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“Authentic Happiness”
“Talents we are born with. Strengths we choose to develop.” (Paraphrased from Martin Seligman’s chapter in the book 50 psychology classics)
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Thinking about my own thinking
Focused Topic: Diversity today and it’s importance in the work place.
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Finally relaxing
One of the hardest things for me to do is relax, but I recognize too that I need to balance that in my life. On my front porch with the soft breeze calming my busy mind.
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Corporate Worker or Entrepreneur?
In The Impression of a Good Life: Philosophical Engineering, the question of which mountain are you climbing in life is answered through understanding what to value in life. That is the first meaning of value as in being the standards for which you are to live your life and the second meaning of what something is worth in terms of dollars. What you choose to work for (yes it can be both meanings of value Read more…
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What is your song and dance?
Not everyone is meant to start their own business or create a new product or even want to quit a job they like doing, but everyone is meant to find their own song and dance in life. To also work towards getting more out of life than just a degree, job, married, and retiring in 40 years.
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Goal of Philosophical Engineering
“Help problem solve the challenges of what to really work towards in life. Is the mountain to climb just getting a degree, getting a job, and getting married to retire in 40 years? Or is there something more to get out of life in striving towards your peak potential?”
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“Problem solving the challenges in life.”
Philosophical Engineering: problem solving the challenges in life. From my early morning run and swims, to process engineering, to philosophy meetups, to psychology graduate courses, to rock climbing, to drumming, to eating, to sleeping, to spending time with my cat, to enjoying time with friends, to meditating… every second of every day, I’m continually problem solving by being present in anything and everything that I do.
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Reflection Day 2: The media is not negative
Dr. Shawne Duperon taught a masterful media bootcamp these past two days. She completely changed how I view the media. The problem isn’t that the media is negative, it’s that not enough “positive” stories are reaching the reporters. Stories get pitched to the broadcast stations and not enough people are sharing their positive messages. Reflection Day 2: The media is not negative was originally published on Philosophical Engineering
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Be full out. Be yourself. Be loving. Be thoughtful. Be full out.
“Be full out” Be full out. Be yourself. Be loving. Be thoughtful. Be full out. was originally published on Philosophical Engineering
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Look up to our elders?
In talking with Barbara Wittmann, author of Meetings in Moccasins this evening, she mentioned an interesting observation being a native of Germany and recently moving to the United States of America. The difference was that older Native American are expected to live and become an “elder” in their community, where older Americans tend to have regrets about their lives. Her question to me was, where is our leadership today?