The December 2010 issue of Courageous Creativity is here! Through our six-month journey, we’ve often been asked if members of the Courageous Creativity team will also contribute stories. Inspired by this, we decided that the year end – a festive and rejuvenating time, and also one of taking stock – might be a good time [...]
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Quality Time: Fulfillment, not Busyness
Posted in business, career, creativity, entrepreneurship, life lessons, tagged creativity, Fulfillment, Hugh McLeod, not busyness, Quality Time on August 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In a recent exchange with two close friends after a late-evening music-practice session, I said something about needing a solid night’s rest these days because of how full my time is … without a single purposeless moment (well, almost). Before I could quite finish my thought, one of them jumped to challenge me: “Then how is that different from the rat-race of [...]
Courageous Creativity
Posted in career, creativity, entrepreneurship, inspiration, literature, transculturalism, tagged Courageous Creativity, creativity, transculturalism, writing platform on July 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have come to believe that creative expression is the source of healing, empowerment and transformation. Because creativity at its best involves personal / emotional risk – i.e. courage, it always causes change inside oneself. And inevitably, it also causes change outside oneself - in the world - however tiny the impact may be. In my journey in the last 2 years, I was fortunate to recognize [...]
Closing doors … to open doors
Posted in business, career, creativity, entrepreneurship, life lessons, relationships, tagged career paths, closing doors, creativity, entrepreneurship, opening and closing doors, opening doors, relationships, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] Our culture emphasizes having options. We interview in multiple places so that we have options for a place of employment; we interview several candidates for a job to find the right fit with a position. We meet different people for an [...]
The nature of acceptance
Posted in business, career, creativity, existential revelations, health, relationships, spirituality, tagged Acceptance, Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach, The nature of acceptance, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on April 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] A few months ago, one of my dearest friends and I were having a conversation about life, the difficulties in practicing architecture independently, the state of the economy (and the nation, and the world…), and a variety of such topics. He seemed [...]
Secrets about this economy: How success resides right within you!
Posted in business, career, creativity, inspiration, tagged Linchpin, Seth Godin on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As 2010 is off to a running start and we are done stating our new year resolutions, I have a hunch that many of these are directly, or indirectly, reflections the state of the “economy” and the ongoing “recession.” Most of us are closer to the truth within ourselves than we recognize: Yes! You said [...]
Arjuna and the Fish Eye: the fallacy of being over-informed, hyper-busy and multi-tasking
Posted in business, career, childhood memories, consciousness, creativity, culture, entrepreneurship, inspiration, life lessons, psychology, spirituality, tagged Freedom from the Known, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on December 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011. This is also one of my most-read posts!] Here’s a little story from the Hindu epic Mahabharata, about the renowned archery master Dronacharya training the Pandava brothers in the art and skill of archery. Once, when the five [...]
Tourist or Traveler?
Posted in business, career, creativity, existential revelations, health, life lessons, new cultures, spirituality, travel, tagged Finding our true home, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] After a significant hiatus from writing, perhaps the best excuse I can offer is that … “I was traveling.” Some literally, some metaphorically, for what is life but a journey? On that note, I have observed that most people, [...]
Reaction, Response, or Initiation
Posted in business, career, consciousness, creativity, life lessons, psychology, tagged Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] Last week I wrote about distinguishing between decision and choice. It was while working in a fast-paced, aggressive environment that I had an experience fully illustrating how recognizing and exercising choice could immensely benefit actions and outcomes. In [...]
The 8 principles of creating fun
Posted in art, business, career, creativity, existential revelations, health, inspiration on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As described in my case-study / restrospective “In pursuit of being (something)” the essence of everything I have been doing, can be summed up in four important elements: LOVE, TRUTH, CREATIVITY and FUN. Here is a set of inspirational and actionable principles, many of which I have to use as daily reminders: The 8 Principles of [...]
