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My Favorites March 2015: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

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Follow Your Heart

  

 

Why Do We Search For More in Our Lives?

Is there a shift in the energy of the universe that is making people question this more than before? Is there a shift in me that I am hearing it more that I did? These are questions I have been pondering for a while.
Beautiful article by Hemla Makan-Dullabh; continue reading

The Calm Approach

When we are anxious, it’s because we want to be somewhere at a certain time (if we’re driving), or want something to happen the way we want it to happen (in the rest of life). But this deadline, this goal, this need … it’s entirely self created.

We create the need to be somewhere at a certain time. We create the need for things to turn out the way we want them to turn out. We create the desire for other people to act (or drive) the way we want them to act or drive.

We create our own anxiety. And so we have the keys to solve our own problems.

Leo Babauta at his best; continue reading

10 Habits Of People Who Follow Their Dreams

I like best # 9. They’ve learned to be comfortable being uncomfortable.

They don’t get stuck in having all the answers, making things perfect or trying to gain comfort by controlling everything. Instead, they’re aware that they’re not going to see the next step until they make the decision to move forward despite the discomfort.

Read all of them here

Nature Is Speaking – Julia Roberts is Mother Nature

 

Book Recommendation: Me…Jane

 

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker
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Reinvention, change, holiday spirit & fun: My Favorites December 2014: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

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If You Want to Change, Don’t Read This

There is a great scene in Godfather 2 where Kay (Diane Keaton) complains to husband Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) about his unfulfilled promise to make his business fully legit and quit being a mafioso. Michael responds that he is still working on it, reassuring Kay emphatically: “I’ll change, I’ll change – I’ve learned that I have the strength to change.”

Although most of us aren’t part of the mafia, we are still a bit like Michael Corleone in that we overestimate our capacity for change. In theory everyone can change, but in practice most people don’t… except for …. continue reading here

 

   

 

 

Is it time for a reinvention?

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again-and then expect different results.” (A.Einstein) Great Article!

 

How to Reinvent Yourself After 50

Reinvention after 50 is more than possible; it’s critical to keeping your skills fresh and your work fulfilling. Between staying current with social media, owning your history, reconnecting with old contacts, and shaking up the ossified view that current colleagues may have of you, you’ll soon be ready for the next chapter in your professional life. Harvard Business Review

 

 

The Fear of Being Alone

‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.’ ~Blaise Pascal Leo Babauta at his best

 
New restaurant staffed with deaf waiters

New restaurant staffed with deaf waiters
New restaurant staffed with deaf waiters

 

17 Funny Christmas Quotes to Cheer You Up

 “Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.” – Dave Barry + 16 more

And if the holidays stress is still getting too much for you, try this:

Sesame Street: Common and Colbie Caillat -
Sesame Street: Common and Colbie Caillat – “Belly Breathe” with Elmo

 

Smile, breathe, and go slowly

Dieter
 
 
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My Favorites November 2014: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

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Is Your Ego Your Servant or Your Master?

Everyone talks about the ego: ego trips, healthy ego, negative ego, big ego, get rid of your ego, even kill your ego. But what is the ego? Is there such a thing? Or is the ego just a version of our hyper-inflated need for security in a world of apparent threats? Great article,  read it here

 

 

To Simplify Is To Amplify

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo Da Vinci
We immerse ourselves in a fast paced schedule and make life complicated.  When we focus on what’s important, we take complicated things and make them simple.  This simplification leads to the amplification of what we truly value. ... continue reading

                                                     

 

Use the Power of Meditation to Create Wholeness in Your Life

I meet a great many people who come to me with the desire for change. Many are in the throes of decisions regarding health, business and/or relationships and most are in distress as to how to handle what is coming their way. My first question to these people used to be “Do you meditate?” but I have come to know that chances are good that they are in distress because they don’t. So, instead, my question becomes: “You don’t meditate, do you?” And when they say “no,” I begin to share with them the light of mindfulness.

 

   

Zen Mountain: Leave It All Behind

“What day is it?”
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.

Last weekend I spent nearly four days leading a retreat, at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. To get to this Zen center, you make a journey through a twisting bumpy rising falling mountainroad, and then you’ve arrived.

And what a place to arrive at! It’s a place of peace, with a silently gushing river, people meditating all the time, everyone walking slowly, no distractions, constant gratitude and mindfulness. A beautiful place of peace.

As I contemplated the peace of leaving it all behind, I wondered why we need a place in the mountains for this kind of peace. continue reading here

The Secret of Happiness – Alan Watts 

The Secret of Happiness - Alan Watts
The Secret of Happiness – Alan Watts

 Zen Buddhism on Meditation Movie

Zen Buddhism on Meditation Movie
Zen Buddhism on Meditation Movie

 

And if you want to learn a little bit more about meditation visit  MeditationSpirituality

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker

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My Favorites September 2014: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

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Does Being Happy Make You More Successful?

Most people believe that being successful will lead to greater happiness and sense of fulfillment. This is most likely true. But it is also true, believe it or not, thathappiness can lead to greater productivity and increased success.

Don’t believe me? Then watch this video from Soulpancake’s “Science of Happiness” series. It’s super scientific…sort of.

The Science of Happiness - If You're Happy and You Know It
The Science of Happiness – If You’re Happy and You Know It

 

And a more scientific approach on Success

Why do career “wins” often leave people feeling empty and dissatisfied? And – more important – how can you avoid that problem? Read Harvard Business Review’s What to Do When Success Feels Empty

 

And Seth Gordon’s take on Success

Most likely to succeed

“Succeed” is in the eye of the beholder…

Most likely to hit a home run

Most likely to please my boss

Most likely to do the work

Most likely to work for free

Most likely to stick it out

Most likely to change everything

Most likely to be trustworthy

Most likely to attract attention

Most likely to be invisible

Most likely to be worth it

There are many versions of most likely to succeed. When you’re looking for a gig or a client, the category you are placed in by those that choose is up to you. And no category = invisible.

 

On a different note: some pearls of wisdom

Mohandas Gandhi, when – allegedly – asked, “What do you think of Western Civilization?” replied, “I think it would be a good idea.”

In the same category: Chief Seattle’s “The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs to Earth.”

Finally, there is Einstein’s “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

 

Kudos Volkswagen

What a brilliant way to communicate how risky it is to use mobile phones while driving:

Volkswagen - Eyes on the road
Volkswagen – Eyes on the road

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker  
Dieter
 
 
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My Favorites: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

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25 Ways to Simplify Your Life in 10 Minutes or Less
While we’ve established that simplicity is a practice and not a destination, there are practical things you can do every day to simplify your life. And the good news is, there are practical things you can do quickly. Read’em here

 

 

 

Help Your Employees Find Flow

Holacracy. Results-Only Work Environments. These new, more flexible ways of working may be a step too far for many organizations. Still, greater employee freedom can create a better sense of “flow,” which enhances engagement, retention, and performance. This can be achieved by loosening your grip on work practices – but you don’t have to let go completely: remove obstacles, set boundaries and meaningful goals, then let work take its course. Interesting article in the Harvard Business Review

 

 

Eckhart Tolle: The Deeper Dimensions of Stillness

 

And for laughs: Hilarious SWA flight attendant 

Hilarious SWA flight attendant

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Dieter Langenecker
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Seth Gordon not only looks different, more importantly he also thinks differently

   

The generosity boomerang

Here’s conventional wisdom:

Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous.

In fact, it actually works like this:

Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful.

 

It’s a compelling headline: Stop Trusting Yourself.  By Northeastern University psychologist David DeSteno, it’s featured in today’s NYTimes, and ostensibly shows that we mistakenly trust ourselves – that if anything, we mis-estimate our own trustworthiness more than that of others. Read this profound article by Charles H.Green

 

 
The Dreaded Curse of Comparison
Of all the lessons there are to learn in life, one stands out for me.  What is that lesson?  It’s learning to be myself. Read on.

 

   
   
 
 
Is Your Life A Super Highway or a Garden Path?

So many of us feel like our lives are a race – a dash. We are sprinting through the events of our lives to get them “all done.” We have amazing to-do lists; we are compelled to achieve and accomplish; society says this is how we get ahead. We pride ourselves on being so productive.

But what if, instead, the value of life were not in the dash and amount of things we do, but in the quality of life’s events – in the time we spend enjoying, connecting and becoming part of what we do? What if life were more like a garden path than a superhighway?

  

  

If you’re living in the northern hemisphere, and therefore – most likely/hopefully (you choose) – about to go on holidays, here are some book recommendations.

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Dieter Langenecker
Dieter

 

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