Stillpower: A Path to Flow, Clarity, and Responsiveness

Thursday, November 17, 2011

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Stillpower: A Path to Flow, Clarity, and Responsiveness

True change isn't willful. It's so fluent and intuitive that we don't even realize it happened.

- Garrett Kramer -

Stillpower: A Path to Flow, Clarity, and Responsiveness

Sports guru and author Garret Kramer has a unique theory about what separates great performers. Kramer believes that the classic 'grind it out' mentality that we're taught at a young age actually prevents athletes from realizing their potential -- and he's betting it's impacting your performance at work, too. His insights led him to write a book: 'Stillpower: The Inner Source of Athletic Excellence.' In his words: "I truly believe the finest competitors in every sport, or in life, play the game with what I call stillpower not with willpower. This understanding is key to success. What I mean is that despite the desire to win, these competitors remain open to all possible outcomes; win or lose, they know they'll be perfectly okay. What arises out of this is a level of consciousness that lets them excel." { read more }

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The next time you need to perform well, try engaging your 'stillpower' instead of your willpower.


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Students Stepping Up the Kindness

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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Students Stepping Up the Kindness

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.

- Maya Angelou -

Students Stepping Up the Kindness

How amazing would it be to start the first day of school receiving random acts of kindness from your fellow students? Last year, a hundred students at Kansas State huddled early in the morning to see just how they could pool their time, money and creativity to surprise (and even shock!) their fellow students with unexpected generosity. From a welcome applause to paying for meals to wowing a driver with parallel park assistance, this is a short video that'll make you smile. { read more }

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Toss Productivity Out

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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Toss Productivity Out

Life where you're always doing something you love is art.

- Leo Babauta -

Toss Productivity Out

"For at least a couple of years, Zen Habits was one of the top productivity blogs, dispensing productivity tips for a nominal fee (your reading time). I'd like to think I helped people move closer to their dreams, but today I have different advice: Toss productivity advice out the window. Most of it is well-meaning, but the advice is wrong for a simple reason: it's meant to squeeze the most productivity out of every day, instead of making your days better. Imagine instead of cranking out a lot of widgets, you made space for what's important. Imagine that you worked slower instead of faster, and enjoyed your work. Imagine a world where people matter more than profits. If any of that appeals to you, let's look at some traditional productivity advice, and see why we should just toss them out." { read more }

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Experiment with your own day: is there a balance between uber productivity and tossing productivity out?


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When Generosity Meets Venture Capital

Monday, November 14, 2011

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When Generosity Meets Venture Capital

You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

- Ruth Smeltzer -

When Generosity Meets Venture Capital

What happens when someone who has spent much of his life on volunteerism and generosity keynotes an event for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs? "My instructions for the talk were: don't be humble, talk about scale. I actually laughed out on the phone, when I heard that, only to realize that it wasn't a joke. The other keynote was a billionaire, who had invented 33 medical devices and held 150 patents. And I was warned that this will be an audience of hyper-alpha-males. :) I like entrepreneurs because they are always looking to broaden the pie. The best of them don't hold a scarcity mindset but rather focus on creative expressions for creating new value in the world. [...] Unfortunately, what was also run of the mill was a singular focus on money. Greed. People cheered when a speaker spoke about unethical behavior to get ahead, as if that was truly heroic." { read more }

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Today, do something for someone for which you can't be repaid.


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Celebrating World Kindness Day

Sunday, November 13, 2011

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Celebrating World Kindness Day

Shine one corner of the world -- just one corner.

- Shunryu Suzuki -

Celebrating World Kindness Day

Today is World Kindness Day, and we thought you'd enjoy this real-world story of spreading smiles. "'Right on. This is my kind of protest,' he says while going past me. I hadn't thought of it way before. But perhaps it is a protest -- for lack of smiles in the world. About 15 of us gathered earlier today to create poster boards that we would proudly hold up on busy street intersections of San Francisco. The posters would say simple things like 'Smile' or 'Smile Anyway' or 'Spare a smile?' or 'Smile, it's Free.' We weren't doing this as a part of any organization but rather as friends and well-meaning citizens of the world. After our morning creative sessions, we split up into teams of four and spread out over various intersections on San Francisco's Van Ness Road." { read more }

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For World Kindness Day, do your bit to shine your corner of the world. Ideas: { more }


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