Being focused — on your goal, your task, your purpose — is a key ingredient of success. We know this. If focusing was easy, everyone would being doing it. This is where a lot of motivational ra-rah fails us: “Just focus. Zero in, prioritize, it’s easy when you …just focus.” True, things do get exponentially
Sir Bob Geldolf wrote the lyrics to Do They Know It’s Christmas Time? in the back of the limo on his way to the recording studio. Between 11am and 7pm, with melody samples from Tears for Fears, and Boy George being flown in by Concord, Do They Know It’s Christmas Time? was in the can
I’m all for mental health days. And gentleness. And I think the world should take the month of December off. And for the love of God, a 4 day work week would revolutionize the collective human spirit and thusly, healthcare. But this pep talk isn’t about taking it easy, this is about another form of
I’ve been thinking about innovation more intensely lately. For a few reasons: My sermon at Rich, Happy & Hot, still a few tix left — is on courage + innovation. I’m co-creating a new program, “Your Big Beautiful Book Plan”, launching in November, and intend to innovate in this well-trodden niche. And my friend, Jonathan
the lock that always sticks the client that can never remember what you said that kink in your neck slight allergies, slightly foggy head the girl on the team who’s always cranky those too-tight trousers the way your partner greets you (s.he can do better) the way you greet your partner (you can do better
Savasana, (often pronounced “sha.vas.nah”,) is also known as the “corpse pose” in yoga. Typically, Savasana is done at the end of your practice. Lie flat on your back, palms to the sky, eyes closed, relaxing every part of your body, focusing on your breath rising and falling. Savasana is not so much about chillaxin’, as
It’s time for a random list of appreciation, enduring love and a few trends. In no particular order: E3 Live Blue Green Algae: this is like jumper cables for your brain. I buy it frozen from my local health food store, I de-thaw half the bottle at a time and use about 3 tablespoons of
h1. Rare beauty, busy-ddiction, and not holding it back I’m so jazzed to launch my Burning Questions interview series with some wit and wisdom from the one, the only, (put your hands together for…) Dyana Valentine. Lady Dy came to one of my Fire Starter groups in LA this spring. It was a magical night
So I get this letter a few months ago from the Intellectual Property Officer of Strategic Coaching. I posted a (great) article a while back called, “entrepreneurial time management: how i rock it,” and they were ticked. “Copy written terms” and blah blah blah. I laughed out loud when I read it. For a few
Leo Babuata just released The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential…in Business and in Life, and is the zen behind ZenHabits.net, a wildly popular blog on simple productivity. I couldn’t resist asking him: What do you want more of? There’s nothing physical I’d like more of … in fact,
