Vitality
Thirty Thousand Days
If we’re lucky, they say we have about 30,000 days to live out our lives. And, the clock keeps ticking for all of us. The choices we make each and every day point us to a life defined by what we value. Arianna Huffington, the cofounder and editor of the Huffington Post Media Group, shares… Continue Reading Thirty Thousand Days
Read MoreThe Lost Art of Idleness
Rainer Maria Rilke, the Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, once wondered whether “those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spent in the most profound activity”. Rilke believed it was important to be idle “with confidence, with devotion, possibly even with joy”. Idleness, though, seems to be a lost art.… Continue Reading The Lost Art of Idleness
Read MoreThe Magic of Mornings
What do you do before breakfast each morning? In What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Laura Vanderkam found that the most successful people have already “scored daily victories that are advancing them toward the lives they want before the rest of the world is even waking up”. Most of us know that if… Continue Reading The Magic of Mornings
Read MoreThe Antidote for Exhaustion
It’s a new year and many of us are returning to our work after some well-deserved time off. While the topic of exhaustion may seem out of place in early January, you may want to think again. On a recent Sunday morning hike, I was reminded of something that the Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast once… Continue Reading The Antidote for Exhaustion
Read MoreReactionary Workflow
How are you managing your day-to-day routines to avoid reactionary workflow? Instead of being proactive, and spending our time on what matters most, it is all too easy to become increasingly reactive by paying more attention to the latest text or tweet that comes our way. While serving others is an important part of most… Continue Reading Reactionary Workflow
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