Julio Lara has posted another good article at the Good Vader blog titled, Fear of Missing Out and the Fantasy of Everything. A key point that rings true relative to the business of yours the dark side of freedom. With freedom comes choices. With the many options open to us in today’s world, selecting an… Read More
How Do We Find Our Passion?
As we discussed last time, passionate living is finding the playful eagerness within ourselves to live and create the life we value. How are we supposed to do that? The key to unlock our inner doors of passion is exploration. The word explore is from the mid 16th century Latin ex- (out) and plorare (utter… Read More
Addressing the Critical Things
When observing and addressing the small critical things that add value and have an impact on manifesting our intent, there are a few considerations that promote an increase in effectiveness. Realizing we live with the very useful illusion of free will, including the freedom to choose during the execution of our plans at all levels… Read More
Seeking Emergent Properties
There have been some people who have questioned why I chose to have a picture of water waves in my header. It’s quite simple. The standing wave in a river is an excellent example of emergent properties. Emergent properties are extrinsic in nature. They unfold or reveal themselves like a wave in a river. The… Read More
When it is Time to Move On, just Live with Life
Three colleagues of mine recently announced they were moving on. One is moving on to pursue her dreams as a flight test engineer. Another is letting go of the working life for a few months to hike from Sweden to Greece. The third is taking a job with her husband at the same company… Read More
Quality of Life Emerges Out of Our Decisions
Recently, an auditor evaluated the company I work for to approve us to perform work to their workmanship processes. During the close out session, the auditor made a comment the struck a chord. “I let go of the quality in my life 15 years ago.” He went on to talk about working overtime and dedicating… Read More
Guiding Ourselves Through Time
There is one more time horizon that many people do not take into account, that is time scales beyond our life time. There is a treasure trove of things we can learn from the past. The actions we take in our life can have an impact on the future beyond our time on this planet… Read More
Our Primary Resource, Time
The first resource we all have some measure of control over is time. As Dr. Tolian Soran said in the movie Star Trek Generations, “Time is the fire in which we burn.” This is a common sentiment especially when we do not use that fire to accomplish what we choose. When others choose the objectives… Read More
Thoughts Passing
There is a style of meditation that has no focus. If thoughts arise, we are to let them go all the while maintaining a very specific posture. Depending on the posture we maintain it may be difficult to hold for any significant length of time due to the core strength and flexibility required. The thing… Read More
Business of You 