I define fitness as one’s capacity to do work. Work, according to dictionary.com, is “activity involving mental or physical effort
Continue readingBook Review: You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity by Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio
★★★☆☆ Also posted on my Goodreads account. Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio’s Genuine Pretending is a favorite book. In that book,
Continue readingThe “Sato Curve” and Customer Success
Note: This post originally published on my LinkedIn account. Introducing the Sato Curve I was in a conference room in
Continue reading7 Reasons Why Teams (and Companies) Get Stuck
Cross-posted on my LinkedIn account. One topic I’ve thought a lot about over the years is why teams and companies
Continue readingBook Review: The Relationship Economy: Building Stronger Customer Connections in the Digital Age by John R. DiJulius
★☆☆☆☆ Cross-posted on my Goodreads account. This is a ridiculously bad book on multiple levels. I am shocked by the
Continue readingBook Review: The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life by Loch Kelly
★★★★★ Cross-posted on my Goodreads account. I read Kelly’s previous book, Shift Into Freedom, a couple of years ago but
Continue readingYou Need to Add Action to Your Meditation
Meditation has a lot of benefits. However, people often use meditation to change how they feel while maintaining unhealthy behaviors. The Tibetan Buddhist leader Chogyam Trungpa called it “spiritual bypassing”. I tell a story in this article about how this is pissing on ourselves.
Continue readingBook Review of What Doesn’t Kill Us by Scott Carney and the Wim Hof Method
Scott Carney set out to debunk Wim Hof and became a student. His book documents his story with Wim Hof and provides an overview on research done on Wim Hof’s breathing and cold exposure methods. I personally have taken Wim’s introductory course and regularly do his breathing and cold exposure exercises and find that they are a source of peace.
Continue readingBook Review of The Open Focus Brain by Les Fehmi
The most important thing we have to give is our attention. What we pay attention to determines what we do, which determines who we are. Les Fehmi’s The Open Focus Brain teaches how to train your own attention to be relaxed and intuitive. It is akin to Buddhist and Indian non-dual meditation techniques. However, it is rooted in research by the author and well-suited for people who do not want the metaphysical assumptions that often accompany meditation traditions.
Continue readingThe rule of 3’s and other people leadership lessons
It is a truism that those who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it. There is a lot of not learning in the business world. We fail to see negative patterns and get fooled into thinking that people who are likable are productive, among other things. This short piece contains some lessons I’ve learned in leading people.
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