A simple stack of handwritten “vision cards” that I look at and work with every day has helped me more than any other personal management tool to achieve goals in every area of my life from being a successful author to helping others to live according to their values to building an income that sustains me to living environmentally to being an effective climate change and social change activist to being a good dad. This post is about how to create and use your own set of vision cards. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.
Happiness and Life Satisfaction
To Help Others, Give Yourself A Break!!
Want to be kinder and more loving to others? You have to stop beating yourself up about not being loving to others. Start by being more loving to yourself!
Peace Of Mind Is Not Everything
Zen Master Seung Sahn used to say that there are two kinds of work. Inside work and outside work. Inside work means keeping a non-moving mind and outside work means helping all beings. Being concerned only about inside work is not correct Zen practice. Only inside work means nirvana and peace of mind only for […]
The Questions of Life
“The sun in the sky shines everywhere, why does a cloud obscure it?” Kong-ans (koans) are word puzzles which are used in the Zen tradition of which I am a part to help us deal with the conundrums of life. If you can penetrate the conundrums presented to you by your teacher, then maybe you […]
Envisioning Your Best Possible Self
I wanted to share with you a simple 15-minute writing exercise that is scientifically proven to increase happiness. It’s called the Best Possible Self exercise and I think you’ll love it.
What If We Are Actually Screwed?
What if we accept that our existence really holds no meaning? What if agree that the planet is really past the point where we can help it? Might that then free up our energy to actually help?
The Unifying Theory For Building A Good Life
Here is the unifying theory for living a good life and helping the world that summarizes everything I wrote in my book How To Be Alive: Give more energy to what is True for you; give less energy to what is not True for you.
How Having Fun Can Make You More Effective
Do you ever hold yourself back because of self-criticism? Do you see opportunities slip away because of how nervous you are? Learn why joy is more important than you thought to be confident.