Smile Into Your Organs:
“A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks” Charles Gordy I love the idea that smiling is used as a healing and meditation practice by many ancient cultures. Taoists believe that holding a smile on your face and directing it inwards towards your organs and inner body, is the key to good health and longevity. Traditional Balinese healers know that a smile washes away bad energy and recommend smiling meditation as a simple way to calm the mind and bring health to the soul. The inspirational Thich Nhat Hanh has always encouraged us to smile as part of our daily practice for a more peaceful world, and as an essential ingredient in any walking meditation. Photo by stuck in customs: How to smile on the inside: I was first introduced to the Taoist exercise called the “inner smile” about 15 years ago. Each week we were guided to smile on our face, really feel the smiling energy and then imagine ( in our minds eye ) sending the smiling energy into each of our organs. .
7 Warning Signs That You've Given Up on Your Dreams
Perhaps you’re scared, or maybe you’ve built a huge wall of procrastination that you’ll never scale. Whatever it is, you probably think it has merit. In fact, you may have simply stopped thinking about your dreams because you’ve given up. It’s too bad. However, it only happens when you’re ready. Here are seven warning signs that you’ve given up on your dreams: Excuses Everyone makes excuses. Your excuses may seem real, but the one creating them is you. Fear Not only did I have a lot of excuses before I started building my online business and following my passion, I also had a lot of fear and still do. But I kept moving forward. Analyzing Are you trying to analyze how you’re going to go after your dreams? Look at that thing you’ve been putting off, and do something today to take action toward it. Some Day How many people have told you that some day they will go after their dreams, follow their passion, and be happy? I don’t think so. The bottom line? What’s yours?
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The Art of Influence
Secrets to complaining effectively, motivating loved ones, and getting what you want without being a jerk. Illustrations by Lou Brooks Babies and psychopaths have one thing in common: They're excellent at getting what they want. But for some, grabbing the brass ring is a constant source of stress and confusion. Were it uniformly advantageous to be aggressive, timid, positive, or negative in pursuit of one's goal, evolution would have selected for only such types. Complain to Win —Not to Feel Worse Kvetch, Bitcher, Debbie Downer: No one likes a chronic complainer, and we've got multiple derogatory terms to prove it. Complaining at inappropriate times (when other people are in the spotlight, for example, or when they are focused on issues bigger than yours) can make you look selfish and could further prevent you from being heard. The first step to effective complaining, then, is deciding if you truly want a concrete result or if you just need emotional validation. 6 Persuasive Buzzwords
Essays Featured on The Bob Edwards Show | Page 7
Showing 61 - 70 of 240 essays It's Cool to Be a Mammal Laurie Uttich - Oviedo, Florida As heard on The Bob Edwards Show, December 21, 2012 Laurie Uttich believes in the power of pack animals—mammals who help the other members of the pack in times of great need, such as job loss, illness, and death. Read the essay... Love Lives Through Them All Tanuj Bansal - Sammamish, Washington As heard on The Bob Edwards Show, December 7, 2012 Tanuj Bansal believes in the power of love, a power that can shatter generations of rooted prejudice and bring two extreme ends of the world together. Read the essay... The Courage and the Strength Dr. As heard on The Bob Edwards Show, November 30, 2012 As both Second Lady and a military mom, Dr. Read the essay... We Will See the Job Through Michael J. As heard on The Bob Edwards Show, November 23, 2012 Iraq War veteran Michael J. Read the essay... Growing Up in a Military Family Karen M. As heard on The Bob Edwards Show, November 16, 2012 Read the essay... Read the essay...
The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs
For the first 5 years of my career I was a “bottom up” thinker and worker. I assembled tons of data, grouped things, found results and drew conclusions. It was difficult to make the transition to a “top down” thinker but as a senior executive – and as an entrepreneur – you’re far less effective without this skill in your arsenal. You need to be able to structure problems / solutions at the appropriate level to communicate effective and drive decision-making. The difference is in formulating hypothesis then testing conclusions / data vs. assembling data and finding patterns. I know it might sound a bit esoteric so let me explain: I started my career as a programmer. In billing we literally started thinking about all of the types of bills that would be generated for customers: full payment, partial payment, split payment, senior discount, student discount, level pay plan, etc. I spent the first 5 years of my career as a “bottom up thinker.” Heresy. But applied correctly and this is golden.
The upside of rejection | bijansabet.com
This morning I was thinking about rejection. On my way to the office I happened to pass by a former building owned by NYNEX. Back in early 1991, just months before I would graduate from college, a number of my classmates were getting jobs at fancy big companies in Boston. Others were going to wall street. I wanted to do something in the computer industry. So I sent my resume to a bunch of big companies. One of them was NYNEX. I sent in my resume and they asked me to come in for an interview. Two weeks later I received my rejection letter in the mail. I was crushed. I was spending time on AOL in those days thanks to my Mac and a hayes 2400bps modem. I went to their office and fell in love with the startup atmosphere. Less than a year later, I went out to MacWorld San Francisco to help & learn. I wonder what would have happened if NYNEX gave me that offer. Sometimes rejection can be your best friend.
Start a Company - F the Rules
I am a 28 year old start-up CEO. Last week I read an article titled “the 57 things I learned starting 3 tech companies.” While the list was brilliant, the human brain can only simultaneously hold seven independent thoughts. I am going to assume that two of your seven sockets are already filled with (1) your own great start-up idea, and (2) love and lust or some combination of the two, and I will distill my lessons learned down to five ideas. Lesson #1 – Do something you are passionate about. Really. Lesson #2 – Recruit your friends and colleagues. My company started with two founders. Lesson #3 – Get up Sunday Morning. If your idea is not exciting enough to get you out of bed on Sunday morning, you did not pay attention to lesson #1. Lesson #4 – Put your Money where your mouth is. When we started Ethical Ocean, I had $40k in student debt. Lesson #5 – F the Rules. Ethical Ocean is doing it. All this said, you would not believe how many people discouraged us from starting this company.
