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Set yourself up for a day of genius

Do you crawl out of bed every day and reach for your BlackBerry before even your toothbrush? Are you one of those that dives right into a black hole of email before allowing your mind and body to warm up to the day? If this sounds like you, we have a crisis on our hands, as you are allowing life to “de-genius” you. Over the past eight months while working on my book, I radically changed how I managed my day by feeding myself with healthy, meditative activities first, followed by the “smart work” I needed to get done. The difference in the quality and productivity of my day was extraordinary.

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Posted Mar 28, 2011 Tagged under: business, genius, self-awareness

The Mystery of Mind and Spirit

rainbow in the sky; refracting light

Although I am not religious I have always been a very spiritual person and recently I find myself cultivating the spiritual side of myself more than ever and I know this isn’t just happening to me. The connection between mind and spirit is a strong one and when you carve out the time for either of the two, the other is directly impacted in many ways, which makes me wonder….

Is my genius development work actually making me more spiritual or is my spiritual growth activating my genius? I’m not sure, but I do know that the connection between the two is surprisingly powerful, present and accessible to anyone.

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Posted Apr 29, 2010 Tagged under: balance, genius, self-awareness, spirituality and beliefs

On Your Next Business Trip, Pack a Tent

This week I received an exciting email from a young professional who I had the pleasure of meeting during one of my Practical Genius talks. Inspired by my message and crusade to inspire professionals to bring their whole selves to work and to honor their personal creative talents, she wrote me to share her exciting decision to take me up on my advice on her next business trip. She was heading to San Diego on business and had decided to actually go on a photo exploration camping trip while visiting California. With little time to give notice to her friends that she was coming, she decided to pack a tent right alongside her business suit and camp out for two nights in the Redwood Forrest at the tail end of her business trip.

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Posted Oct 29, 2009 Tagged under: balance, business, practical genius, self-awareness

Intuition, Your Personal Fortune-teller

paper fortune teller

There is something very mysterious about our intuition. It simultaneously scares and excites us when we face these moments of inexplicable foresight. As with most mystical contradictions, I find myself curious to learn more about it, especially about how to tap this internal messenger for my own personal
development. I even wonder, “What if I can master my intuition like some kind of superhero power?” But then I fear whether it might master me. What is it
about some unknowns that heightens our curiosities?

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Posted Oct 19, 2009 Tagged under: self-awareness

Be fully present in life

What if I write an entire blog post with my eyes closed?

This is exactly what happened last week as I was healing from yet another Lasek surgery. You know you are passionate about something when you can’t stand another second, a day or moment without doing it. For me, it’s writing and as I healed I was determined to write and I did just that so please enjoy this post.

As I sat up in my bed with my eyes shut with the warmth of my Mac book on my lap I began to feel myself get excited as I begin to type. Actively listening and actually enjoying the clicking and clacking of the keys of my laptop I began to wonder what I should write about.

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Posted Aug 11, 2009 Tagged under: motivation, reflection, self-awareness, social media and technology

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