How mindful are you in your day to day living? Mindfulness is being open, aware and fully receptive to moments as they occur. Being mindful, in a sense means that you are in some ways free of the realm of time. This is because the past and future are constructs of your [...]
Are You Chasing Someone Else’s Idea of What Lifestyle Design Is?
This article is inspired by a post I recently read at The Middle Finger Project. It was a guest post written by Andrew MacPherson of Rules Optional. Both Ash, who runs The Middle Finger Project, and Andrew are brilliant writers. If you’re not following them already, I encourage you to do so.
Andrew [...]
Review: The Unconventional Guide to Working for Yourself
I’ve been interested in doing product reviews for awhile since I’m a mass consumer of books and various information products. I suppose I’m an internet marketer’s dream customer, but I’m ok with that. The reason I’m ok with it is because I buy products I want. I never feel tricked into buying [...]
Are You Sleepwalking Through Life?
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend as I go about my daily commute to work. Am I the only one ‘awake?’ It’s almost if I’m traveling amongst zombies.
Maybe an explanation or picture needs to be painted first. Here’s what happened yesterday (although it’s really no different than any other day):
I walk up [...]
Fearless Doing: Mindfulness Practice
Thinking, constant thinking. It’s like a radio constantly changing stations, looking for the next best program to listen to and focus on. This is how my mind works. Sometimes I have a hard time focusing on the current situation because I am always lost in my thoughts, which makes me wonder if [...]
Getting a Living
The title of this post is taken directly from the name of a lecture that Henry David Thoreau gave starting in the mid 1850’s. The transcript of the lecture itself later appeared in the Atlantic Monthly.
The lecture really underscores the essence of who Thoreau was. A man who truly was an iconoclastic thinker. [...]
The Art of Personal Goal Setting
I think all of us struggle with the question of what we should do with this one life. Having a sense of purpose and a drive to achieve something is extremely important in keeping us motivated and helping us achieve our personal goals.
Do you have a sense of purpose in your life?
People who don’t like [...]
Life Lessons from Steve Jobs: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Steve Jobs delivered a commencement speech to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford. It’s hands down the best commencement speech I’ve heard…in fact it’s one of the best speeches I’ve heard on how to live your life. The speech is filled with the wisdom that can only come from the experience of living [...]
Do People Really Get The Four Hour Workweek?
I don’t think I can physically stand reading another article about someone hating on Tim Ferriss. Seriously. I guess people just love to bitch and rant about stuff….oh wait, I guess that’s what I’m doing here. Oh well. I’ll make it clear that I’m not some Tim Ferriss fanboy. What [...]
Change Your Mindset to Overcome Your Fears
There’s a lot of fear out there when it comes to doing something new in your life. Fear of the unknown. Fear of failure. Fear of what other people will think of you. Most people start with the mindset that there’s a lot to lose, so they never take the plunge or even try to [...]