Today I pulled my camping supplies down out of our attic to prepare for my annual father-son trip. My son, Gabe, and I are heading into the northeast United States with our German Shepherd, Sita. We usually stay in AirBnB’s and camp. This trip will take us into the White Mountains of New Hampshire and […]
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They say in meditation, there are two kinds of activities that keep you from being present, dwelling on the past or planning for the future. I definitely have a proclivity for the latter. My mind is always thinking about tomorrow. My journal is filled with action plans. I tend them, rewriting, massaging, focusing, course correcting.
I have just begun a family vacation by the beach in Massachusetts. Of course, I brought my favorite books with me. I have three I am working on now, and each one is bringing me great joy: 1. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn This is my second reading – the first was
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We brought our 8-yr-old little girl, Ruchi, into the United States October 2011. In April 2013 she was formally adopted in Montgomery County. Because both my wife and I are US citizens, Ruchi instantly became a citizen on that day at the age of 10. But, at the suggestion of many knowledgeable in the field
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Everywhere I go I meet people who tell me they love my Monday Morning Mojo. Just a few moments ago I met a gentleman here in Kansas City, Missouri, who thanked me – hi, Tim! I started this newsletter because Monday morning is one of my favorite times of the week. This is precisely because
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I was prepping for a full-day session about culture change with the executive team of a scientific society when I was reminded of my work with the World Bank. Our initiative went from zero to $60 million a year in just two short years and it all started with conversations All culture change begins with
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Our family was invited to participate in a Geeta Yagnya, in a neighbor’s home. This is a Hindu devotional ceremony that uses the classic text, the Bhagavad Gita. It was new territory for me. We entered our friend’s home, taking our shoes off first, and gathered together with 8 other adults and the same number
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Tonight (Sunday) I head out to Positano’s, a classic Italian restaurant near my house, to celebrate the birth of two works of art. The first is my wife’s new EP, Long Road Home, five songs she just produced in the studio with the help of the Arts & Humanities council of Montgomery County. And the
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The Psychologist in an article entitled, Gratitude – Parent of all virtues, states “…around 18.5 percent of individual differences in people’s happiness could be predicted by the amount of gratitude they feel.”* Wow! That caught my attention! It’s long been known gratitude will increase your state, but now there’s research on this important topic aplenty
I discovered long ago that I like to make things. I like to paint some of my own t-shirts and caps. I like to build things with my hands. I never stayed with any one discipline long enough to develop expertise in it except for writing, speaking and facilitating, which mostly don’t involve creating things.
