Morning Mindfulness - Two Positive Minutes To Start Your Day

As I started playing the Japanese bamboo flute and even performing in a quartet, I learned several things about music I’d love to share today. I think they really relate to our every day life, and maybe somebody can relate to them too.

Usually, the biggest challenge people may face after they get here is a language barrier. I did not have that problem. However, I discovered another challenge, which I call the context mismatch, for the lack of a better name...

Some people just say they are happy where they are and they don’t need anything else. And to be honest, I am one of them too. I’ve been pretty happy with what I had. So if you are, that’s quite all right. As long as you understand the main law of Nature...

A man came to a teacher and asked to give him a lesson about Success in life. They met by the river. A teacher grabbed a student by the neck and pushed him under the water...

I made an observation that people, yes including yours truly, are actively looking for reasons why they cannot do something, or why they are suffering from something. Those reasons can be different...

Last week we had a solar eclipse. And it was kind of a big deal for somebody. I know people were traveling to other states just to see it. There’s nothing wrong with it, in my opinion. I did not even go outside to look at it. It’s OK if you did. But there’s one thing I thought I could bring to your attention...

Besides learning Math, I also got three important lessons about my learning skills. I know everybody’s different, but hopefully this will make you think...

Our learning ability is the biggest blessing, but also the biggest distraction on the way to success, or any kind of personal development for that matter. Let me explain...

I already said many times: don’t give advices, because smart people don’t need them, others won’t use them. Today I’d like to look at this phenomenon from a little different perspective...

This may be a logical sequel to the yesterday’s topic. Just to refresh your memory, it was about our perspective, and how it can limit our perception. However, our perspective can be widened...

Many years ago I heard a statement from somebody, who said, “I accept everybody’s opinion, as long as it confirms my own.” At that time I thought, “What an arrogant statement!” However, as I grew up, I found out that it was just a manifestation of a very well documented phenomenon...

Many years ago I understood one simple thing: there’s no free lunch, or free ride, or whatever you call it. Everything has a price tag. People tell me periodically that training takes time...

I was listening to my coach a while ago, and he was talking about setting goals. And he mentioned one side effect of goal setting, if it’s not done properly. Let me give you an example...

I usually practice in a place where there’s nobody around. But one day I was doing it in the park, and there were some people there. As I was standing on my head, I saw a person. Don’t remember if it was a guy or a girl, but one of two for sure. The person was walking in such a strange way...

I think that famous quote, “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye and don’t see the log in your own” is not just a cute phrase from the Bible. Our brain is so used to seeing our own reflection, then even flipping it makes a huge difference for our perception...

Our subconscious mind is always looking for two opposites everywhere, like good and bad, right and wrong, white and black, and so on. So if something’s not right, then it means it’s wrong...

We all are trained in basic math, and we think one plus one equals two. However, if you take two combined forces pulling in opposite directions, then sum total will be zero. Many years ago a coach told us...

The bigger challenge we have, the more we like to complain. People came up with various philosophies, whether it is about bad Karma, or punishment for our sins. Everything we say is just our belief...

We all have inner value, as I was talking this week. It is important to see it, and to properly open it an polish. And in case of humans it is done through education, association and practice. But also it is quite important to find our niche...

Just like gem stones, we have our value inside of us. Quite often we need to look inside to find it, as I discussed last time. But we have it. However, there’s one misconception people often have, and I had it too...