Fear of an Ordinary Life, Part 2
I ran out of battery on my iphone this afternoon while sitting in starbucks. I was waiting for 2 people. I had to stay. It was good that I ran out of battery, because I ended up looking at Tibidabo...
View ArticleHighly Effective People – Habit #7 “Sharpen the Saw”
This week’s video is about Steven Covey’s 7th Habit of Highly Effective People: Sharpen the Saw. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Burning yourself out is no service to anyone. Running your car...
View ArticleThe Simplest Definition of Success
I have worried for too much of my life about whether I am a success or not. This video shares the simplest and most empowering definition of success that I have found. It comes from Pema Chodron. It...
View ArticleFinding Balance between Ambition and Peace of Mind, External vs Internal Success
“If someone followed your life and took 24 hours of film of everything you do for a day and they edited that into a one-hour documentary… the editor could decide to make you look like the worst villain...
View ArticleWhat are your Strategic Recipes? (for meeting the 6 Human Emotional Needs)
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” Aristotle There are few things more important than understanding your own personal strategic recipes for enjoying a positive, fulfilling experience of...
View ArticleSelf Awareness: The Big 5 Personality Traits
Great leaders have high levels of self awareness. One element of self awareness is a good understanding of how human beings differ in terms of personality. The big 5 personality traits can be...
View ArticleThe 3 Excuses
“You can’t free anybody else and you can’t serve anybody else unless you free yourself” Nelson Mandela You are not an accident. You are a singular piece in the giant jigsaw puzzle that is this world....
View ArticleDealing with Coronavirus/COVID-19 Quarantine in Barcelona
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day We are living quarantine in Spain for the last 3 days. This is a strange Saint Patrick’s day… no rivers greeen… no parades. I am at home with family in quarantine. How are...
View ArticleOn this Saint Patrick’s Day…
Happy Saint Patrick’s day. There is an old Irish toast that I find poetic and moving. I’m sharing it here today on the occasion of Saint Patrick’s day. It is all the more touching given that we have...
View ArticleRedefining Failure
“Living Safely is Dangerous”Nietzsche What is your relationship to success and failure? I have been reflecting these recent weeks about how I respond to “failure” – when things do not turn out as I...
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