Archive for February, 2009

Slow down to speed up (National Post)

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Meditation has been gaining a slow and steady fan base in financial and professional environments as a way to combat the ravaging physical and psychological impacts of stress

On productivity, complexity and living in London

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
In Iceland I would typically work about 60 to 80 hours a week. Much of that work was pretty invisible - it was long days spent away from all personal contact (except chatting online with friends from time to time) really thinking through incredibly fundamental assumptions. My working habits while in high output mode are odd - I skip breakfast and work until about 9PM, then eat and sleep. It’s not a particularly good way of life from a physical perspective, but I’ve found it to roughly double my

Pin the Tail on the Garuda

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Well, you just blink and they grow up so fast, don’t they? My stars. February 23, 2005, was an auspicious day on the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. Did I use that time for retreat into profound prayer and meditation? Er, no. With two weeks to go before first parachuting into the wilds of Central Asia, for good or ill, I chose that date to launch Dreaming of Danzan Ravjaa. And 559 posts later, it seems that I just can’t shut up (OK, all of you who are nodding in agreement? There’ve als

“Next Magic Johnson” is actually playing without the ball

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS — There’s a definite difference between being error-prone, which Lamar Odom might always be, and being out of it, which Odom certainly has not been lately for the Lakers. I tried to break down how it is that Odom has been so “into it” in my column from the victory over Minnesota, whether it’s meditation or more playing time or desperation to stay a Laker or something else. He keeps summing it up as just being “in the flow.” Odom still plays a lot of guard for the Lakers, but th

Meditation for Change in Lent (BellaOnline)

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
The days leading up to Easter are for contemplation and anticipation.