The Year of Living Biblically
Author Tim Ferris blogged about A.J. Jacobs and his new book The Year of Living Biblically. In the blog post, Ferris interviews Jacobs about his year of attempting to follow the commandments of the bible literally. I think it’s quite inspiring, actually. My own spiritual tradition, Sufism, is called the Path of Attraction- you need […]
Making Your Heroic Choice
One of my favorite writers on the internet (and elsewhere), Maya Frost, did an interview on her blog with author Susan Sarah [Ed: I goofed on the first name…] Susanka, who wrote The Not So Big House and The Not So Big Life. Something struck me in the interview, the likes of which I have read […]
Why the Practical Always Beats Up On the Sacred In Business
When you’re doing your best work with your clients, it’s magical, sacred. There is almost something holy about what you do, like you aren’t there at all. And that’s what your clients love most too- those moments of transcendance. Yet, when you try to talk about this sacredness in your marketing, it doesn’t make an […]
Walking In the Footsteps of Pre-Saints.
I was in a discussion on a blog within Zaadz.com. And, the subject arose was that it’s kinda normal for all of us to look up to people who have succeeded. Whether they are business tycoons, spiritual masters, or our parents, many of us have saints we’re trying to emulate to one extent or another. […]
Making Friends with Death for the Sake of Your Business
I’ve recently been re-reading a surprise favorite book of mine, Conscious Golf by Gay Hendricks. In it, there is a section where he discusses how leaving things incomplete in your life, and in your business, can drain a lot of energy. This has always been true for me, and I’ve been meditating on it more […]
Taking the Biggest Piece
One of my newest favorite blogs, Juggling Frogs, has a recent post: Greta’s strudel crust speaks to me. Carolyn is talking about her internal ‘maternal monologue’ about when to break consistency with her three-year-old Greta around second servings, and table manners. These two questions caught me: When is it appropriate to grab the best part […]
Limits to the Online Conversation
I’m relatively new to the conversational style of blogging, and it’s been very alluring to me- meeting folks, connecting, engaging in conversation. However, one frustration that has cropped up for me is that I do love connecting at a deeper level, if possible. And, when we’re talking about some of my favorite subjects, like marketing […]
The Missing Ingredient Before You Launch a New Offer
Have you ever had a whiz-bang idea, and you’re ready to launch it out in the world? A book, a class, a program, something you’re wanting to contribute to the greater whole through your business? And you get it 90% done. In fact, you could have it done in time for tomorrow, 9am. But you […]
Taking on Spiritual Practice In Your Business (Without Killing Yourself)
Carolyn who blogs at Juggling Frogs wrote in a recent post about how to take on observing shabbot. If you’re unfamiliar with the Jewish observance of the Sabbath, it starts at Friday sundown and lasts until Saturday sundown, and there are, to put it mildly, a whole host of restrictions and things you shouldn’t do, […]
Playing to Win… Compassionately
Liz Strauss just posted The Object of the Game of Life– a post which starts by musing about board games, and playing. Almost exactly one year ago I wrote an article on a similar subject: How to win compassionately. I want to encourage you to read Liz’s post, and my article, and to think about […]