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February 5, 2018

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How to Build Trust and Lead Effectively

Cameron Stauth believes that the world is in the worst crisis of trust that we have ever seen, and that it manifests in almost every aspect of life: business, politics, media, friendships, and families. âWe all need a big dose of a healthy degree of trust, and we need to learn how.â Cameron teamed up with counterintellience expert Robin Dreeke to write a book on how to build trust that draws on Robin’s extensive experience in counterintelligence. In this interview, they share the five rules on how to bring trust back into relationships. From suspending your ego to honoring reason, the rules shed light on this vital aspect of our lives. { read more }

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Next time you are in dialogue with someone else, practice suspending your ego and seeking to understand and see what that does to the sense of trust between you two.

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February 4, 2018

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Ninety-Six Words for Love

Imagine if we had a richer vocabulary to describe a feeling we readily express, but fail to articulate: love. Sanskrit has 96 words for this emotion, the meaning of which varies with each giver and recipient. The English language lacks a deep vocabulary for feelings, at the expense of our rapid advances in thinking, science, and technology, suggests Robert Johnson. Are we depriving ourselves of a fundamental form of self-expression, limited by our poverty-stricken language? { read more }

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Pick a feeling (love, grief, joy) and try to expand your vocabulary around it this week. Was it easier or harder than you expected? Share your reflections in the comments section below.

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February 3, 2018

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Fighting Bullying Through Hip-Hop

Through the power of music, New York City actor Nate Lombardo has been able to help stop bullying in elementary schools all over the US. He founded Groovy Projects, an educational initiative incorporating music, rap and performance to empower elementary school students by showing them how being positive and creative can make life better for everyone. Students say they have discovered that they have unique talents they never knew they had, and schools report that their academic performance has also improved. Instead of bullying each other out of insecurity and fear, students are learning that there is strength in friendships formed while creating art together. { read more }

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Listen to a song on the radio next time you’re driving and notice how it can lift you up. How can you use music in your own life to support positive change for others, especially kids?

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February 2, 2018

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Driving Lessons

In this beguiling essay, writer Snigdha Manickavel brings to life the experience of taking driving lessons in small town South India. “I’m learning to drive. I am grasping terror in my hands and tossing it aside. I wake up early in the morning, earlier than I have for years. It is cool and grey outside and my room is filled with dark shapes and hungry mosquitoes. I wear my sister’s abandoned clothes and dress in the dark because 6 a.m. is when our daily three-hour power cut starts. ” Her vivid prose goes on to paint a picture of her particular corner of the world, and the specific people who inhabit it — including her wonderfully eccentric driving teacher. Woven into the local detail of her story, are universal themes – struggle and triumph, fear and compassion, self-doubt and empathy. { read more }

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Encourage someone and yourself in taking a chance, in learning something difficult, in reaching beyond the every day and status quo.

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February 1, 2018

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The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

In “The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life”, best-selling author Mark Nepo focuses on the relationships between people who share experiences and create bonds of love. Nepo himself is a cancer survivor, and the philosophy in his book delves into some of the experiences he has shared with caregivers and doctors during his treatment and recovery, focusing on the blur in lines between those being treated and those doing the treating. The beauty of his writing shows the interconnectedness and repetition in nature and biology, and how important it is to take time to hear those around you, as well as to be heard. { read more }

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Listening is not always easy. Our daily lives can be incredibly distracting, and sometimes we are more concerned with sharing our own experiences and feelings, we miss the signals that someone else needs us to hear them too. Practice listening. Whether it is your grandparents sharing stories of their youth, the sounds of nature on a walk outside, or listening to your own thoughts, take 5 minutes to stop and listen. Notice things like body language, tone, volume, words being used, or what animals or man-made items are adding to the atmosphere. For more guidance, visit the Spirituality and Practice website. { more }

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January 31, 2018

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Koan: A Conversation with Vaea Marx

Born in Tahiti, Vaea Marxs family moved to France where, as a child in the resistance during WWII, he was captured for blowing up a building the Germans were using. After the war, he became a pastry chef, then a cowboy in the Outback in Australia. He then went to Japan and met Kawai Kanjiro, one Japans greatest potters, who became his teacher. There he met Hamada, Yanagi, Bernard Leach and even Kurosawa. He also lived in a Zen monastery. “Every morning I’d get up at four a.m., work in the garden, take a cold bath and do Zazen.” He knew fencing and learned Japanese sword fighting. Coming to the U.S. in the 60s, he became one of Peter Voulkos’ closest friends, and found recognition for his own ceramic art. Here’s more of Vaea’s story { read more }

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Even in day-to-day life, there are plenty of chances to have an adventure. Think about it. How many ways could you do ordinary things in a new way?

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January 30, 2018

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The Heartbeat of a Drum

“One time, I was walking along Main Street with my son, Adam, who at that time was about 12 or 13 years old. He was just beginning to get interested in drums. He said, ‘Dad, I want to show you one of my drum teachers.’ I said, ‘Sure.’ So he takes me under the bridge, where Ken is. And he said, ‘I’m learning drumming from Ken.’ I said, ‘What?! You’re learning drumming from this homeless guy who lives under the bridge?’ What follows is a beautifully told real-life story that compels us to drop our assumptions, and examine our lives through the profound simplicity of a heartbeat. { read more }

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Find out who the homeless are in your community and get to know them. You may find they are like Ken, a teacher who can still positively influence our youth. { more }

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