I’ve got it all – pens, the notebooks, the access to a couple of great communities for learning and sharing, but I’m still in the process of bringing order to my writing. Bringing Order To My Writing In the past, I was happy to only blog. Put a post together and get it out and…
Focus Rituals From Leo Babuta
I’ve been writing about morning routines here, and intentional focus and commitment on Everyday Gyaan. Today I’d like to share with you some Focus Rituals from Leo. He is clear that this is not meant to be a comprehensive list and you are not expected to do everything. Rather, you can pick and choose and…
Taking Time To Be Quiet
I’ve been thinking about this post for a while now and even had a headline ready when I realized that Kate Motaung’s Five Minute Friday prompt for the day is ‘quiet’. I don’t believe in coincidences, so here I am putting this post out today. Taking Time To Be Quiet Most of us are addicted…
Morning Routines
Our morning routines should set us up for a wonderful day ahead. But with many of us leading busy lives that doesn’t always happen. A long to-do list for the day ahead and some backlog from the previous day makes it tempting to start plunging into tasks as soon as your feet hit the ground.…
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
The aphorism ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’ struck me the first time I heard it. I took it to mean that when a person grows, it helps a community to grow. Perhaps, it’s the other side of ‘we rise by lifting others’. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats If there’s one thing I’m sure…
What Is Your Sentence?
When President John F Kennedy was trying to follow an ambitious agenda home and abroad, American playwright Clare Booth Luce, one of the first women to serve in the U.S. Congress, gave him this advice : “A great man is one sentence”. In other words, she was asking him: What defines you? What is your sentence?…