14, 2012 | Awakening, Jedi mind tricks
Are you stuck feeling like you’re writing the same old thing and need fresh new ideas about it? Try this trick to get yourself unstuck. To make the most of it, have a notepad available at all times to take notes on fresh ideas and thoughts as they occur. Take...
by Christopher S Penn | Apr 12, 2012 | Awakening, Jedi mind tricks
Creativity is an awful lot like gardening. To have the healthiest, most productive garden, you need to create appropriate conditions. The soil has to be the right acidity for what you want to grow. You need the right amounts of sunlight, water, nitrogen, phosphorus,...
by Christopher S Penn | Dec 15, 2011 | Advertising, Jedi mind tricks, Marketing, Red belt
Making mountains out of molehills is an old idiom that refers specifically to someone blowing an issue far out of proportion. In cognitive psychology, this is known as magnification. It’s such a common psychological phenomenon that we’ve had cultural...