I sit here in Starbucks. I watch the crowd of people make their way to work. Wouldn’t it be better if they, if we, were all headed to our own Woodstock to share love for…
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Think and Grow
Lao Tzu wrote a wonderful book called the Tao Te Ching, the Book of the Way. In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu expounds upon the teachings of the Tao, the universal force that governs…
to-ing and fro-ing
I can see how easy it is to be surrounded by hundreds of people and yet still feel lonely. I am sitting outside a coffee house on Oxford Street watching all these people walk past. …
tear down the walls
Tear down the walls that hold you fixed in place. Shatter the illusions you have carefully constructed to protect yourself. Learn to see through eyes that know no fear and embrace that which can’t be…
back on the path
I’ve been up in Scotland this week, working in the lovely city of Stirling. This is the first time I’ve been here during summer-ish season, so it was good to be able to wandering around…
enlightenment and burgers
I had lunch with my friend Beth of Mosaic fame. I haven’t seen her for months. Yesterday I texted her and when ended up getting into a lively discussion about the merits or demerits of…
find meaning for your life
Every day you wake up you must find meaning for your life. Our purpose is to find our true path in life, and then summon the courage to walk it. I believe deep inside ourselves…
values in view
This year I have been doing a lot of work with leaders on leadership. One of the core principles of leadership is around values and creating shared values with the teams you lead. We don’t…
a week in review
I’ve been away delivering a week-long training course. I wasn’t able to sort my mobile broadband connection partly due to laziness and partly due to the flawed procedures 3 Network has in place. Despite that,…
a little cycling and tolstoy
(photos taken on my iphone, near Offchurch) I dusted the cobwebs off of my mountain back yesterday and went for a ride in the countryside. It’s amazing that when you look closer, you can find…
new questions
For most of my life, I’ve been a seeker. The trouble was I could never quite figure out what I was seeking. As is typical with a lot of things in life, we find the…
some things should not be forgotten
Earlier this week I was in Snowdonia. As regular readers of my blog will know, I spend a lot of time in the mountains of Snowdonia, as they are, in effect, a spiritual home for…
sitting in my chair on a sunday morning contemplating the vagaries of life
One day you’re going to wake up and you’ll be dead. All life is folly. Your time here is transient. From the moment you are conceived, the big countdown to the end starts ticking and…
follow your bliss
Joseph Campbell wrote: “If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living…
return to the temple
I like to climb a mountain at the start of the year. Yesterday, my friend Will and I climbed Mount Snowdon in North Wales. It is a mountain that I am intimately familiar with. Snowdon…
think different
[youtube]XUfH-BEBMoY[/youtube] “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect…
a samurai and a zen master
A samurai, a very proud warrior, came to see a Zen Master one day. The samurai was very famous, but looking at the beauty of the Master and the Grace of the moment, he suddenly…
top 10 posts of 2007
In keeping with the tradition to review the passing year, here are my 10 favorite posts of 2007: 1. pursue your passion 2. top five health benefits of regular sex 3. reason is a whore…
that which you seek is causing you to seek
I picked this little gem from an email I received: When the student is ready the teacher appears. When the thinker is ready the idea appears. When the artist is ready the inspiration appears. When…