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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” In Zen Buddhism, the beginner’s mind is called Shoshin (初心).…
In 2014, Elon Musk delivered a great commencement speech to the Undergraduate graduating students of the USC Marshall School of Business. He delivered his…
“If you want your life experience to be bright, choose to contribute.” Life’s Golden Ticket by Brendon Burchard is a great book that is…
How long does it take to learn?To bait a hook with a wiggly worm,To make a bed, to wash a plate,To swim, to dive…
In his great book, Lead the Field, Earl Nathingale shares a great story about goal achievement: The story goes that the president of a…
A human life is really nothing more than a collection of minutes, hours, and days. These are the building materials. And it’s left strictly…
How long does it take to learn?To bait a hook with a wiggly worm,To make a bed, to wash a plate,To swim, to dive to figure skate,To iron…
In 2014, Elon Musk delivered a great commencement speech to the Undergraduate graduating students of the USC Marshall School of Business. He delivered his great speech in five…
In his May 10, 2015 Naropa University graduation address, Parker Palmer offered the advice of Socrates, and urged Naropa graduates to lead “an examined life.” Parker is the…
Then presidential aspirant, Senator Barrack Obama stood in for Senator Edward Kennedy, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and Barrack delivered an inspiring commencement speech to the…
Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt. Aaron Sorkin ’83, screenwriter of the…
“Being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who you are and what you…
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” In Zen Buddhism, the beginner’s mind is called Shoshin (初心). It refers to the…
Erdal Arıkan (born 1958) is a Turkish professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. In 2013, Arıkan received the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award for his contributions to information theory, particularly…
A Routine is a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program. A lot of us focus on the goal/goal setting but one of the easiest way to…
‘The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.’ – Michangelo It is that time of…
Self Improvement is the improvement of one’s knowledge, status, or character by one’s own efforts. It is the ability to become a better version of yourself and discovering…
Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Trust is the assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth…
There is a great story that teaches the power of focus: One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.He said,…