January 2011
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I found a job title
I’ve always wondered what should I put down on my business card if I ever own a company. I certainly wouldn’t want the usual “director” or “CEO”. I would like something fun like Chief Monkey Business but that doesn’t say much about what I do, well, apart from monkey business… Today, I found my title Choice Architect .
I definitely didn’t coin the term. In fact, I am pretty sure I’ve...
Freedom From Choice →
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How to stick to you
Today, I am going to tell you something even I don’t fully understand yet. Why? Because my teacher said I do. So, I invite you to join me in this hazardous journey, a journey into my interpretation of being connected. And I am going to explain this connectedness through a very specific activity in Tai Chi called push hands.
Push hands is a very specific Tai Chi training. It involves two person...
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Maria Montessori on circulating spiritual powers
Spiritual powers are a form of wealth. They must go into circulation so that others can enjoy them; they must be expressed and utilized, to complete the cycle of human relations. Even at the heights of spirituality, if pursued for their own sake, have no value, and if we aim at these alone, we shall be neglecting the greater part of life and its purposes.
From Maria Montessori in The Absorbent...
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Things to get to get down to writing
Writing ideas? Still flowing. Published articles? Not many. In fact, I’ve been writing so little that writing feels like a paranormal activity, or coming very close to inactivity. My logic? Too much friction to writing. So I went on a quest to reduce this friction. Here are the results.
1. Get an iPad
Ok. This is really an indulgence. I didn’t get an iPad to write. But it has turned out to...
Amazing Sculptures Made Using Only Matchsticks →
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“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside...”
– J.K. Rowling (Extracted from Harvard Magazine via Jonathan Fields.)