http://outrageousenergyliving.com Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:13:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A woman went twice a day to get water. She carried her water in two clay pots attached to a sturdy pole. One pot was perfect, the other was cracked and leaked. Each trip to the stream only yielded one and a half pots of water because of the ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/08/04/cracked-pot/ The constant in life is change. Sometimes in the hurly, burly of life we drive ourselves forward to do this and that. It is important to take time to reflect on what has been achieved and where that is leading. Often we become creatures of habit, the same thoughts, the same outward strategies, ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/07/16/the-pause-that-refreshes/ In the age of digital business it is easy to forget that we are in this together. It is easy to imagine that the guy in the corner office is different, special compared to the guy downstairs organizing the cleaning supplies. It is easy to imagine that the beautiful model on the ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/06/03/we-are-in-this-together/ "In this world, as it is, we can find a good and meaningful human life that will serve others" These are the words of Chogyam Trungpa. We don't have to wait until we are smarter or slimmer or more enlightened, until we complete our degree or take that workshop or buy ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/05/19/as-it-is/ How do you get your employees to really "buy in" to their work and passionately "join the team" all the way? As the picture above suggests, success is often built, piece by piece, by an engaged group of workers. The delightfully-named David Zinger has a 39 page ebook with 300 zen like ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/05/12/do-you-engage-your-employees/ Start Again! It is simple! Easy? No, simple. Simply sit and concentrate on your bare breath, say your wasifa 1001 times, count your beads, every morning clear your mind, pray that you will be filled with light, that you will not be consumed with hurrying to met deadlines, bills that cannot be paid, children who cannot be helped, the hardness that ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/05/08/start-again/ Like many of you I have been paying attention to the writings of Eckhart Tolle. My particular focus has been on the stories we tell ourselves. My favorite story of Tolle's so far is the two ducks. You many recall the two ducks attack each other pecking and shrieking ( a duck dustup) ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/04/21/two-ducks/ Enthusiasm is the foundation of all energy. When you wake up do you remind yourself of good news?  There's always some good news for you to pay attention to, if you look for it.  And after a while, you will create the positive and energizing habit of waking to positive thoughts! Thinking ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/02/12/the-good-news/ I recently noticed two headlines on the front page of the FP Work, the first was "10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures" and the other "No need to resort to tea leaves, some tips to help discern if you are to be sacked". The yin and yang of corporate life displayed on ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/02/04/the-fine-line/ Not everything is obvious. I have found that sometimes a story can carry more energy ... more meaning ... and more wisdom when it puzzles me at first glance. I wonder what you will take away from this brief tidbit of traditional Chinese wisdom. ***** Tsze-lu asked about energy. ... http://outrageousenergyliving.com/2008/01/24/chinese-wisdom-and-energy-today/