April 2009

What’s wrong with some positive news?

April 25, 2009
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Our current day society is obsessed with negativity. We love to read, or watch TV, about someone else’s misfortune. Whether it is a celebrity’s marriage going down the drain or yet another war in the Middle East. Have you ever counted all this negativity in newspapers, the internet or on TV news? Let me ask it in another way: What about yourself? How many good things do you notice? Is your main focus on all the bad things happening around you? Or on the good ones, on the happiness in and around you?

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The Skilled Facilitator

April 20, 2009

I am a facilitator/coordinator and had the privilege to attend The Skilled Facilitator Intensive Workshop in June ’08. This was just a couple of months before the financial crisis hit Wall Street and all the other markets around the globe. Would I have tried to sign-up for this training a couple of months later, my company would have asked if I’ve gone mad and never allowed me to travel from Europe all the way to Austin, TX.

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Role playing and your authentic self

April 14, 2009

People play roles all the time. Some people identify with their jobs, being married, and others because of their (financial) status. But is this who they really are? What if they lose that job, get divorced, or lose all the money they have? Is their identity gone? Have they identified so much with a role, even if it causes them a lot of stress, that they suffer to the extend that they do not know who they are, or know what to do, when that role is gone?

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The Diamond Cutter Review

April 10, 2009

In this book Michael Roach tells the story of how he helped to build the Andin International Diamond Corporation (which started from a $50.000 loan and 3 to 4 employees, to a company making sales in excess of 100 million dollars with over 500 employees all over the world) using his Buddhist values.

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The Awake Your Authentic Self Forum

April 8, 2009

FYI, I removed the Awake Your Authentic Self Forum from the site.

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Personal development goal setting

April 4, 2009

An excellent way to get the most out of life is to set personal development goals. Surprisingly not many people set goals, or even think about what they truly want in life. But the people who do, usually are the ones who do much better compared to the people who don’t.

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