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

My monthly  “My Favorites”    routine includes posting links to great content I ran across, to encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. Enjoy!

How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes (Tedx)

 

  


 6 steps to creating your own mini-retreat

It probably won’t come as any surprise for me to tell you I’m a big believer in ‘retreating’ from your everyday life from time to time. While I run retreats a couple of times each year, it’s not something I do as often as I would like for myself. After finishing my book, I decided it was time for me to have a few days away on my own. I’m so pleased I did – already, after just one day, I’m starting to feel refreshed and I’m completely relaxed. So, I thought I’d share my tips for how you can create your own mini-retreat. Beautiful, practical article

Trying Not to Try

Modern science and Chinese philosophy tell us similar stories about how we think. Profound article by Edward Slingerland, a professor of Asian studies and the Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition at the University of British Columbia. Read it HERE

 

Is Life Predestined by Cosmic Will?

 

What’s Your “Why?”

Inspirational Leaders Have A Strong Sense Of Purpose.

If you think about it, you’re only going to follow someone if they clearly know where they’re going… and why.

In business, you know this to be true. Have you ever been stuck on a team with a “leader” who couldn’t clearly articulate why the group was doing what it did? Pretty hard to stay motivated. A team needs direction. A strong team of high-performers needs some direction, but more importantly, leading such a team requires inspiration. So any leader who aspires to the description of “inspiring” needs to start with a strong sense of purpose. On Leadership

 

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker
Dieter

 

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