Thinks I find along the way
Thoughts and things for transformational thought leadership…
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Interesting video on mindful compassion…
As much as i understand that compassion is a important virtue not just for being a better you, but also to make sense of things we cant accept and have to deal, unfortunately without a choice. And in those moments, if we can bring about some compassion, within, we struggle a little less.
I like to learn more about compassion, not just as a virtue, but as a science that works (such as mindfulness)
Here is a talk that combines both and Paul Gilbert makes it humorousÂ
LOL…
This just never gets old.  This clip has been watch 12,160,830 times on Youtube.  I bet I’ve watch it 500 times.  And, I’m STILL LAUGHING.
Is animal protein a life-enhancing elixir? From a young age, we’re taught it fosters health, growth, vitality, virility, and sometimes even weight loss. The alternative to getting plenty of it, we’re told, could be protein deficiency. Never mind that the typical American has never had—nor ever will have—protein deficiency and has little idea what its symptoms might be. We’ve heard of it, we’re scared of it, and whatever the heck it is, we don’t want it.
Spurred by the most basic force of meatonomics—the drive to sell more meat and dairy—animal food producers use our protein fears to their advantage. For example, a beef trade group’s website suggests when deciding how much meat to eat, we go beyond the bare minimum needed to “prevent protein deficiency.”[1] Elsewhere on the site, we’re warned:
HEALTH ALERT: Sarcopenia.
Sarcopenia is a condition associated with a loss of muscle mass and strength in…
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Thoughts, tactics and tools for transformational thought leadership…
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Diana Nyad Completes Cuba To Florida Swim At Age 64…
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Some of you in other parts of the country [or the world for that matter], who have school-aged children, may be shocked to know that this is the first day of school in Algoma, Wisconsin. To be honest, I don’t know if the first day of school is more difficult on parents or children. For […]
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Some of you in other parts of the country [or the world for that matter], who have school-aged children, may be shocked to know that this is the first day of school in Algoma, Wisconsin. To be honest, I don’t know if the first day of school is more difficult on parents or children. For me, the start of school means an end to my flexible summer routine and I must now live on a ‘school schedule’ for the foreseeable future so for me, I think it’s harder on me than the kids…
This is a period of shifting paradigms in my life; I am taking on new responsibilities and deciding which old ones that should hold onto. For example, next week I will teach my first class as an adjunct professor at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It will be the first time since graduate school that I have taught a class of predominantly college-aged students and I’m willing to bet that some things have changed about teaching at that level in a generation. Even though I have taught on and off over the past 30 years and have been teaching at NWTC at the continuing education level I am looking forward to entering this new phase of my career. I think the dirty little secret about teaching is that if done correctly, the teacher is the one who learns the most. I look forward to teaching at this level; may I mindful. May I be at peace. May I be the best version of my Self so that I can give my students the things they need to draw from my class…
I came across a quote a few weeks ago reading Eckhart Tolle‘s book “The Power of Now”. He says:
“Instead of quoting the Buddha, be the Buddha, be “the awakened one,” which is what the word Buddha means.” 1
This quote will not let me alone! I think about it often throughout the day. Why do I settle for quoting other people’s thoughts on the Internet when I really should be sharing my own? Over the weekend I had a lovely exchange with a lovely blogger named Melanie about how she needed to write her own book and yet for the past two years, I have been threatening to write a book of my own. Why is it that I encourage other people to do what I do not have the courage or discipline to do myself? Is it the imposter syndrome? Perhaps, but most likely it is a failure to discipline myself to do the work that real writing requires…
The great philosopher Wally of the Dilbert cartoon strip shares this perspective:
I’m going to start by not being a ‘social media Wally’, transporting huge quantities of quotes from my RSS reader to my blog and social media. Instead, I need to document the things I am thinking and use the tools I have to get a share of voice, which may get me a share of mind and may result in a share of market. Henceforth, I’ll be focusing on what thought leader Nilofer Merchant calls my ‘onlyness‘ and work on documenting the insights the Uni-verse has shared with me before the Uni-verse decides to share them with someone more worthy.
I almost forgot to share this; I have a friend named Tim who sends me witty things via email. In the past, many of them ended up posted to my blog and I thank him for making the contribution. Last week I told him ‘you need a blog’. His response? “Blogs are for something you write not regurgitated other people materials.” Out of the mouths of babes! The Uni-verse can stop now with the not so subtle hints. I GET IT ALREADY!!!
I’m asking you to hold me accountable as I attempt to ‘be the Buddha’. I won’t be curating as much content as I have in the past that everything I share online will end up here and I encourage you to subscribe to my updates if you would like. In the meantime however I’ll be focusing on finishing my book “Zen and the Art of Thought Leadership” which is due by the end of September…
1 Tolle, Eckhart (2010-10-06). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Kindle Locations 695-696). New World Library. Kindle Edition.
Based on the price of popcorn, stale beer will be $20 and an old Big Mac will be just a little under $40. Just let me know when the future of movies has become a holodeck in which I can play a role in the ‘film’…
I have been a huge fan of David Allen for well over a decade; his work influences everything I do in my life and business practice. I actually had the chance to interview David 7-8 years ago; the interview is posted here as part of a 12 part series I did on ‘Getting Things Done’ on the Internet; http://e1evation.com/2012/09/30/david-allen-interview/. You, David, might especially appreciate this post on gtd in gmail; http://e1evation.com/2012/10/05/getting-things-done-gtd-in-email/…
“Folks, can we hear it for sloth, indolence, and procrastination?!” That’s how I have started many of my seminars over the years. And it always gets thunderous applause and raucous cheers. I think it hits a nerve.
I’ve been working on both (self-forgiveness and sense of humor) for decades now, and still find it quite challenging at times. But you know, when I’m in a loving, whole, and healthy state of mind about myself and about life, everything’s cool. Where I am, doing what I’m doing, is exactly where I need to be and what I need to do. God’s on her throne, the mail is coming, my dog loves me, and tomorrow is just fine right where it is, not showing up until then.
And I don’t seem to get to that wonderful state of mind by working harder and faster. Sometimes it helps, but more often it just perpetuates…
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“Let us learn the revelation of all Nature and thought, that the Highest dwells within us, that the sources of Nature are in our own minds. As there is no screen or ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens, so there is no bar or wall in the soul where we, the effect, cease, and God, the cause begins. Within us is the soul of the whole; the wise silence, the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal One. When it breaks through our intellect, it is Genius; when it breaths through our will, it is Virtue; when it flows through our affections, it is Love.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many people are familiar with Richard Bach’s book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” and the subsequent movie and Neil Diamond soundtrack, but my favorite Richard Bach book is “Illusions; the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah“. The blurb does not do it justice…
A lighthearted, mystical adventure story about two barnstorming vagabonds, Illusions is a thought-provoking dialogue between a guy named Richard and a real Messiah who quit . . . a startling look at the way many of us could live, and the way some of us do.
The quote below is one of my favorites from the book…
…I love Melanie’s blog so much, but I do. Earlier this year, I totally enjoyed her live blogging her trek on El Camino in Spain but her perspective on life is just as interesting. Click the image to be transported…
If anyone had ever hurt me, you know
The way I hurt myself
If someone had ever hurt me, you know
The way I hurt myself
Well, they’d be buried six feet under ground
Beyond the good Lord’s help
Beyond the good Lord’s help
There is something on my mind
something on my mind
Makes me feel
like I want to die
There is something on my mind
something on my mind
makes me want to die
Heard it’s just a lie
Keeps me searching keeps me hoping keeps me praying
For just a little
just a little piece of mind
Something I’ve yet to find
searching for a little piece of mind
Well, I’m going to cast this evil
Way down in the deep blue sea
Well, I’m going to cast this evil
Way down in the deep blue sea
So that cold black dirty
cold black dirty water
Have it first over me
take this evil first over me
Time for a new direction…
Bright, shiny objects! 
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