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Self Improvement & Staying Focused admin | 26 Feb 2010

Staying Focused Tip

Just a quick tip today regarding the problems with staying focused that ail not only aging boomers but also just about everyone else.
Today I’d like to share a simple method that has helped me a great deal in terms of steady productivity:

Every night before I shut down my computer, I enter three tasks that have [...]

Books & Meditation & Self Improvement admin | 11 Aug 2009

Poetry Quote

I’ve been swamped with putting on the final touches of my 21 Days to Health & Beyond detox diet and rejuvenation program the past week, and I’m still buried today in last minute details for tomorrow’s launch.
But I do want to share a quick quote here on the blog to keep the cobwebs from gathering [...]

Meditation & Self Improvement admin | 22 May 2009

How to Be Quiet

For this week’’s meditation, we once again turn East to learn from Chuang-Tzu, who wrote…
As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude of things cannot disturb his quietude.
This week, focus on not letting the multitude of things in your [...]

Meditation & Self Improvement admin | 11 May 2009

A Short and Sweet Meditation

For this week’s meditation, we turn to the Tao te Ching where we learn…
Those who know do not talk.
Those who talk do not know.
Take a deep breath.
Hold for a second.
Exhale slowly and start to focus inwardly.
Repeat two or three more times.

Now you’re not talking.
Now you’re knowing.
Stay with your breathing and be happy in [...]

Self Improvement admin | 17 Apr 2009

Memory Improvement Tip

I have a great memory improvement tip this morning for those of you who, like me, are starting to wander into their golden years with less than a stellar recollection system.
Here’s the story…
The other night my wife and I were having a little pillow talk about the past, recalling people we’d known and enjoyed during [...]