Morning Mindfulness - Two Positive Minutes To Start Your Day

Looking through the history, you can find some gruesome examples of mass extermination of people in the name of the good cause, which was either better progress or protecting the nation...

True passion does not have to be really smooth. It may cause a controversy in other people. You may be ridiculed, even by people close to you...

There was question I had on the back of my head, and I know so many other people have it. Do you know the question? Now I sound like Morpheus in Matrix movie. The question is, “Is this it?” 

Unfortunately, there’s no free lunch. People often look at the double income part of the deal, and they forget that there’s a payback. So, are we really winning?

I’ve been reading about this analogy many times, and I’ve been using it myself. But as I was reading a book “Delusion of Passion”, the author talked about flying airplane 1 degree off course...

Today’s question is rather rhetorical: What is freedom? What does it mean to you?..

The life is much faster now. We have a lot of technology to make it easier. However, here we go, there’s a flip side to the coin.

I heard a saying: “A piece you throw away during abundance equals the piece you’re missing during starvation.” When we have more, we may not even think about controlling our expenses. Just do it...

Today I’ll take you into the moment about 45 years ago when my mom was making cookies. I was a little kid...

Napoleon said, “There’s only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.” And I can testify he was right...

I will tell you a coaching testimony that will make me look like a fool. There was a moment when I had to take a license exam...

Today I’d like to do something a little different. I will talk shorter than usual. Over the years I collected some significant points on how to make myself more effective as a speaker and a teacher...

Aristotle wrote, “Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.” It was true 2400 years ago, it is still true today.

Many people keep the childish attitude: they need to win the battle. To overpower the opponent. But why? We often look for the solution how to win. Are we also looking for the ways...

It doesn’t matter what we think and how much we know., but the gravity, for example, will be gravity. Always. For as long as we are a part of our 3-dimensional World. We don’t conquer forces of the Nature, but we can choose ...

If you are a procrastinator, welcome to the club. There’re quite a few of us in the guild. We know who we are, and we’re learning to deal with it every day. Here’s what I found that works for me...

The more distractions we have, the less we’re likely to succeed. Trust me on that, I know. Are we smart enough to learn from Amoeba?

Most of dreams are just what it’s called: dreams. Wishful thinking. Saying “I want a new house” has the same value as saying “I want to fly to the Moon”. That’s fine! Dream on!  Our dreams will remain the dreams. Unless...

People address the emotions as the reasons to act the certain way. Like I said, I’ve done it. If you have, welcome to the club. However, the emotions are not the initiators...

There are some moments when we need to get it out. But making it a habit demonstrates our inability to handle the situation intelligently...