Are you tough enough to deserve the good life?

unpopular-decisions“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.” I am continuing the inquiry into curiosity… the intrinsic motivation of … Continue reading

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Are you tough enough to deserve the good life?

The “seven” habits of highly unsuccessful people

tablo-detailAs you know it is the 50-year anniversary of my high school graduation. I had a bunch of extraordinary folks as classmates: they have been meeting every year for the past ten years… and this year they decided to redo … Continue reading

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The “seven” habits of highly unsuccessful people

Taking a multi vitamin… designer supplements? Calcium? is it good for you?

hgh-supplementsRarely, (hailing mostly from other countries,) I find people who have all the 90 daily essential nutrients supplied in their diet. Amazing. Now, the craze of taking supplements, the MLM (Network Marketing) type of sales systems gets to these people … Continue reading

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Taking a multi vitamin… designer supplements? Calcium? is it good for you?

The Unexamined Life Begins With The Unwillingness To Ask Tough Questions… Do You Know How To Ask Tough Questions?

Here are 15 questions. They are not easy questions. It will take a little looking, a little pondering to answer them. Maybe even asking others… when the question asks for that. I have some 50 more where these came from… … Continue reading

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10 ways to be boring… What is The level of your emotional intelligence?

waste-a-day-in-five-minutes2I was lead to an old article of mine. Controversial, and I bet not very useful. I wrote it four and a half years ago. I have grown a lot since then. In the article I was attempting to guide … Continue reading

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Taking a break for rest… does it mean you are off-track? That you stopped?

life-testing-youI watched and followed the first Metabolic Prime workout videos. He said something interesting that I want to expand on: resting is part of working out. Now, I don’t know much about working out, but I do have some experience… … Continue reading

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Taking a break for rest… does it mean you are off-track? That you stopped?

Taking people where Life wants them to go

the-roadmap-of-your-life_blog_maik-winkler-fine-artMost people I know are either stuck or are coasting… They are going noplace… fast or slow… it is unsatisfying and yet… starting to move in the direction Life wants you to go, or even where you want to go … Continue reading

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What you don’t know that you don’t know is making you fail

sequoia-groveI used to lead introductions to the Landmark Forum. There is a part in the introduction where you attempt to distinguish for people that most of what’s knowable for a human: you don’t know. Moreover: you don’t know what you … Continue reading

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The path is very narrow

 

You can’t have it both ways… and you have to have it both ways The West, the culture of the West is forcing. Forceful. Goal oriented. Mercantile. No one is interested in the process, only in the result. Western people … Continue reading

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Goals, path, intentionality, agenda, forcefulness, and Zen living, the pathless path

 

I had an interesting insight this morning. I woke up with the wicked vertigo back… I moved my neck the wrong way in exercise class… And I didn’t experience the despair, and the urgent desire to fix it. Or will … Continue reading

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