Category: Essays


Normal Is Suboptimal

Contents Introduction Why normal is wrong for you Typically, you are normal If anyone can do it, don’t Don’t call me normal My abnormality does not make you wrong Trying to be different The price of belonging Abnormal reputation Questions for reflection INTRODUCTION My Japanese teacher often says “chigao” when I talk to her. It […]

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Cheating The Impossible

Ideas and Recipes from a Rebellious High-Wire Artist by Philippe Petit Below you can find my highlights Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. ~ Mind and body are melded one to the other, although most schools still insist on scheduling separate classes It is by entering the road […]

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Scheduling The 3 Pains

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles.” – Muad’Dib from Frank Herbert’s Dune After finishing a workshop in Sydney an attendee shared his “personal mission deck”. This was a presentation detailing his mission, his values and his projects. He titled a slide “What pain do I choose?” and […]

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Working with pain

“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness” – Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Most people who start meditating do so to gain peace of mind. Eyes closed, silence, comfort… you relax and let the stress fade away. Nothing wrong with starting this way. And […]

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CREATIVITY.INSIGHT (Winter 2019)

Hi, You used to get these messages from me every season. From now on you will get them only once or twice per year. I started sharing nuggets more frequently in the WeeklyWisdom postcard. So here I will continue sharing with you personal updates… plus selected learnings & creations from WeeklyWisdom. Wishing you a strong start of 2019 – enjoy! –Miguel CREATIVITY Borderless […]

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THE IRONY OF THE AGITATED MIND

When the mind is agitated… it doesnt want to meditate, pause, reflect – it wants to keep shaking. When the mind is calm… THEN shape your environment so it rechannels it when lost again.

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THE HIDDEN COST OF READING

Be careful who you read. You will imbibe their values and framing of the world, even if you disagree with them. If you know what you read, but not who wrote it, those words likely carry an agenda to change your mind. Read people you respect. You don’t need to admire them, or agree with […]

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Drawing like a kid

Everything we do seems to have a purpose: Exercise for energy, journal for insight, meditate for peace, work for wealth. I always wondered as a kid why adults seemed so serious. One of the signs of adulthood seems to be the disappearance of joyous laughter. When every line of action has a predictable destination… it […]

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Not now, yes later

Whenever I write on a sheet of paper “The ONE thing I want to focus on…”  I end up with five different projects for the day, week or year. After much pondering I can cut it back to three. But how one? Impossible. So I end up doing all three at the same time. Sometimes […]

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You cannot figure out Life

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” – Richard Feynman Is there any hope for a fly in the wall to understand your world? No. It […]

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