Archive | August, 2009
My blogchallenge, a weekly update 18
Introduction period at University is over, I start next Monday. As announced in a previous post I wouldn’t do a weekly update last weekend. Well, things got a bit worse, I did only one blogpost this entire week! I could apologize, but I thought better of it and wrote a blogpost on the power of [...]
Continue reading...The power of silence
27 August 2009
In a post a while back I started with the quote: Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Shunryu Suzuki, a Soto-zenpriest who lived in San fransisco in the 1960′s elaborated this one a bit further when his pupils were asking about this. You are all enlightened until you open [...]
Continue reading...The one Essential skill you need to learn
20 August 2009
In my view there is one single skill that’s at the basis of all other skills and that’s truly essential to personal development. Although it’s very important few people ever master it. I would even goes as far as to say that without this one skill -although mastering it isn’t necessary- it is impossible to [...]
Continue reading...26 Ways to increase your Comfort Zone
19 August 2009
Today I’d like to present you with a long list of things to increase your comfort zone. But before we have a look at that, I’m sure you’re wondering why in Buddha’s name would you want to do that. After all, you’re sitting there in your comfy chair, air conditioning, coffee at hand and not [...]
Continue reading...My blogchallenge, a weekly update 17
16 August 2009
WOOSH, there we are again. It’s going so fast I actually typing this on Sunday. Better get crackin’ right away: Average numbers of pageviews a day this month so far: 187 (period 8-1 till 14-8) Every so slightly lower than last week but still on track. Number of subscribers to my RSS feed: 82 Where [...]
Continue reading...My way is the best way!
13 August 2009
I’m sure somehow the title got your attention. How often is this true for something we do. Even in the face of better ways we stick to our old ways. A little while ago I had a discussion about being annoyed with other people, even when those people were no longer there. You know how [...]
Continue reading...Winning the lottery by being frugal
11 August 2009
Yesterday, the lottery in The Netherlands was up to a record breaking amount of money (€27 million) to be won and it was guaranteed to be won by someone. You can imagine the frenzy. People literally bought hundreds of tickets and were already spending the money in their head. You know how that goes. “I [...]
Continue reading...My blogchallenge, a weekly update 16
8 August 2009
As you probably noticed my posting frequency is still a bit lower than usual,it;s because the topics I’m currently writing about (and reading about) are quite tough to get to grips with. In a comment on my last post John Bardos pointed out that: In the west, it (Zen) has been co-opted to mean “simple,” [...]
Continue reading...There is Zen in Stuffed Nightingales
6 August 2009
I’m currently reading Alan Watts’ The way of zen and in the preface I came across a very nice idea on the difference between zen and western thinking: I can not represent myself as a scientifically objective academician, for – with respect to Zen – this seems like studying birdsong in a collection of stuffed [...]
Continue reading...The ultimate in personal development: help others develop
4 August 2009
I’ve quoted this one before but it’s actually a huge reason for me to have this blog: To learn: read To know: write To master: teach There is only so much you can do for yourself by reading self-help books, blogs on personal development and other sources. Most people who realize this quickly become bloggers [...]
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29 August 2009
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