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Everyone is and always has been writing about productivity but is that the real purpose of our life, to be productive and optimize every moment of the day? Business is definitely an easy alternative to answering the higher questions about purpose and giving our own lives meaning. It is almost a blessing that we don't see this when we are young because it gives us time to gain life experience before we try to find our purpose. In that meantime, we have discovered a lot abou

Have you ever contemplated the meaning of time? What is time and how do we measure it? Time is a distraction, a cover-up for our life. We clock-in and think we are trading time for money but we are actually trading our life away. Wasting time is wasting life and the clock is always ticking. When it comes to time, leisure specifically, it is not overstimulation of the senses, socializing, wasting time, sloth, over-indulgence or immediate gratification. Leisure is the a

Imagine you are walking through in a store. You pick up a pretty item of decor and notice the price is sixty dollars. Before you toss it in the cart with a shrug, ask yourself this: Would you pay one and a half or even three times that amount for the item? What about twenty-five times the sticker price? Maybe not? If it is a recurring expenditure, how would you like to pay three hundred times the current price? ` If you invested the money instead of making the purchase,

Have you ever had writer's block or work block? We have all experienced times when focusing on work and making any meaningful progress is an absolute daydream. Rationalizing with ourselves or applying more force only tends to make us more scattered. We need a needle to weave all those loose threads, an arrow to direct our thoughts. Well, as above, so below. If work feels distracted or directionless, go outside, pick a direction and start walking. If taking a break ahe

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Now is the time to get your peas and potatoes in the ground. A friend once asked me what I meant by that and I really had no other explanation than, "we always plant peas and potatoes on St. Patrick's day (or that week)." I know it is because they take the longest to grow and they can handle a bit of cold but, beyond that, it's just what we do. Yes, she replied, "but how do you know that is the right time? Where did you read that...have you done

Water Cycle Parallels to Wealth You are probably familiar with the water cycle; collection, evaporation, condensation and precipitation. In nature, this means streams, rivers and lakes; heat and transpiration; clouds and rain or snow fall. Water is an entity that is constantly in motion, even beneath a seemingly still surface. The water collection system represents our income. There may be one of many sources (streams, rivers, lakes) in your personal financial ecosystem.

You are Dehydrated I firmly believe that everyone is operating with diminished or impaired vital functions. Whether it is trauma in the nervous system, poor diet, environmental distractions, or, a fundamental lack of hydration. Like nervous system issues, these stressors impact and impair our daily activities. Slowly we adapt and become not who we were -full, vital, healthy people but slower, older, weaker, crankier; caretakers of bodies in various states of disrepair. M

Imagine a long leisurely stroll through a beautiful woodland. Tall trees arch overhead as moving shadows flit about the path. Gravel crunches beneath your feet and you move forward, pulled by the vast and endless sky. Buds are swelling and everything is shifting gently upward to the tune of birdsong. An old stone pine, bristling but cheerful, elegantly frames the vista beyond. You can just barely feel the sun on your skin when you notice a growing bank of clouds darkenin

Today we are merging the idea of wealth building with the permaculture concept of guilds. A guild is an organization of mutually beneficial plants designed to support each other. They spring up naturally under raw conditions as those plants with symbiotic natures reinforce the presence of each other. While seedlings can sprout anywhere, only those in a beneficial location survive. Gardners use this pattern of beneficial plants in beneficial locations to increase yield or

Follow this yoga practice for a calm and peaceful nervous system

We have all inherited a reality created by other people. As Tacitus once said, " ..you are not looking up to the laws of heaven, you are looking down, to the laws of dead men. " These dead men created not the rules, those are dictated by human nature, but the structures that control and govern the societies in which we live. They created the institutions, and organized labor to their benefit, not yours. Ask yourself this, if you were in charge of making up the rules, would

Are you always busy, on-the-go, and under stress? Do you ever feel like you can't totally calm down and relax, even while on vacation? Do you have trouble staying in the moment and are you constantly planning the next thing or worrying about certain events in the future, past decisions? How do you tolerate unexpected changes to your plans? The inevitable hiccups and delays happen to us all. Do they make you feel exhausted, irritable, despondent, sad or angry? Know that

The Lie that is "Fewer, but Better" Less is definitely better. Many brands these days attempt to capitalize on our understanding that less is more. They have coined slogans like, "Fewer, but better." Like all advertising claims, this should be viewed skeptically. The truth is that Fewer is Better. "Fewer, but better" never pans out for us because we hook into the part that is better, or newer, and forget about having fewer. If you already have one, that is all you need.

My needs are few. My abilities are manifold. My worth is intrinsic. My value is unlimited. Prayer is Expectation Prayer is a form of expectation that connects the inner world and the outer world. It is a bridge, so to speak. Build it of solid materials (useful thoughts) and you will create avenues to health, independence, hope and prosperity. The repetition of a prayer allows you to build it into your own personal mantra. This should be your default response to any hardsh