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Aphorism and Egoism: Haiku #8 - Just Write!
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Monday, January 04, 2010. Haiku #8 - Just Write! Letter from a friend. Want to reply just right. Wait. This haiku was inspired while playing email catch-up during the holiday lull. Sometimes I take the longest to reply to the mails that I'm most excited about. Posted by Ed Essey. January 4, 2010 at 10:32 PM. I feel the same way! January 19, 2010 at 10:19 PM. Thanks, Kalpita and Boyd. I appreciate you reading and writing back to me about it.
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Aphorism and Egoism: Haiku #7 - Waving Her Red Flags
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Friday, August 14, 2009. Haiku #7 - Waving Her Red Flags. Waving her red flags. Posted by Ed Essey. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Top Posts - New to the Site? Silver Lining on the Dark Cloud of the Recession. 100 Shiny Red Stars. Rat Race or Space Race. MPOW: Mindfulness Practice of the Week. Haiku of the Week. Haiku #7 - Waving Her Red Flags. MPOW #27 - Hero. Response to Fatburger Banner. Eric Rockey's RTW Trip.
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Aphorism and Egoism: A Focus Word
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Every now and then a word pops into my life that represents a virtue that I truly respect in others and try to model in myself. It becomes the highest virtue that I acknowledge, the greatest compliment that I can give at that time. I steep this word within me: as it rests in my vessel, it permeates who I am with its flavor. Power of a focus. Blog post on " The Magical Power of Focus. Having a solitary focus is relatively ...
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Aphorism and Egoism: Right Effort That's Right for Me
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Friday, January 14, 2011. Right Effort That's Right for Me. Lately, I've been taking the time to appreciate what I have and wher e I am in life. I've certainly had a charmed life, being born to two wonderful, loving, and stable parents who raised me morally and with a great education. I never wanted for anything. I'm certainly in the very top percentile in terms of starting out with opportunity. I still figured that I could do anything. It's when Vi...
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Aphorism and Egoism: Start Whole
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Saturday, March 14, 2009. In one realm or another. Fortunately, we already have everything that we need for happiness and peace. I take this lesson to heart and counsel myself with this advice (in second person). In everything that you do, whether in a relationship or alone, start by asking yourself if you already know that you're whole. That is the Self that Serves. Next, see if the fear of being incomplete. The panacea: Start whole. I'm really str...
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Aphorism and Egoism: Expertise Trajectory Matters
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Thursday, November 01, 2012. In the blog on Creating Passionate Users, I found a great article entitled How to be an expert. That introduced this graphic:. This graphic really says a lot about the nature of expertise and the type of dedication and pushing needed to get through the continual hurdles that come up while trying to improve. One of my biggest hobbies is around dancing, particularly related to salsa. It's something that is extremely challe...
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Aphorism and Egoism: Appreciating Sadness
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Friday, June 04, 2010. What is the biological advantage of sadness? As honed as our bodies are, sadness evolved for a reason, and in a search for the answer, a few different ideas came up. Posted by Ed Essey. June 6, 2010 at 2:48 PM. June 16, 2010 at 12:12 PM. As always, pertinent and thought-provoking. June 16, 2010 at 6:43 PM. Thanks for adding your thoughts, and thanks for still being here. Anonymous, thank you. July 1, 2010 at 5:44 PM.
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Aphorism and Egoism: Haiku #10 - High-Hanging Fruit
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Haiku #10 - High-Hanging Fruit. Many beasts compete,. Snatching at low-hanging fruit. Others learn to fly. Posted by Ed Essey. January 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM. Clever. good enough to be a signature on email. January 19, 2010 at 9:19 PM. Oh that could have been taken the wrong way - it was meant as a complement, sorry. January 19, 2010 at 10:18 PM. January 25, 2010 at 12:09 AM. January 25, 2010 at 12:33 PM. Follow me on Twitter.
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Aphorism and Egoism: Haiku #9 - Hara Hachi Bu
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Happiness, Optimism, Mindfulness, and Authentic Living. Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Haiku #9 - Hara Hachi Bu. Yes, I broke the 5 syllable rule in the last line, but it adds such a punch, doesn't it? Is the Okinawan dietary principle of only eating until the stomach is 80% full. I have found a lot of benefit in using this principle to moderate a lot of the pleasures in my life. Posted by Ed Essey. Dr Kold Kadavr flatliner, M.D. June 8, 2012 at 5:51 AM. Grrr Git some followers. Follow me on Twitter.
