Meaning – A deep driver There can be many different motivating factors behind work. The meaning your work has can be a deep driver that can sustain you over the long-term, providing great satisfaction and fulfilment. It has this quality of sustaining your work, more so than pursuing something purely for pleasure and self-gain, rather …
In Victor Frankl’s book, “Man’s search for Meaning”, speaking about his experiences in a concentration camp during WWII, he highlights a profound truth saying, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances”. Meaningful Work has a deep importance …
Like cake, the recipe for Work you Love has some essential ingredients you need to put in otherwise it’s dry, bland and difficult to stomach! But to bake your best cake, you need to know which ingredients to put in and how to combine them to create a stunningly satisfying, delicious cake that people won’t …
Hace un par de semanas escribí sobre el uso de preguntas para lograr claridad, es decir, el poder de las preguntas como catalizadores para provocar conciencia y cambio. Hice la pregunta: ¿Qué pensamiento/pregunta se puede agregar como catalizador para lograr claridad en la mente? ¿Cuál sería ese pensamiento? ¡No estoy seguro de qué respuesta obtuviste! …
Before we get into how to develop and cultivate inner knowing, let me define what I mean by it. The meaning of Inner Knowing An inner knowing is the certainty and conviction of the truth of a path, decision, or perception. It has the quality of being trustworthy and beyond doubt, and is attained directly …
At first glance, my focus could be summed up in 3 words… “I get distracted”. Writing this post on Focus I’m discovering that I might be the most unfocused person on the planet! Well, that’s how it feels to me. I’ve managed to distract myself with countless things, some useful, some not, during the writing …
In our current times, perhaps we face more uncertainty than our predecessors. And what’s more, since we depend on our brains more than ever to earn a living, as this Forbes article about uncertainty at work suggests, we need to perhaps train ourselves to deal with it. For sure, one thing you can be certain …
Part of me is feeling like I should be doing something. “Do something productive”, my mind pipes up! I’m wasting my time. This driven voice is ever-present. The quarantine will be over soon and there will be less time… and we’ll be running around again without a moment’s breath! I’m sitting here watching the rain. …
The beginning of the year is replete with expectation of changes, resolutions, new hopes and dreams. You’re definitely not wondering how you can waste another year of your life. However, by now maybe some are already flagging. The Lo-jong is a mind training practice from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Based on a set of 59 …
The final countdown It’s the turn of a new year, even a new decade! Years, which as I get older, I’m finding are flying by even quicker! These days, a year seems to last only a fraction of the time it lasted in the past! As it draws to a close, I’m reflecting how it …
