From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Less Stress, More Productivity? How You Can Do It

Photo by Sir Mervs> Is there a magic answer to stress? Is there a way we can achieve more AND be less stressed? In his book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, David Allen outlines ways to do just that. For a long time I thought that productivity is a killer of creativity. [...]

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The One Crucial Thing that Galloping Gauchos can Teach Us

Photo byquinn.anya What is the one thing that you want to focus your whole life upon? That’s a question that came up for me when I saw galloping gauchos. Oh, maybe I should explain that I’m in Argentina at the moment. I was at a fiesta on an estancia, a huge ranch in the Pampas. [...]

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Lifestyle Makeover: How to Simplify Your life in 5 Easy Steps

Photo by visualpanic Do you sometimes yearn for a simple life? A life where time seems to flow slower. A life that is spacious where you have time to think, or even to dream? I did. Until I realized that my life is how I create it. And that I can change my life if [...]

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The Camel’s Back: How to Never Explode With Anger

Photo by guano> Do you sometimes erupt in anger? The trigger can be a passing remark. And yet that small remark can trigger a major eruption. What is it that brings us to the tipping point where resentment turns into fury? I was recently reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can [...]

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Hero or Villain: What are YOU Capable of Being?

Photo by Symic The line between good and evil cuts though the heart of every human being -Solzhenitsyn Could you be a hero? Like Jim Grant, for example. He is an ordinary person, but something made him do a u-turn when he saw smoke billowing out of a San Diego apartment building. He called the [...]

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