Archive for January, 2012

What is change anyway?

January 26, 2012

For literally billions of years on planet earth, change happened very very slowly, in geological time frames where a million years one way or another didn’t much matter in terms of what changed during that time. Now and then sudden events occurred, such as a meteor hitting the planet – but mostly, change was incremental [...]

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Origins of the Breather Break … a primary at-work dimension

January 24, 2012

The at-work Breather Break has become a key ingredient in the new vision of stress relief and innovation at work, and I’m often asked about the origins of the term. For that answer, we need to look back forty years and revisit a most wonderful philosopher and meditation guide named Alan Watts, who was the [...]

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People & Corporations – assuming full responsibility

January 22, 2012

While watching the presidential debates recently, I’ve observed over and over again the same argument about corporations being people – or not. It’s a complex legal question and vital planetary-survival issue, which can only be resolved realistically in the following manner: Namely,  if corporations want to be treated as people, they must grow up and [...]

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Doesn’t watching my breathing take attention away from my work?

January 18, 2012

This is a very common misunderstanding – that being aware of one’s breathing and bodily presence somehow detracts from getting things done. The opposite is almost always the case – the more you hold your attention here in this present moment, the better your performance in the moment. This is all about ‘being in the [...]

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6 Free ‘WizeWell Process’ Classes

January 11, 2012

For the last six months, we’ve been evolving a new training program for people to use at-work to help them  stay sane, enthusiastic, creative and in the zone no matter what’s happening on the job. This program is an evolution of many years of my work with individuals and groups outside the work setting – [...]

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