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In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” – Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher Shoshin is a concept…

January 29, 2009

While watching an NFL playoff post-game show, I saw footage of the losing team going through the tunnels underneath the stadium back to their locker…

January 26, 2009

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet.” — Mahatma Gandi Guard well the entrance to your mind; carefully screen what…

January 22, 2009

On January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of these United States. I have excerpted several phrases from…

January 21, 2009

I used to see discipline as: – an unwelcome constraint, – a negative, a drag, – the absence of freedom, – something to be fought,…

January 8, 2009

What do you think is impossible? What do you think is impossible for you to do? To accomplish? To change? To become? To start? To…

December 23, 2008

On the limits of ambition, the harnessing of desire, and the importance of balance. “It’s not that I’m not satisfied, it’s just that I always…

November 20, 2008

The Einstellung Effect refers to the human tendency to repeat a known solution, even if it no longer is the optimium solution. It represents the…

November 19, 2008

The basic thesis of “Talent is Overrated,” by Geoff Covin (senior editor at large for Fortune magazine), is that hard work, smart work, count for…

November 11, 2008

I am always on the lookout for new ways to spark “mental quakes,” to invoke self-induced shifts of perspective. I am continually seeking ways to…

October 14, 2008

It takes one set of skills to get to the mountain top, a whole other set of skills to stay there. The drive that propels…

October 13, 2008