2017-07-22 23:13
Today as I was reading upon Road Less Travelled by Dr. Scott M. Peck I got reminded again of the importance of listening.
Deep listening does take effort. I remember when I was first listeni… Read More
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2017-07-21 20:40
In U.S there is the right for pursuit of happiness. I think it’s great, because human beings who achieve something naturally desire to share from their success.
There is a problem with… Read More
2017-07-20 18:43
I havent so far found more effective tool for decision making than the “if it’s not hell yed, then it’s no” -phrase. Essentially if you hesitate ask yourself the ques… Read More
2017-07-20 04:12
Challenging yourself is difficult without the aid of othera. Today as I walked 23k steps with little sleep and as a background having had another 20k steps plus standing, jumpinh and partyin… Read More
2017-07-18 23:18
Paying for experiences is almost like an investment. However hard part is to take the learning into heart and translate into smarter action next times.
Learning in this context means learnin… Read More
2017-07-17 09:10
You are not your thoughts and emotions. Phrase, actually for me a mantra that I learned from Jari Sarasvuo.
Thoughts and emotions are not us. If we are the observer on the river, then the… Read More
2017-07-16 18:26
Yesterday evening I decided to clarify my vision after a long time and it was about time, because in fact I just had a starting point, not really a clear vision. Now I’ve a bit cleare… Read More
2017-07-15 21:55
Today I’ve had wonderful time reflecting on my painful experiences and trying to learn from them. Having gone this process I am sure that many of these lessons could be beneficial ins… Read More
2017-07-14 12:22
This post is password protected. You must visit the website and enter the password to continue reading. Tagged: awareness, challenge, confidence, courage, goals, Growth, level up, meaning, n… Read More
2017-07-13 19:30
Love is the unrelenting desire to nurture oneself in order to help others grow. The thought of Dr. Scott M. Peck.
For me this is probably the third game changer definition. Two earlie… Read More
2017-07-12 22:06
Few days ago I wrote about Healthy Opportunism, which was a rather short story. However, now to open up a bit more the healthy side of the opportunism.
First of all, people who prepare to b… Read More
2017-07-11 16:40
Life starts to be fun once you have the ability to enjoy each moment as it comes.
Each moment will present you with the challenge of finding something positive in it. In the end all events w… Read More
2017-07-10 18:15
I’ve been a longer time a fan of naps. In my normal routine there is less chance for such because of open plan office workplace.
In my previous work I had the chance to nap during lunc… Read More
2017-07-09 16:50
What separates people who create from those who don’t? People who create start and are willing to start with imperfect ideas and develop them further.
Most importantly creatives are wi… Read More
2017-07-08 18:32
Great life is about fulfilling great ideas which come from relationships.
Having great relationships means finding people with who you can compete in virtue. Borrow the courage to live… Read More
2017-07-07 16:34
Once you understand the potential of proactive mindset it will potentially transform your life from the root levels.
Example would be nutrition what you eat and when you eat. Proactive peopl… Read More
2017-07-06 16:32
Today I had a blast. Key learning has been to go all out at anything at present.
There are always people who would laugh at you and your efforts. Ignore them and focus to your thing and to t… Read More
2017-07-05 19:16
Trip day yay! What makes travel so special to me is that it’s travel as much inward as outward.
This time I am traveling with friends so there are more needs to be taken into account… Read More
2017-07-04 17:54
Deep down, we crave for attention. Attention is the currency of love and power.
What makes life so difficult, is that we do not recognize our own might. We crave something, which makes fool… Read More
2017-07-03 12:49
What do we think is possible in life, dictates the direction of effort we are willing to put there. This is in a sense fine, as we progress a bit by bit with the expectations, our world is… Read More
2017-07-01 13:21
Masters Worship the basics.
Doing the basic things at very high level is the sign of a master. True masters know the basics are the foundation of everything and they must be taken care of… Read More
2017-06-30 15:00
To do lists are weak. Even with the highest prioritization with cutting everything that does not work well enough. If you would add a when and how long element there, then that would start… Read More
2017-06-29 16:12
I dislike the word motivation. Often it is used like “to motivate” and as if the external things could really move us for any longer than it is absolutely necessary.
When it com… Read More
2017-06-28 17:18
What I love about Buddhist philosophy is the thought of building incredible goodwill.
Aristotles had similar ideas: if everybody would compete in virtue, we all would get the best of everyt… Read More
2017-06-27 17:11
We are not our emotions. We’ve little control over our emotions they occur, however what we can control is our response to those emotions. Our response dictates our emotional life, ho… Read More
2017-06-26 17:47
There are days, when even though we wake up, our minds remain half as sleep.
It’s during these days as well, we might not be at our best, yet our schedule does not really make it easy… Read More
2017-06-25 12:08
All words, sentences seem to be in way only partial truths. Therefore if we want to speak only the truth we would be quiet most of the time.
Despite their imperfections phrases are useful… Read More
2017-06-24 08:57
Qualities can be developed and acquired. One way is roleplay, which is essentially a way to fail fast and therefore a fast way to learn.
“If you want a quality, act as if you already… Read More
2017-06-23 21:51
Where we are is a one story. Where we are going to is another.
We can only go where we want from, where we are now. We have to accept our lot.
The our inner voice and story can prevent us d… Read More
2017-06-22 21:52
Well today I had almost moment with a customer, where we ended up taking the stairs instead of the usual elevator. This was due to my habit of taking the stairs and in this case I followed… Read More
2017-06-21 18:25
Need is a feeling of lack. It’s important to separate the needs from the wants. You can’t have all what you want, but you can have all you need.
The thing isn’t even tryin… Read More
2017-06-20 17:28
We tend to underestimate the power of habits all the time. Particularly because, when we are thinking of habits they are not really habits. Only when something becomes unconscious like part… Read More
2017-06-19 15:51
Having read Obstacle is the Way last week and continuing my journey to the Stoicist thoughts and actions a particular thought of Marcus Aurelius caught my attention this morning: give day… Read More
2017-06-18 05:25
Thoughts and emotions are the strongest noise when we are conscious. Being alone with these is terrifying.
I am not good enough. This place is better off without me.
These are just so… Read More
2017-06-16 17:31
As I happened to finish the Obstacle is the Way and listen the discussion / “interview” at the end of audiobook with Ryan and Tim Ferris, Ryan was saying that Marcus Aurelius wr… Read More
2017-06-15 17:00
Obstacle is the way is one of my new instant favorite books. Essentially the title gives a big clue what the book is about, however the content delivers and brings the perspectives to look… Read More
2017-06-14 17:14
Through my practice with each day expectations and actual outcomes, the outcomes are no doubt better than my expectations. It’s easy to be afraid of the worst case, yet if the fear be… Read More
2017-06-13 17:03
We cannot decide our emotions, however we can decide the mood we are in. In fact mood over a long term is a choice. Life has ups and downs, we get influenced all kinds of emotional roller c… Read More
2017-06-12 16:46
Everything gets done at some point, it’s up to you determine when and by when.
Personally I know that if I cannot answer both of these questions, I am not very likely going to do it… Read More
2017-06-11 09:29
I use my personal life as an example often, so I will do today. My relationship status sort of changed to a more complicated as we agreed to have a break. I had sensed something is deeply w… Read More
2017-06-08 18:45
Today I learned interesting things about needs and wants. I.e. that wants are indeed expression of needs, although they are not really that accurate. We even may be unaware of the underlyin… Read More
2017-06-07 17:18
A thought that keeps coming to me more and more is that how happy I can choose to be. This thought comes from the realization that I’ve had that we can actually choose our emotional r… Read More
2017-06-06 17:35
I’ve chosen to give up many habits and try to transform them into a more suitable ones.
Then there are still some that I am struggling with. I.e. cutting down the meat from my diet h… Read More
2017-06-05 16:16
Happiness is in the present, and present is always moving. Trying to catch and lock on to the happiness, means trying to capture some particular moment, which is then impossible because tim… Read More
2017-06-04 18:17
Although willpower sounds very powerful, it’s power within the context of making the change happen is rather momentary and fleeting. To make a more lasting change, we need to harness… Read More
2017-06-03 08:38
If you are not fulfilled: you can either do what you do and hope for the best, or you can learn and do things differently. Latter option is what I try to do, and often times I succeed. Doin… Read More
2017-06-02 19:11
Winning culture is a story that manages to sell itself over and over again.
There is a big but!
A culture, where people do not hold on to the common values, tends to become decadent drug ri… Read More
2017-06-01 18:13
Which is more impressive:
Oridnary people doing extraordinary things
Extraordinary people doing extraordinary things?
I think it’s the ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Espe… Read More
2017-05-31 17:23
Masters are really good at what do, because they handle the basics so well. They do not only know the basics, masters do and worship the basics.
With practice you become a master, and a mas… Read More
2017-05-30 17:18
Often in learning there is a bit question about what to do and in what order. Well at first I had a little interest for this topic. However, one particular model about this topic that I did… Read More
2017-05-29 16:29
Today I was going through old coaching notes. One in particular struck me: the difference between masters and losers.
Master is someone who, takes the time and effort to master. Loser is so… Read More
2017-05-28 11:31
Understand yourself: your needs, your strengths, where you are now. To find this out you will need to do quite a bit of introspection and assessing. This creates insight and understanding… Read More
2017-05-27 16:30
Today as I was waiting in the shops cashier line, I observed the people ahead of me paying for their groceries. People purchase goods based on their own value systems if options are availab… Read More
2017-05-26 19:44
On Thursday I wrote the You Are the Beginning of Your Story. There we observed the power of spontaneous thoughts to become stories that we tell to ourselves and to others. With mindfulness… Read More
2017-05-25 08:24
Start by acknowledging who and where you are. What you are feelings? Note you are not your feelings, or you are not your thoughts either.
What do you want to do? What are you telling yourse… Read More
2017-05-24 19:22
All that you think is possible is so.
What makes fun, and worth living, is that there is always more than one possible way to think. So if you think your work is dull and boring, you must b… Read More
2017-05-23 16:42
The coal or solar, is a metaphor for sustainable versus unsustainable energy. Using too much coal, would cause a tipping point in a system, causing the whole system to collapse.
This is an… Read More
2017-05-22 18:30
Our minds are incredibly good in coming up with all kinds of bullshit and stories. For some they maybe more right than others…
Personally they’ve not done much good. I realize… Read More
2017-05-21 12:13
Buddha taught: first noble truth is that there is suffering in life. He also taught the path the liberation.
Some millennia later there Mark Manson wrote in The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F… Read More
2017-05-20 18:27
In life there is growth and the opposing force entropy. With growth conditions must be right for the seeds to be planted, nurtured, and grown, until finally the plants might bear flowers o… Read More
2017-05-19 19:44
In part I am writing to remind myself, as well as fairly reminding anyone else reading as well that we’ve only one timeline, one life and we should not spend any of it regretting the… Read More
2017-05-18 21:47
Storytelling is one particular leadership tool that can create extraordinary results out of ordinary ingredients. Under the leadership, stories do not merely get repeated, stories get repe… Read More
2017-05-17 16:28
I feel humbled on how much there is to learn.
Sometimes, I feel envy towards the (often) younger people who are happily optimistic and ignorant of so many things.
This is explained by the… Read More
2017-05-16 17:19
Today we discussed the topic of power over lunch.
Power is intriguing, without it much doesn’t get done at all. Power can be felt threatening, or viewed as negative. Although the powe… Read More
2017-05-15 16:17
Today I had a day with introverted clarity, I felt perfectly alright with just my thoughts. Even though sitting at open plan office, I managed to routine greet the people and then continue… Read More
2017-05-14 14:24
Right of the bat this book went to “why didn’t I read this earlier?” –category, which I now actually created on Goodreads now for this kind of books that resonate ve… Read More
2017-05-13 07:18
(Picture 1, Stories Bypass Defenses and Beliefs)
Have you noticed ever that a person has changed? Biologically I think its takes about 7 years for just about every cell in our body to have r… Read More
2017-05-12 16:52
Our brains are longing for consistency.
I’ve been thinking that this is the case, yet reality is something different: it’s adapting to the needs of the present. This adaptation… Read More
2017-05-11 17:22
Life is plentiful in helping, when we dare to ask for the right things. Being open and honest what I wanted a few weeks ago has resulted ever since then in increasing opportunities to grow… Read More
2017-05-10 17:33
We are collection of our habits and that which we can remember. Actually a memory is the foundation of leadership. All leadership starts with ourselves.
Many of us remember what we need to… Read More
2017-05-09 17:57
We speak the language of the group we want to belong to. Whatever it is the particular choice of words or the whole language, we speak in a way that the group of people we want to be part o… Read More
2017-05-08 15:58
Try to imagine world without the invention of…
…internet? …telephone? …airplanes? …electricity? …combustion engine? …steam engine? &he&helli…Read More
2017-05-07 06:06
Focus continues to be most interesting topic to me, because as I observe the world around me everyone seems to be buying more and more into distraction. I and probably you as well know intu… Read More
2017-05-06 10:09
From now on I want to write a review of all the nonfiction books I read, because I’ve realized reviewing process of reviewing effective way to summarize and continue have dialogue ab… Read More
2017-05-05 17:26
I got a really cool “workbook” –sort of thing from work. Our Trainers’ House Growth Academy training program got an upgrade. I am really excited about this:
It&rsqu&helli…Read More
2017-05-04 17:51
I’ve been avid gamer for as long as I can remember. In the recent years I’ve played less and less mostly because of the time and desire to contribute more meaningfully to the li… Read More
2017-05-03 16:34
My internal dialogue depends on the day, on some days it is kind and considerate while on other days there are no censors. Above all what I’ve come to notice is whatever the mode is… Read More
2017-05-02 19:23
Adding to the yesterday’s post, today I realized there are a few questions I am using to lead myself through the days:
How does this add value to my life?
What is the most important t… Read More
2017-05-01 17:33
I watched the documentary about the Minimalists (Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus) the other day. I picked up this “how does this add value” –question there, an… Read More
2017-04-30 18:14
Ability to produce value in the moment is the driver of growth and fruitful relationships. Ability to create value is based on understanding and the consideration, take the needs of o… Read More
2017-04-29 20:21
What is the best way to help people? Is it in the service of many?
I had the default quick rationalization that it’s better to serve the many, until I came upon the words of Dag… Read More
2017-04-28 19:55
I’ve been pondering upon the Dunning-Kruger effect among others in the recent days. It is easy to observe Dunning-Kruger in action in other people. In myself it has been much harder t… Read More
2017-04-27 16:01
Expectations may cause quite a bit of suffering. Reality does serve already plenty of reality, so we should not have too much suffering on something that has not yet happened. Expecta… Read More
2017-04-26 16:52
Reaching the next level either in organizations or personal life requires often paradigm shift, changing the way we think about something.
I am dealing with such paradigm shifts at the mome… Read More
2017-04-25 17:58
There exists slight contradiction between time and results. From leadership point of view it is good to challenge the status quo of how much time things really do take, this works both pro… Read More
2017-04-24 19:00
Through the busy days, a lot of thoughts, insights, fears, worries etc. tend to be buried in our minds. Thoughts that keep returning to our consciousness unless we acknowledge their existen… Read More
2017-04-23 10:24
Past week I’ve been deeply considering what I am doing and for what I am doing it. Organizing my priorities hasn’t never been so hard. I had to go through serious internal dialo… Read More
2017-04-22 08:38
Life is rather simple: what we do in present become the past tomorrow. These actions then stack up and build the both mental and physical palaces we habit tomorrow. First leverage: TIME We a… Read More
2017-04-21 18:10
I feel like I’ve reached a new level of gratefulness in my life. The key has been to understand that the sense of reality is limited: my view or others point of view it does not matter… Read More
2017-04-20 16:48
I’ve been struggling with my life past few days and as a consequence I haven’t really had a spark to do anything. Then I decided to listen to myself and prioritize the one thing:… Read More
2017-04-19 17:08
We become good at what we do. Today I was confronted with the fact that I’ve probably mastered some tasks and it would be useful to think what are the next things I want to master prof… Read More
2017-04-18 16:41
Energy has been a fascinating topic to me for as long as I’ve been in professional life. I’ve wondered how come some people have energy to do all these things like work for month… Read More
2017-04-17 09:47
Somewhere in between running after instant gratifications and long term gratifications there is a lifestyle that takes into account both. Crop out the harmful instant gratifications;… Read More
2017-04-16 08:25
Habits and pressures are really hard to break, this I’ve come to admit today. Actually now that I started to reflect what I’ve read recently, Charles Duhigg put it so that habits… Read More
2017-04-15 10:39
Life is a weird game of happiness management. First we need to manage our own happiness. The more happy we are, then we are likely try to satisfy and make other people happy as well. The mor… Read More
2017-04-14 17:18
“When I let go of who I am, I become what I might be” – Lao Tzu There are layers of being. Our personal world views shape our experience of life drastically. We act u… Read More
2017-04-13 18:43
A question that I would like to ask pretty anyone who would I like to have a deeper level conversation with “would be what do you measure?” Because that which we measure, we care… Read More
2017-04-12 18:25
I picked up a few days ago interesting habit of guessing what people are. In fact this is a habit of guessing what people are or could be. It is infinitely entertaining at a public place. Ou… Read More
2017-04-11 16:54
Everyday experience of life can feel out of control. Even though this is the life we’ve chosen, we might forget it when we wake up. So reminding of the choice, is a good idea. I was re… Read More
2017-04-10 16:21
“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb Since I was a teenager I’ve thought out that the world of… Read More
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