A convenient Exit Strategy To Release Your Anger and Unhappiness — Instead of living more purposefully, with satisfaction, optimism, integrity, self-awareness, and self-love, many people have the tendency to distract themselves from all of the above by blaming others for their misery. What a great path to enlightenment! Short-term thinking, not taking time to slow down and reflect, and diverting attention…

Keeping Your Eye, Soul, And Mind In Focus In The Viewfinder Of The Life You Choose — When you are standing in the middle of a crazy brimming food and clothes market with narrow pathways, shouting merchants, pushing customers, and Vespas trying to pass through, you might find this vibrating environment exciting on one hand but difficult to navigate on the other. …

What You Focus On Makes All The Difference — “You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius — Roman Emperor, Philosopher What do you focus your attention on when things go downhill when your circumstances have worsened, in your private life or at work? Do you focus…

Achieve A Better Life And Work Balance By Pressing Less Buttons — “People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don’t use their imaginations.” — Iris Apfel We can’t live without the buttons, but we could live with less button-pressing. Iris Apfel is such a riot and usually spot on…

You end up boosting well-being, productivity and relationships — Every day I experience how magical things happen when I pay attention. Why is that? “You become what you Pay Attention to. If you don’t decide for yourself to which thoughts and images you expose yourself, someone else will.” — Epictetus, Greek stoic and philosopher Because paying attention is the…

Cultivate your sense of wonder to improve your business and life — When you become aware of some little wonder-full things or something larger than yourself your mental chatter and worries shrink, and you experience higher levels of overall life satisfaction, productivity, and well-being. You are less stressed. You can connect better with yourself and others. Experiencing Awe And Feeling Better Experiencing awe can put your daily…

5 Transferable Lessons from other areas of work and life — Sometimes we try to figure things out and get stuck. For example, how can we connect with an audience? What can be helpful is to look into other areas of work, businesses, subject matters, or your past experience to find an idea or different approach. Take photography as a model…

You are just the garbage can for those who can’t stop talking — What is this thing about listening? Why do I really need to pay attention to what the other person is saying and trying to convey to me? What’s in it for me? “As leaders and positive difference-makers, one of our biggest challenges, we must turn into an opportunity is to…

Here are 6 playful ways to tame your distraction — Turns out that not only you or I have some issues with concentrating on one thing, even the monks in medieval times already struggled with focusing and paying attention. The goal for the monks was “clearsighted calm above the chaos,” as the author and associate professor of history at the…