Sleep Meditation No sleep: you can only execute. No meditation: you can only rehash others’ thoughts. With sleep, you can set strategy. With meditation, you can carve out fresh insights. Therefore the highest leverage activities for a prolific mind are non-activities. Productive minds can skip one. Prolific minds cannot.
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One Result. Two paths.
No matter what you are building, there is the what and the how. You can sell at all costs. Or you can sell only to those you can help. You can make something functional. Or you can make something functional AND beautiful. You can speak the truth without compassion. Or you can speak the truth […]
Continue ReadingThe One Thing
The One Thing by Gary Keller Below you can find my top highlights (quotes may be edited for readability) Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. If it resonates, you can purchase the full book here. One Line Summary: The 8020 principle says that 80% of results come […]
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A friend asked me yesterday: “What measures has Japan taken to combat Corona virus spread? It seems they are working very well, judging by the numbers.” Having been in both countries during the developing global pandemic, here is my impression: A) CONTACT Japan is obsessed with cleanliness, or lack thereof. Physical contact is avoided whenever […]
Continue ReadingHow To Stay Sane In A Crazy World
When it comes to habits, there is the ideal, the actual, and the redline. The ideal is what you write on paper when you visualise your dream daily routine. One hour meditation sitting twice per day 20 min exercise per day Gratitude journal entry The actual is the difference between the dream and standard reality. […]
Continue ReadingSkills for the long term
“What skills would you teach your children, that would be relevant in the next 10 to 20 years?” The curriculums taught in traditional education are based on the past, rarely including the present, and almost never hinting at the future. Given the accelerating speed of change, this is making the decades-long traditional education obsolete in many […]
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Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson Below you can find my top highlights (quotes may be edited for readability) Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. If it resonates, you can purchase the full book here. One Line […]
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Manifest Everything You Desire in Business and Life by David Meltzer Below you can find my top highlights (quotes may be edited for readability) Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. If it resonates, you can purchase the full book here. Note: I stumbled upon David Meltzer in a […]
Continue ReadingConversation on Being & Doing with Jennifer Daubenmier, PhD
“I have learned to appreciate the nuance, to find the complexity and to appreciate that, when things don’t turn out as planned … that’s just what is … and that’s liberating in a way, to be free of that attachment.” — Jennifer Daubenmier Jennifer Daubenmier, PhD is Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in […]
Continue ReadingThe Art of the Good Life
Clear Thinking for Business and a Better Life by Rolf Dobelli Below you can find my top highlights (quotes may be edited for readability) Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. If it resonates, you can purchase the full book here. One Line Summary: This book borrows from modern […]
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