I was reading a post of Seth Godin with a wonderful story of Steven Pressfield. The main character, for me, is not the rifleman but an inner skill driving your life. Photo by Nik Shuliahin “A Ghurka rifleman escaped from a Japanese prison in south Burma and walked six...
” Sabrina” by Nick Drnaso, an American cartoonist and illustrator was the first graphic novel to ever be nominated for the Man Booker British award in English literature. What I found intriguing is the boring look of its drawings. The Guardian describes it as a ”...
When 2019 began I suggested making it the year or attention and creativity. How’s is it going for you? Photo from 25sweetpeas.com I began reading Csikszentmihalyi’s book on ”Creativity” and he speaks about the relation between attention and creativity at the...
I heard a simple story about the famous pianist Arthur Rubinstein. If he didn’t practice for one day, “he” would know. If he failed to practice for two days, the “orchestra” would know. But if he didn’t practice for three days, the “world” would know. What would...
If you appear almost unannounced, what do you expect? Expect to learn the importance of being willing to lose your plans and welcome the present moment. We generate expectations throughout the day on ourselves, on others and circumstances. But how prepared are we to...
I was in line to buy snacks for our family and forgot to take the ticket. Others arriving after me took the ticket to be served, and I thought- ”Maybe it isn’t necessary.” – I was wrong, but it occurred to me to make an experience. When I realized the...
Do you think you need to be smart to achieve great things in life? Do you think your success depends on your intelligence? Most of us do, but we’re wrong. Anyone can achieve what he or she wants with a small trick. “I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I...
“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” (C.S. Lewis) Photo by Lesly Juarez What do we really ”have”? Nothing but the present. If you cannot find happiness in the present moment, you’re ceaselessly searching in everything at your reach and...
When two of them move together, unless you respect each direction, they stop. What is interesting is how moving in opposite directions is what keeps them moving. We don’t need to engage all in the same direction or have the same opinion. Sometimes it is the...
