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Finding Gratitude: Gaining a Fearless Shift in Perspective
Finding gratitude is a fundamental step in the self-improvement process. You can’t expect anything new to come into your life without first having a genuine sense of appreciation for what you have now. Gratitude invites a sense of humility and a focus on what truly matters – which can be especially challenging in our materialistic society. [...]
Continue reading...Roadmap to Success: Your Fearless Action Plan
5. September 2008
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” Japanese proverb If you have a vision of what you want to achieve, it’s essential to create an action plan of how and when you’re going to do it. This is the time to set specific goals, assign timelines and watch as quantifiable results begin [...]
Continue reading...Your Own Vision: A Guiding Light on the Fearless Journey of Self-Discovery
3. September 2008
Ready or not, get set to jump in! Because once you’ve clarified your vision of what you want to achieve, you will be full steam ahead on your journey towards achieving it. A vision becomes a “guiding light” for your process of self-improvement, both a beacon of inspiration and an anchor that keeps you focused and grounded. And [...]
Continue reading...Keep Going
20. August 2008
I’m just back from a 2 week visit to Japan, where 6 days of that were spent training. Long-time readers will know that I’ve been a student of the Bujinkan for the last 8-10 years (I’ve lost count), although while training with the best in Japan I felt like I’d only just started. After one such [...]
Continue reading...Monotone – Recasting Vision for Your Life
30. July 2008
Who do you think of when you picture someone talking in monotone? I personally think of Ben Stein who did the Clear Eyes commercials a few years back. His voice remained at the same tone throughout the commercial. He did not show any excitement whatsoever in the product he was selling. He was just straightforward, [...]
Continue reading...Tagged
6. March 2008
I remember growing up we use to play a game called ‘tag’. I’m sure you remember playing this game with the neighborhood kids. One or more kids would count to 10 and then chase other kids to tag them and they would be what we called ‘it’. The kids who were tagged were the next [...]
Continue reading...A Ninja Ex-Marine Captain Speaks: What It Means to Be a Warrior
25. February 2008
What does it mean to be a warrior? Older readers will know I’m a practitioner of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. My fascination with the martial arts started at an early age, before Taijutsu I was doing Wing Chun, which was my first real schooling in martial arts. Looking back at why I picked up the martial arts, I [...]
Continue reading...The Cost of Being Right
28. January 2008
A person who had been surrounded by their peers now sits alone, safe in the knowledge that he or she is right in their viewpoint, even though they have alienated everyone around them. Some of us will sacrifice almost anything just in order to be the last one standing. One of the highest prices we [...]
Continue reading...Thai Sojourn: Vipassana Part 3
14. January 2008
So what did I get from 10 days of keeping absolutely quiet, without any books, TV, internet connection and writing materials, sitting in meditation from morning till night? Without any external inputs and any way to output my thoughts, I was forced to observe. Forced to observe myself, my own thoughts and feelings. I saw the inordinate [...]
Continue reading...Thai Sojourn: Vipassana Part 2
9. January 2008
My Mind Fights Back While the days inside the Vipassana center blurred into each other, I remember that day 3, 5 and 7 were especially difficult for me. While there were days of deep concentration and peacefulness, these were days when my mind’s old habits fought back to re-assert themselves. Doubts, agitation, aggression, my mind threw [...]
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